ROBLOX Corporation

Senior Software Engineer - Consoles

ROBLOX Corporation$196K — $243K *
Consumer Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years experience in client software development
  • Strong proficiency in C++ with bonus points for Lua/React knowledge
  • Hands-on console platform expertise, especially with PlayStation and Xbox
  • Strong debugging skills for diagnosing complex client stack issues
  • Ability to independently manage ambiguous problems through to completion
  • Effective communicator and collaborator across teams

Responsibilities

  • Enhance the PlayStation and Xbox gaming experience for millions daily
  • Convert ambiguous product concepts into clear engineering plans
  • Elevate code quality through rigorous reviews and mentorship
  • Lead platform investments that benefit the wider engineering team
  • Collaborate with Xbox and PlayStation teams for feature parity and excellence

Benefits

  • Equity compensation available for full-time employees
  • Paid time off and flexible work arrangements
  • Access to comprehensive health benefits
  • Opportunities for professional development and growth
  • Dynamic, collaborative work environment at San Mateo HQ
Full Job Description
The Consumer Apps Consoles team owns the console app foundation that makes Roblox feel fast, fluid, and reliable for millions of players and is dedicated to delivering superior performance, reliability, and user experience on PlayStation and Xbox. As a Senior Software Engineer on the Consoles team, you'll be a driving technical force - leading complex client work end-to-end, raising the quality bar across our codebase, and partnering closely with product, design, and platform teams to ship experiences that are polished and performant at scale. You Will: • Shape & improve the PlayStation and Xbox experience that millions of players see every day • Translate ambiguous product ideas into well-scoped, high-quality engineering plans in close partnership with product, design, and data science. • Raise the engineering bar through rigorous code review, proactive mentorship of junior engineers, and the standards you set in your own code. • Drive platform-level investments that benefit the broader engineering organization. • Work with our Xbox and PlayStation counterparts to ensure feature parity and platform-specific excellence. You Have: • 5+ years of experience building and shipping client software, with strong C++ proficiency; experience with Lua/React is a plus. • Client platform expertise: hands-on experience delivering on console, desktop, or mobile. Direct experience shipping on PlayStation or Xbox is highly valued. • Strong debugging instincts: you're comfortable profiling, tracing, and diagnosing hard problems across the full client stack, including platform-specific issues unique to console hardware. • Data fluency: you use metrics, logging, and experimentation to evaluate feature health, drive decisions, and measure player impact. • Ownership and self-direction: you can take an ambiguous problem, break it down, and drive it to completion without heavy oversight • Collaborative by nature: you communicate clearly, build trust across functions, and make the engineers around you better. 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 as described on this page. Annual Salary Range $196,750-$243,290 USD Roles that are based in an office are onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional presence on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted).

About ROBLOX Corporation

Roblox Corporation is a video game company that operates a massively multiplayer online game platform. The platform allows users to create and play games in a virtual world, with a focus on user-generated content. Roblox was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in San Mateo, California. The company has grown rapidly in recent years, and now has over 100 million monthly active users. In 2021, Roblox went public through a direct listing on the New York Stock Exchange.
Learn more about ROBLOX Corporation
Size
960 employees
Market Cap
$15.6 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$242.8 million
Founded
2004
Revenue
$727 million
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