Lead Embedded Linux Engineer in San Mateo

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. Roblox’s Service Networking team connects and secures the services behind our platform across our data centers and cloud infrastructure. As a Principal Software Engineer on Service Networking, you will set technical direction and lead hands-on development of the systems that make service-to-service communication reliable, secure, and efficient. You will guide the evolution of our Envoy- and Istio-based platform as services move across Kubernetes, Nomad, and cloud environments. You will partner with Compute, Security, and application teams, and help senior engineers lead complex technical work. You will: Set the technical strategy and roadmap for service mesh, balancing reliability, security, performance, and operating cost. Design and build control-plane and data-plane capabilities for service discovery, routing, load balancing, and traffic policy using Envoy, Istio, and related technologies. Lead integration and migration across Kubernetes, Nomad, and cloud environments, with clear compatibility requirements and safe rollout plans. Partner with Security and application teams to deliver workload identity, mutual TLS, and traffic policy enforcement in production. Improve resource efficiency

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. About Roblox Live Roblox Live creates the moments that bring Roblox together . We turn music, entertainment, culture, and the creativity of our community into new ways to play and connect. From major platform celebrations to live performances and breakout creator moments, we give players something to show up for, experience with friends, and come back to. We’re a small, fast-moving team with the ambition to shape the future of live experiences on Roblox . We bring ideas to life with creators and partners, build the technology that makes them possible, and turn what works into tools that let the creator community take it further. The Role We’re looking for a Senior Program Manager to turn our slate of live experiences into a coordinated program. You will own the calendar, cross-team dependencies, budget ask, risk register, executive communications, and post-event playbooks. You will help shape new programs early, bringing ideas on formats and audience hooks, then build the plan that takes them through launch and learning. This is a senior individual contributor role for someone who can turn ambiguity into a plan and lead across teams through trust and judgment. You’ll work closely with

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 full stack Senior Software Engineer you'll help build Global Actions: the systems that make core actions work consistently across every surface and platform on Roblox. Your first focus will be the Affinity System, which powers how people save and organize the things they care about on Roblox: a unified affinity system covering Saves, Collections, and Wishlists, replacing today's fragmented Favorites experience. You'll work across the stack, from backend APIs and data models to cross-platform React based UI solutions. You Will Design and build the backend APIs and services, covering collections, items, pagination, and batching, that power Saves, Collections, and Wishlists Lead the migration from Favorites to Saved without losing user data, across web, mobile, desktop, console, and VR Build user facing surfaces, including the Saved Library and Collections pages, in partnership with Product and Design Design for privacy and safety, so users only see content and Collections they're allowed to view Extend the system to new entity types as the platform grows You Have 3+ years of experience building full-stack systems, including backend, APIs, and frontend applications at scale. Experience wi

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/Principal Software Engineer on the Build Surfaces team, you will lead projects that shape how everyone builds on Roblox, across both Studio and the Roblox App. Our team owns the AI-powered workflows that meet Players and Creators directly in their environment of choice. We are building tools that span the full creation lifecycle, helping creators build, grow, and monetize. Today, Build lets you do all of this through text: generate a playable game from a sentence, iterate on gameplay and visual design, playtest the changes, publish, and discover insights to help your game grow. From here, we are making the iteration cycle faster, gamifying the act of building, and helping get creators' work in front of players. These efforts lower the barrier to creation and make Roblox a place where anyone can turn an idea into a game people play. Your work will have a direct impact on millions of Creators by making creation more powerful, accessible, and seamless. We primarily work with React, Luau, and occasionally C++, but adaptability to evolving technology is key. TypeScript and Web expertise are a helpful proxy for this stack. You Will: Contribute to development across Build and Studio As

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 Engine Networking Team pulls players together by ensuring the game state is communicated to all, ensures the world those players share actually shows up — the right bits, at the right time, without hitches. As an Engineering Manager for Engine Networking, you will lead and empower a team of engineers who help players experience the game as a nearly synchronous world that streams in seamlessly. Just as the nerves in our bodies coordinate our actions and the bloodstream delivers what every cell needs, the network system coordinates all the computers involved while the asset pipeline delivers the content that brings the experience to life. You will oversee the architecture, execution, and career growth of engineers working across real-time state synchronization and end-to-end asset delivery in your quest to communicate every part of Roblox to every player, as fast as physically possible. You Have: Managed, led, or mentored engineering teams working on high-performance, low-latency network infrastructure or content-delivery/asset-streaming systems in client/server environments. Experience driving execution and architectural roadmap for complex multithreaded systems that connect millions of

