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Lead Gameplay Engineer - Reference team
2 years ago
Every day, tens of millions of people from around the world come to Roblox to play, learn, work, and socialize in immersive digital experiences created by the community. Our vision is to build a platform that enables shared experiences among billions of users. This is what’s known as the metaverse: a persistent space where anyone can do just about anything they can imagine, from anywhere in the world and on any device. Join us and you’ll usher in a new category of human interaction while solving exceptional challenges that you won’t find anywhere else.
As a Lead Gameplay Engineer on the Roblox reference team you will help create groundbreaking experimental experiences to help guide our game engine development, and lead an extraordinary team of experienced engineers. No matter the platform, be it mobile or desktop or VR or consoles, you will help our game developers create engaging experiences with the Roblox community using industry-leading algorithms and technology.
You Are:
- A great mentor: 5+ years of management experience or equivalent. You take pride and accomplishment in lifting up members of your team to help them reach their full potential. You can help the team identify problems before anyone else sees them coming.
- Experienced or have transferrable skills: you've worked in areas like game development, user interaction or related fields, with 5+ years of experience with C++, Lua, and client/server networking knowledge
- Experience focused: You care about the experiences you build for players. You know details are important for engaging gameplay
- Foundation oriented: You believe that 3D math skills and well thought out code architecture are important in developing a game or experience
- Resource-minded: You're familiar with the challenges of working on constrained platforms like consoles or mobile devices
- Curious: You want to learn. You stay informed about the latest developments in game design and technology. You spend your time tinkering on your own personal projects around these topics
You Will:
- Lead a team of accomplished engineers to develop high-quality experiences never before seen on Roblox or any other platform
- Manage task flows to ensure deliverables are met on time, and to identify workflow issues early on
- Write code that is used as proof of concept for new types of experiences on Roblox
- Drive efforts to deepen the interactive experience on Roblox
- Work with our game developer community to help them achieve their creative vision
- Have fun learning about what makes Roblox an amazing platform and place to work, while contributing to industry-leading technologies
You’ll Love:
- Industry-leading compensation package
- Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage
- A rewarding 401k program
- Flexible vacation policy
- Roflex - Flexible and supportive work policy
- Roblox Admin badge for your avatar
- At Roblox HQ:
- Free catered lunches
- Onsite fitness center and fitness program credit
- Annual CalTrain Go Pass
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