# Principal Software Engineer - Object Store 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: 2026-09-25
- Apply by: 2026-11-09
- Apply: https://careers.roblox.com/jobs/8224135?gh_jid=8224135
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/roblox-principal-software-engineer-object-store/

## 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.

## What they're looking for

- 8+ years of experience in software engineering or a relevant field
- Deep experience building and operating large-scale distributed storage — object stores, blob stores, or distributed file systems — at petabyte scale or beyond
- Strong skills in C++, Go, or Rust
- Deep understanding of durability and replication — erasure coding, geo-replication, consistency trade-offs, blast-radius containment
- Proven success shipping high-throughput, low-latency services on bare-metal, on-prem fleets with strong observability
- Ability to turn ambiguous requirements into a clear roadmap and influence cross-functional stakeholders

Tags: Software Engineering