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Software Engineering Manager - Audio
3 months ago
Every day, tens of millions of people come to Roblox to explore, create, play, learn, and connect with friends in 3D immersive digital experiences– all created by our global community of developers and creators.
At Roblox, we’re building the tools and platform that empower our community to bring any experience that they can imagine to life. Our vision is to reimagine the way people come together, from anywhere in the world, and on any device. We’re on a mission to connect a billion people with optimism and civility, and looking for amazing talent to help us get there.
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.
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. Audio simulation is a fundamental part of every experience in Roblox. You will oversee the team responsible for the core audio fundamentals in Roblox' game engine and it to the next level at a massive scale.
You'll lead the technical vision and execution of our upcoming Audio platform. Think of simulating 10k users cheering during a concert –with acoustics that sound differently automatically based on if it's an indoor or outdoor concert- while performers create compelling new music experiences. If you are excited about creating the new technology to support all those use cases and make sure it scales, this is the right job for you!
You Will:
- Report directly into the Director.
- Have already built and deployed a real time audio system for a large consumer application and are not afraid of any part of the technical stack.
- Take a creative and strategic approach to solving hard problems. You are an and try to find new approaches to solve the problems.
- Lead the definition and implementation of our next gen real time immersive audio simulation platform
- Balance researching new technologies with a practical approach
- Manage other engineers by example and through technical direction.
- Partner and collaborate with different teams and deliver a scalable product.
- Ensure the team is well set up to succeed and operate with the right processes
- Work cross-team, with people, and have an experience creating detailed technical documentation in yours and their technical domain
- Manage technical teams in vague situations and in a environment
- Work in a Hybrid environment (3 days in office)
You have:
- BS in a STEM related field, Advanced degree are a definite plus.
- Over 10 years of experience in the audio simulation domain
- Over 5 years of experience in leading teams
- Proven record in planning, execution, and shipping high-quality audio products
- Background in the gaming industry or developing audio technologies for games
- Experience in system engineering, understanding of scale, reliability, and quality.
- knowledge of the physics of sound propagation. You also love to pick up new technologies as the landscape evolves.
For roles that are based at our headquarters in San Mateo, CA: The starting base pay for this position is as shown below. The actual base pay is dependent upon a variety of job-related factors such as professional background, training, work experience, location, business needs and market demand. Therefore, in some circumstances, the actual salary could fall outside of this expected range. This pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. All full-time employees are also eligible for equity compensation and for benefits.
Annual Salary Range
$283,780 — $331,640 USD
Roles that are based in our San Mateo, CA Headquarters are in-office Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional in-office on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted).
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 five times a week and several fully stocked kitchens with unlimited snacks
- Onsite fitness center and fitness program credit
- Annual CalTrain Go Pass
Roblox provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
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