Senior Software Engineer, Developer Productivity at Roblox

San Mateo, California, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

11 Mar, 26

Salary

238520.0

Posted On

11 Dec, 25

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Python, Go, C++, Java, CI/CD, TeamCity, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Monitoring, Alerting, Configuration as Code, Observability, Self-service Automation

Industry

Software Development

Description

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, we’re 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. We’re 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 you’ll 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. The CI and CD Foundation team is the backbone of our engineering velocity, focused on engineering and delivering a unified, platform-centric CI/CD ecosystem. Our mission is to streamline the integration and delivery of core client code, including the Game Engine, Studio, and User Apps. As a Senior Software Engineer on this team, you will move beyond simple script maintenance to building the next generation of our build platform. You will lead the charge in transforming legacy infrastructure into a self-healing, automated, and observable ecosystem. This is a high-impact role where you will leverage cutting-edge technology—including AI agents and MCP tools—to modernize how we build software at scale. You will: Transform Infrastructure: Lead the migration of our CI/CD infrastructure into a fully managed, low-maintenance system. You will champion Configuration as Code (CaC), advanced Observability (O11y), and self-service automation to remove manual bottlenecks. Empower Engineering: Collaborate deeply with Client Engineering teams to understand their unique tech stacks (Game Engine, Studio, Apps) and engineer solutions that scale. Operational Excellence: Identify, diagnose, and resolve complex issues across the build, test, and release systems. Your work will directly unblock hundreds of developers and ensure the stability of the release pipeline. System Reliability: Drive improvements in build reliability and efficiency, ensuring our infrastructure can handle massive scale with minimal downtime. Innovate with AI: Leverage AI models, MCP tools, and internal AI agents to turn repetitive maintenance tasks into intelligent, user-friendly self-services. You have: Experience building tools to boost developer productivity and proficiency in at least one modern language, such as Python, Go, C++, or Java. Experience designing and maintaining large-scale modern CI/CD systems (e.g., TeamCity, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab). Working knowledge of cloud-based build infrastructure automation and container orchestration (AWS, Docker, Kubernetes (K8S), or Nomad). Experience implementing monitoring and alerting solutions to proactively manage build health. A customer-centric mindset and resourceful problem solver. Preferred: Exposure to large scale cloud/on-prem build and release systems, and/or experience building distributed build and test systems that excel in providing rapid and reliable feedback to developers. 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 $192,890—$238,520 USD Roles that are based in an office are onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional presence on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted). Roblox provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Roblox also provides reasonable accommodations to candidates with qualifying disabilities or religious beliefs during the recruiting process.

Responsibilities

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will lead the migration of CI/CD infrastructure into a fully managed system and collaborate with Client Engineering teams to engineer scalable solutions. You will also drive improvements in build reliability and efficiency, ensuring minimal downtime.