# Principal Software Engineer 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: 2026-10-20
- Apply by: 2026-12-04
- Apply: https://careers.roblox.com/jobs/8292678?gh_jid=8292678&utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/roblox-principal-software-engineer/

## 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

- 8+ years of working experience and experience in building, maintaining and evolving large scale distributed systems
- Demonstrated understanding of all the components that are required to build modern, large-scale infrastructures
- Ownership of end-to-end availability and performance of critical services to reduce operational overhead
- A love of learning, and a drive to pick up new technologies as the landscape evolves. Previous contributions to the Open Source Community is a big plus
- Passion about mentoring junior engineers, with the ability to earn their respect and help them stretch themselves to build great software and level up their technical knowledge
- You hold a BS in Computer Science or related fields, Masters degree or higher is a definite plus

Tags: Software Engineering

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