Senior Front-End Software Engineer
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Job Location:
San Mateo, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
9 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
What Youll Do:
In this Senior Frontend Engineering role you will be a key contributor in shaping the future of Robloxs application surfaces across our User Creator Economy and Ads teams. You will develop the architecture and technical direction of our frontend stack for consumer-facing surfaces working across teams and technology platforms to ensure our solutions are universal and scalable. This role requires defining how all our frontend pieces fit together from the professional tools that empower millions of developers to the high-stakes financial systems and privacy-centric Ad platforms that power our virtual marketplace.
You will have the opportunity to work with modern frameworks and dive into our custom Luau-based tech bridging the best ideas from the web ecosystem into Robloxs unique environment to build the Social Fabric of the metaverse. If you are excited by the idea of creating the foundation on which dozens of engineers will build new features architecting universal systems that live seamlessly across mobile VR and consoles then this role will be perfect for you. Join us and help build the frontend platform that enables incredible new experiences for a billion users and a productive joyful development experience for our engineers.
You Have:
- The Foundation: 5 years of software development experience with at least 3 years specifically focused on large-scale consumer applications.
- The Stack: Deep mastery of React/Redux and TypeScript/JavaScript. You understand client-side state management at a sophisticated level.
- The Reach: Experience shipping and maintaining complex apps across iOS Android and Desktop. (Knowledge of React Native is a major plus).
- The Eye: A pixel-perfect mindset with experience building or contributing to a Design System and a deep commitment to WCAG Accessibility standards.
- The Tech Depth: Well-versed in performance monitoring memory profiling and client-side optimization. You arent afraid to dive into C or Luau (Robloxs specialized engine language) to fix a latency issue.
- The Rigor: Proficiency in modern testing methodologies (e.g. Jest React Testing Library) and product experimentation workflows.
You will:
- Architect Universal Solutions: Design and ship high-performance responsive interfaces that live seamlessly across a massive device spectrumfrom $100 mobile phones to high-end VR and consoles.
- Bridge Design & Engineering: Partner with Product Design and Data Science to translate 0 to 1 concepts into Gold Standard UI implementations and scalable Design Systems.
- Own the Lifecycle: Drive projects from vague ideation through architecture global launch and data-driven iteration (A/B testing and performance profiling).
- Empower the Ecosystem: Build the professional-grade tools and APIs that allow millions of digital entrepreneurs to monetize their work and manage global experiences.
- Optimize at Scale: Solve extreme performance hurdles managing device memory and framerates for real-time communication and complex social graphs.
- Lead the Culture: Help recruit mentor and grow an inclusive team of engineers while refining the processes that make us more efficient and effective.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- Bootstrap
- CSS
- Front-End Development
- HTML5
- React
- Redux
- Node.js
- Angular
- Less
- JavaScript
- backbone.js
- Sass
About Company
Roblox is the ultimate virtual universe that lets you create, share experiences with friends, and be anything you can imagine. Join millions of people and discover an infinite variety of immersive experiences created by a global community!
