Senior Software Engineer - Desktop

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Senior Software Engineer - Desktop in USA

Roblox
Full time
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USA
09/03/2026
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San Mateo, CA

Responsibilities

Shape and improve the Windows and macOS desktop experience for millions of Roblox players.
Own major desktop initiatives end-to-end from ambiguous idea through shipping, measurement, and iteration.
Rebuild and improve application launch, rendering, and operating-system integration components.
Set technical standards through hands-on development, code review, mentorship, and quality improvements.
Make platform investments that benefit engineering teams beyond the Desktop team.
Translate ambiguous product ideas into scoped engineering plans with product, design, and data science partners.
Collaborate with Microsoft and Apple counterparts on platform feature ubiquity and excellence.

Requirements

5+ years of experience shipping client software.
Deep C++ expertise and the ability to work effectively in a large, established codebase.
Experience releasing significant Windows or macOS applications and strong knowledge of their platforms and APIs.
Strong debugging and profiling skills, including tracing, crash root-cause analysis, and performance diagnosis across the client stack and diverse consumer hardware.
Fluency with concurrency, threading models, and memory management.
Data-driven approach using metrics, logging, and experiments to evaluate features.
Ability to break down ambiguous problems, drive projects to completion, communicate clearly, build cross-functional trust, and improve other engineers.
Experience with Lua or React is a plus.

Benefits

Full-time employees are eligible for equity compensation and benefits.
Office-based roles are onsite Tuesday through Thursday, with optional presence Monday and Friday.
The listed base salary applies to roles based at the San Mateo, California headquarters and may vary based on job-related factors.

Salary: $197k - $243k/yr

Roblox

Roblox's vision is to reimagine the way people come together. Our mission is to connect a billion people with optimism and civility. What is Roblox? Roblox is a platform where people come together virtually to share experiences. Every day, tens of millions of people from around the world come to ...

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