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Principal Software Engineer, Accounts
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 Principal Software Engineer, Accounts, you'll be in charge of the overall technical vision and execution for multiple teams within Accounts, including Authentication, Identity, Integrity, and Management. These teams cover an extremely diverse range of problems at all levels of the stack at high scale. At their core, they are fundamental to a user being able to sign up, log in, keep their account safe, and manage who they are on Roblox.
You Are:
- Always Ready: You have 10+ years of experience in large-scale distributed systems with experience delivering low latency fault tolerant technical solutions. You have a BS in Computer Science, MS/PhD are a definite plus.
- A Leader: You have initiated and facilitated challenging technical decisions across multiple teams and organizations. You are empathetic, and find common understanding.
- User oriented: While deeply technical, you always start with the needs of the user, whether they are Roblox users or internal engineers.
- Versatile: You're a jack of all trades and you have mastered several languages and technologies already; you can easily adapt to any situation. You roll up your sleeves.
- Creative: You take a creative and strategic approach to solving hard problems. You simplify the complex. You bring in fresh ideas from new places.
- A Coach: You raise up others and create an engineering culture of excellence.
You Will:
- Manage the technology that powers Roblox User Accounts
- Lead the technical direction and implementation necessary to scale the Accounts Infrastructure across our tech stack of C#, Go, Native iOS/Android, C++, Lua, and multiple data pipeline technologies.
- Be a technical communicator and facilitator with other organizations within Roblox that use our Account Infrastructure.
- Stay on top of and evaluate 3rd party technologies which may be integrated into our Accounts platform.
- Communicate with the industry and communities where applicable and be ambassador for Roblox.
As set forth in this company's Equal Employment Opportunity policy, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.
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