Principal Software Engineer, Wallets

Roblox

San Mateo, CA

Full Time

Senior

289k-289k

13 days ago

Job Description

About the Role

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.

Key Responsibilities

Lead the technical design and execution of Roblox's next-generation wallet system, enabling users to seamlessly hold and transact with both Fiat and Robux currencies.
Architect a highly secure, scalable dual-wallet infrastructure that supports funding, earnings, transfers, withdrawals, and lays the groundwork for future fintech-like features within the Roblox economy.
Collaborate closely with product, legal, finance, and other economy engineering teams to build the core of Roblox's financial systems, powering real money movement at global scale.
Lead projects with the highest economic impact and visibility while building the next generation of the Roblox Economy.
Develop backend services that scale to billions of products and transactions.
Work cross-functionally with product managers, data scientists, and designers to define requirements and roadmap.
Help recruit future talent for the team and mentor junior engineers.

Requirements

Genuine passion about building Roblox's Economy.
Focused on writing clear, readable, testable, modular, and monitored code.
A data-driven focus to provide quality metrics and monitoring.
Shipped large-scale, consumer-facing mobile and web applications.
Knowledge with REST, GRPC, API design patterns, and scalable containerized systems and microservices.
A Bachelor's degree (or equivalent professional experience) in Computer Science or related engineering field with at least 7 years of hands-on experience.
Experience working in monetization platforms or fintech.

Nice to Have

Experience working in monetization platforms or fintech.

Qualifications

A Bachelor's degree (or equivalent professional experience) in Computer Science or related engineering field.
At least 7 years of hands-on experience in software engineering.

Benefits & Perks

All full-time employees are eligible for equity compensation and benefits.
The starting base pay for this position is $289,460—$338,270 USD, depending on various factors.
Roles based at headquarters in San Mateo, CA are onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional presence on Monday and Friday.

Working at Roblox

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 law. Roblox also provides reasonable accommodations for all candidates during the interview process.

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