Principal Software Engineer - Frontend Architecture
Principal Software Engineer - Frontend Architecture
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Job Description
What Youll Do:
In this Frontend Architect role you will be a key contributor in shaping the future of Robloxs application surfaces. You will develop the architecture and technical direction of our frontend stack for consumerfacing surfaces working across teams and technology platforms to ensure our solutions are universal and scalable. This role would require defining how all our frontend pieces fit together how data flows through the client and how we can build features faster and more reliably. You will have the opportunity to work with modern frameworks and also dive into our custom Luaubased tech bridging the best ideas from the web ecosystem into Robloxs unique environment. If you are excited by the idea of creating the foundation on which dozens of engineers will build new features and doing it in a way that delights our endusers with speed and stability then this role will be perfect for you.
Join us and help build the frontend platform that underpins the metaverse! Together well enable incredible new experiences for our users and a productive joyful development experience for our engineers.
You Have:
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science or a related field or equivalent practical experience.
- 8 years of software development experience including substantial experience building userfacing frontend applications. Proven track record in implementing or architecting complex frontend systems for largescale applications (experience with largescale or hightraffic applications is a plus).
- Deep expertise in modern mobile/web/frontend technologies including proficiency in HTML5 CSS3 and JavaScript/TypeScript or mobile equivalents and handson experience with frameworks such as React. Comfortable with componentbased architecture and state management patterns (Redux/Flux or similar) for building maintainable UIs.
- Strong programming skills in one or more scripting languages relevant to frontend and tooling such as TypeScript Swift or Kotlin or the ability to quickly learn them is highly desirable. Familiarity with C or other lowlevel languages is beneficial for understanding our engine integration.
- Solid understanding of software design principles and architectural patterns as they apply to frontend development. Able to design clean APIs and module boundaries and experienced in creating maintainable and testable code bases with proper unit/integration testing practices.
- Demonstrated ability to optimize frontend performance and diagnose issues. Knowledge of performance debugging profiling and benchmarking techniques on the client side. Passion for ensuring fast fluid user experiences on all devices.
- Excellent communication skills and a teamoriented mindset. Ability to work effectively with crossfunctional teams gather requirements and drive consensus on technical solutions. Comfortable sharing ideas documenting designs and collaboratively solving problems in a large engineering organization.
- Experience developing applications or libraries across multiple platforms (web mobile desktop). Familiarity with building applications that serve users on Web iOS Android Windows etc. is desirable for ensuring a seamless crossplatform experience.
You will:
- Design and implement robust extensible systems powering Robloxs core surfaces (Home Avatar Search etc. to serve millions of users efficiently.
- Create reusable frontend abstractions using React paradigms and modern tech to enable fast consistent UI development across teams and devices.
- Maintain and evolve Robloxs internal Reactinspired Luau UI libraries promoting modular design state management patterns and performance.
- Define architecture standards to ensure frontend code is scalable testable and aligned with proven patterns like Flux MVC and MVVM.
- Partner with engineering product and design teams to integrate shared solutions and deliver cohesive highquality user experiences.
- Address crosssurface issues like memory responsiveness and load times to ensure a reliable fast UI at scale.
- Provide architectural leadership review designs/code and mentor engineers in best practices and effective use of platform tools.
Required Experience:
Staff IC
Employment Type
Full Time
