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Senior Software Engineer, Compute Cell Platform

roblox roblox.com Open · verified Oct 24, 2026
San Mateo Full-time Senior Software Engineering

At a glance

Senior Software Engineering role at roblox. San Mateo · full-time · $243,290–$295,250 base.

SalaryStated by roblox
$243,290 – $295,250
Base salary for this role, in USD per year, as published in the posting.
This role, from robloxOur estimate for the market: $197,500–$220,000Median $205,000
Above the market median of $205,000 for senior software engineering roles in San Mateo.
Worked out from 15 postings that stated pay, median $205,000. Last updated Oct 22, 2026.
RoleSoftware Engineering
SenioritySenior
LocationSan Mateo
EmploymentFull-time
Base pay$243,290–$295,250
PostedSep 14, 2026 · 5w ago
Role brief

techroles summary, based on the employer's posting.

What you'll do

  • Build Roblox’s control plane with Kubernetes primitives and custom resources
  • Create tools, APIs, controllers, and user-facing workflows that simplify resource deployment across clusters
  • Shape the interface between infrastructure teams and Roblox engineers using the platform
  • Write and review production code and tests, primarily in Golang

What you bring

  • At least seven years working as a software engineer
  • A computer science degree or an equivalent qualification
  • Interest in large-scale distributed systems and in observability, instrumentation, and developer tooling

Who this fits

This senior role suits an engineer who wants to build infrastructure used by Roblox engineers across a complex Kubernetes environment. San Mateo office roles require on-site work Tuesday through Thursday, with Monday and Friday optional. Some U.S. visa-based work authorization may affect eligibility, and future H-1B sponsorship may not be available.

From the employer

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 on the Cell Platform team at Roblox, you will build systems that Roblox engineers use to create and deploy resources onto Kubernetes. Our engineers deploy their services in a complex, hybrid, multiple-cluster, K8s environment. The Cell Platform manages this complexity for our users, with tools, APIs, K8s controllers, and UX, simplifying infrastructure for our internal customers.

You Have:

  • A desire to work on critical, large-scale distributed systems
  • An appreciation of observability and instrumentation and tooling to make your life easier
  • 7+ years of experience as software engineer
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or an equivalent field

You will:

  • Build our Roblox-wide control plane using Kubernetes primitives (and plenty of custom resources)
  • Work on the interface of the few hundred person infrastructure organization to the thousands of Roblox engineers
  • Write and review high quality code and tests (largely Golang)
  • Work on a team that cares about inclusivity and shipping

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$243,290—$295,250 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.

For US based roles only, please note the 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.

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