Roblox

SeniorSoftwareEngineer-OpenCloud

$197–243k San Mateo, California, United States
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
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The Brief

“Senior Software Engineer - Open Cloud at Roblox. Skills: Backend systems, Developer-facing APIs, Platform development. Help build the systems that enable product teams at Roblox to expose their APIs, authorize access to them, publish docs, and communicate with users. Work across the whole stack to solve problems for Roblox creators”

Industry & Context.

Eligibility Requirements

Company may not be able to employ candidates for this role who have United States work authorization related to certain U. S. visa categories, or support future H-1B sponsorship at this time.

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

3+ years of industry experience building Internet-facing backend systems, Familiar with using developer-facing HTTP APIs, Understand the difference between authentication and authorization, Familiar with OAuth2. 0 at a conceptual level, Comfortable owning projects end to end, including involvement in setting product goals

Nice to Have

Experienced with shipping and maintaining developer-facing APIs, Experienced running a developer-facing platform - whether for ‘company-internal’ developers or a public platform

What You'll Do.

Help build the systems that enable product teams at Roblox to expose their APIs

authorize access to them

and communicate with users

Work across the whole stack to solve problems for Roblox creators

Take ownership of projects throughout their full lifecycle

from conception to post-shipping monitoring and iteration

How You'll Work.

Process & Methodology

Owning projects end to end, Ownership of projects throughout their full lifecycle

Full Job 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. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will help define the next generation of creation on the Roblox platform. The Creator team own the Open Cloud platform which underpins all of Roblox’s public HTTP APIs. Our platform enables the company to support creator and AI agent automation of tasks like community management, CI/CD and in-game economy management. You Are: 3+ years of industry experience building Internet-facing backend systems. Familiar with using developer-facing HTTP APIs. Understand the difference between authentication and authorization. Familiar with OAuth2.0 at a conceptual level. Comfortable owning projects end to end, including involvement in setting product goals. Ideally, experienced with shipping and maintaining developer-facing APIs. Ideally, experienced running a developer-facing platform - whether for ‘company-internal’ developers or a public platform. You Will: Help build the systems that enable product teams at Roblox to expose their APIs, authorize access to them, publish docs, and communicate with users. Work across the whole stack to solve problems for Roblox creators. Take ownership of projects throughout their full lifecycle, from conception to post-shipping monitoring and iter

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