Senior Software Engineer - Virtual Economy

Company: Roblox
Location: San Mateo
Posted on: May 12, 2022

Job Description:

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 Senior Software Engineer working on the Virtual Economy, you will oversee the scale and security of all things virtual economy at Roblox, from purchasing and selling virtual items to the future of commerce in the metaverse. This team maintains the base tooling that powers a virtual marketplace that handles millions of transactions a day. The team provides the infrastructure and statistics to empower developers to monetize their games, with our developers earning hundreds of millions of dollars each year. You will help scale our distributed systems while maintaining a safe and secure economy.You Are:Passionate about working on the virtual economy in the metaverseSomeone that has designed and developed a wide-array of software productsFocused on writing clear, readable, testable, modular, and monitored codePassionate about working on large-scale, consumer-facing mobile and web applicationsKnowledgeable with REST, API design patterns, and scalable containerized systems and microservicesData-driven with a focus to provide quality metrics and monitoringExperienced with a Bachelor's degree (or equivalent professional experience) in Computer Science or related engineering field with at least 5 years of hands-on experienceYou Will:Have direct impact on the future direction of the largest social platform for play, delivering groundbreaking solutions allowing our development teams earn a sustainable living and build experiences for a global community of over 200 million monthly active usersDevelop backend services that scale to billions of products and transactions in a reliable, secure manner.Innovate on virtual economy in the metaverse and build the next generation of commerce in the metaverseBe a tech lead for the team and mentor junior engineersHelp recruit future talent for the teamYou'll Love: Industry-leading compensation packageExcellent medical, dental, and vision coverageA rewarding 401k programFlexible vacation policyRoflex - Flexible and supportive work policy Roblox Admin badge for your avatarAt Roblox HQ: Free catered lunchesOnsite fitness center and fitness program creditAnnual CalTrain Go Pass

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