# Senior Software Engineer - Roblox Database 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 Greylock, a16z and Index.
- Company website: https://about.roblox.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Mateo, CA, United States
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-09-17
- Apply by: 2026-11-01
- Apply: https://careers.roblox.com/jobs/8129408?gh_jid=8129408
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/roblox-senior-software-engineer-roblox-database/

## 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

- 6+ years of experience in software engineering or a relevant field
- Deep experience with building and operating large-scale distributed databases or storage engines (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL/InnoDB, RocksDB, Spanner, Aurora, AlloyDB)
- Deep expertise in database internals —B-trees, MVCC, WAL, query optimization, buffer management—and strong skills in C/C++, GO or Rust
- Hands-on experience with consensus algorithms (Raft, Paxos) and multi-region replication models that deliver strong consistency and high availability
- Proven success shipping high-QPS, low-latency services on container orchestration stacks (Kubernetes or Nomad) with comprehensive observability
- Ability to turn ambiguous product requirements into a clear technical roadmap and influence cross-functional stakeholders

Tags: Software Engineering