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 Payments and Wallet team owns how money moves on Roblox starting with how players pay in, ending with how developers get paid out, and the wallet infrastructure that connects the two. Consumer facing payments are also the high impact area for driving revenue growth for the company. As Director of Product for Payments and Wallet, you will own this business end to end: setting the long-term strategy, standing up new banking and wallet products from zero users to all developers, and running the P&L for a meaningful revenue line at Roblox. You will lead a team of product managers and partner closely with Engineering, Finance, Legal, Risk, and Business Development to build payment and wallet products that work at global scale. This is a builder's role for someone who has taken a financial product from an idea to a business and wants to do it again on one of the largest user-generated platforms in the world. This role is based in San Mateo, CA (hybrid with Tues-Thurs in office) and reports to the Sr. Director Product, Monetization and Payments. You will: Own the end-to-end product strategy and roadmap for Payments and Wallet, spanning consumer payment methods, developer and creator payout

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. We’re looking for an International Operations Manager to drive and manage the operational cadence supporting our international structure across local country teams. You will spearhead cross-functional execution, lead end-to-end work item and resource planning, and operationalize group reporting, goal-setting, and performance tracking. In this role, you’ll build, own, and optimize the rhythms (such as QBRs, regular business reviews, and scorecards) that keep global workstreams aligned, resourced, and delivered on schedule. This full-time, hybrid (in-office on Tues/Wed/Thurs) position is based in our San Mateo office and reports to the Head of International Strategy & Ops. You Will: Lead Cadence & Operating Rhythms: Spearhead and own internal operating cadences and reporting, including leading quarterly business reviews, establishing regular review rhythms with local international teams, and driving core alignment across regions. Work Item & Resource Planning: Lead work item prioritization, project planning, and resource allocation across cross-functional teams (Marketing, Comms, Trust & Safety, Business Development, Finance, Legal) to ensure local market initiatives are prope

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. Roblox is seeking a Principal Client Platform Engineer to serve as the technical architect of our global endpoint ecosystem. Reporting to the Client Services Manager, you will define the long-term strategy for how our fleet scales, secures, and evolves. This role goes beyond day-to-day management — you will establish architectural standards, drive automation-first platform design, and ensure thousands of builders have secure, reliable tools to do their best work. From strengthening our security posture in a complex hybrid environment to mentoring senior engineers, you will shape the technical foundation that powers innovation at Roblox. You Will: Standardize the global security and management strategy for our entire fleet of macOS, Windows, Linux, Android, iOS, and ChromeOS devices to ensure peak performance and ironclad compliance. Evolve of our deployment pipeline, driving the automated rollout of patches, OS upgrades, and complex certificate lifecycles for all endpoints. Lead the hardening of our endpoint security posture, partnering with InfoSec to architect automated remediation workflows and deploying advanced observability tools like CrowdStrike, and Kolide. Design and scale internal

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 the Senior Product Manager for this group, you are the product owner for developer earnings supporting all creators in managing earnings from their game and re-investing those earnings in their growth. You drive innovation in ways in which creators can maximize their earnings by making it easy and safe to manage their earnings and spend on the platform. You lead the strategy and execution for helping our run their businesses better while making sure our users have the best experience on the platform. You drive automation for creators that results in outcomes that are accretive for the developer, the user and the platform. You help businesses on Roblox manage their payouts to their collaborators and members. If you are an entrepreneurial product leader, who doesn’t hesitate to propose bold ideas and put them into action, you’ll be a great fit. This role based in San Mateo, CA reports to the Director, Virtual Economy Monetization and Platforms. You Will: You will drive the product strategy and vision for an innovative developer monetization platform on Roblox, leading the industry in defining ways in which users and developers can find value on this platform. Have full re

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. Roblox is looking for a Director of Capacity Planning & Engineering to lead the team responsible for translating platform demand into physical infrastructure reality — from supply-demand modeling and hardware procurement through data center deployment and FinOps. This is a high-impact leadership role at the intersection of infrastructure strategy, operational execution, and software engineering. You will lead a team of approximately 20 people organized across four functional areas and will be responsible for scaling Roblox's infrastructure footprint as it continues to grow rapidly. What You'll Own Capacity Planning Translate platform demand forecasts into hardware requirements Own the supply-demand matching process end-to-end, working closely with Data Center, Hardware Engineering, and Supply Chain teams Build and refine capacity models that give the business confidence in infrastructure availability months ahead Deployment & Delivery Oversee hardware lifecycle from procurement through physical installation and software provisioning. Partner with platform and data center operations teams to bring new capacity online reliably and on schedule. Own delivery execution for major mileston

