[Summer 2026] Software Engineer, Community Apprenticeship Intern
San Mateo, CA - USA
Job Summary
Every day tens of millions of people come to Roblox to explore create play learn and connect with friends in 3D immersive digital experiences all created by our global community of developers and creators.
At Roblox were building the tools and platform that empower our community to bring any experience that they can imagine to life. Our vision is to reimagine the way people come together from anywhere in the world and on any device. Were on a mission to connect a billion people with optimism and civility and looking for amazing talent to help us get there.
A career at Roblox means youll be working to shape the future of human interaction solving unique technical challenges at scale and helping to create safer more civil shared experiences for everyone.
As a Community Apprentice - Software Engineer Intern you will work on the Lua-based systems and infrastructure that power the Roblox client and studio applications. Youll be part of a world-class team that is revolutionizing the entertainment industry and empowering millions of players worldwide. During this 12-week apprenticeship well support you as you tackle the hardest problems in tech today distributed systems real-time communication 3D co-experience extensive data processing social networking rendering physics.
You Have:
- Proficiency with Lua/Luau and building on Roblox
- Passion for contributing to the Roblox development community
- Excitement for building both Lua/Luau-based libraries foundational layers and user interfaces
- No serious or recent moderations incidents and are at least 18-years old
You Will:
- Design code test and debug features in the Lua-based layers of the Roblox client and studio applications
- Ship code to production and improve the Roblox ecosystem from the inside
- Youll report to a team responsible for a critical area of the Roblox application this role youll work on systems and infrastructure that power the Roblox client Studio and web experiencesspanning front-end and back-end components.
Required Experience:
Intern
Key Skills
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!