# Principal Software Engineer, Engine Systems at Roblox

- Company: Roblox
- What the company does: Roblox is a global platform where millions of people gather together every day to imagine, create, and share experiences with each other in immersive, user-generated 3D worlds. Backed by First Round.
- Company website: https://hbr.org/2022/03/the-ceo-of-roblox-on-scaling-community-sourced-innovation
- Type: Startups
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: San Mateo, CA, United States
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-09-30
- Apply by: 2026-11-14
- Apply: https://careers.roblox.com/jobs/8227830?gh_jid=8227830&utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/roblox-principal-software-engineer-engine-systems/

## About the role

A career at Roblox means you’ll be working to shape the future of human interaction, solving unique technical challenges at scale, and helping to create safer, more civil shared experiences for everyone. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Experience developing outstanding systems-level C++ programming
- Have experience working on game engine internals
- Responsibility for building and maintaining systems that work optimally
- Curiosity to learn and stay up-to-date on technology developments
- Have a curiosity about the actual work the CPU does when you use smart pointers, templates, virtual functions, and blocks of memory, both structured and raw

Tags: Software Engineering

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