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 Compensation Programs Senior Analyst, you will focus on running the cyclical compensation cycles, identifying opportunities for automation and process improvements, and re-engineering of our compensation programs and systems. You will be the go-to expert for data analysis and delivering actionable insights to senior leadership. Your role will involve driving operational and organizational optimizations. If you're passionate about working with data, developing innovative models, and diving deep into compensation strategies, this position is for you. This role will report to the Director of Compensation Programs, Operations and Systems. This role is hybrid and located in San Mateo, California. You Will: Be responsible for development, design, planning and project management of compensation programs, policies and processes. Lead the development and implementation of global compensation programs, particularly bi-annual compensation review cycles Work closely with cross functional teams in identifying processes, programs or capabilities that could benefit from automation, process enhancements or re-engineering to optimize performance and future growth opportunities Implement compensat

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. We are seeking a Sr. Director, Executive Search to design, scale, and lead our executive search function. In this strategic role, you will partner directly with C-suite executives and senior leadership to identify, engage, and hire top-tier executive talent. You will combine high-touch candidate engagement, data-driven sourcing strategies, and expert negotiation to drive critical leadership hires across the organization. You'll occupy the following roles: Strategic Consultant: Partner with executives to accelerate product roadmaps, unlock innovation, and expand market share by aligning talent acquisition directly with corporate strategy. Elite Headhunter: Lead executive searches with the discretion and taste of a top-tier boutique firm—securing our unfair share of exceptional, passive talent. Experience Architect: Curate a differentiated, candidate-first recruiting journey to instill immediate trust, increasing offer-acceptance rates and fortifying internal confidence in the talent engine. Nurturer: Establish and foster long-term relationships with world-class leaders to engage talent well before a need arises, transforming recruitment from a cost center into a competitive advantage.

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. Job Description The Geometry Scalability team builds the systems that power both Avatars and Environments across Roblox. Our mission is to enable millions of developers to build large, high-fidelity worlds and multiplayer experiences that still run smoothly on phones and low-end devices. We’re the team that lets Roblox experiences evolve from simple platformers into massively multiplayer, open-world, AAA-quality games. This is a CEO-level priority: how Roblox “ages up” from kids’ games to experiences everyone wants to play, by making higher-fidelity avatars and environments performant at platform scale. You Will: Design and ship 3D engine systems for avatar and environment geometry, including mesh processing, level of detail, transcoding, streaming, runtime loading, and related performance systems. Partner closely with other teams (Rendering, Avatar, Studio) and external developers so that the features you build are directly usable to create amazing experiences. Profile and improve the performance of our game engine across a wide range of devices, with particular attention to mobile. Lead by example: drive projects end-to-end, mentor other engineers, and help set a high bar for technical qu

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. Job Description The Geometry Scalability team builds the systems that power both Avatars and Environments across Roblox. Our mission is to enable millions of developers to build large, high-fidelity worlds and multiplayer experiences that still run smoothly on phones and low-end devices. We’re the team that lets Roblox experiences evolve from simple platformers into massively multiplayer, open-world, AAA-quality games. This is a CEO-level priority: how Roblox “ages up” from kids’ games to experiences everyone wants to play, by making higher-fidelity avatars and environments performant at platform scale. You Will: Design and ship 3D engine systems for avatar and environment geometry, including mesh processing, level of detail, transcoding, streaming, runtime loading, and related performance systems. Partner closely with other teams (Rendering, Avatar, Studio) and external developers so that the features you build are directly usable to create amazing experiences. Profile and improve the performance of our game engine across a wide range of devices, with particular attention to mobile. Lead by example: drive projects end-to-end, mentor other engineers, and help set a high bar for technical qu

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. Job Description The Geometry Scalability team builds the systems that power both Avatars and Environments across Roblox. Our mission is to enable millions of developers to build large, high-fidelity worlds and multiplayer experiences that still run smoothly on phones and low-end devices. We’re the team that lets Roblox experiences evolve from simple platformers into massively multiplayer, open-world, AAA-quality games. This is a CEO-level priority: how Roblox “ages up” from kids’ games to experiences everyone wants to play, by making higher-fidelity avatars and environments performant at platform scale. You Will: Design and ship 3D engine systems for avatar and environment geometry, including mesh processing, level of detail, transcoding, streaming, runtime loading, and related performance systems. Partner closely with other teams (Rendering, Avatar, Studio) and external developers so that the features you build are directly usable to create amazing experiences. Profile and improve the performance of our game engine across a wide range of devices, with particular attention to mobile. Lead by example: drive projects end-to-end, mentor other engineers, and help set a high bar for technical qu