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Roblox
Full time
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USA
10/17/2026
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San Mateo, CA

Responsibilities

Design and build UI frameworks and APIs, including layout and navigation systems, server-driven UI, and shared component libraries.
Develop core navigation, routing, state-management, and data-flow systems for fast and consistent application behavior.
Improve startup performance, transition smoothness, layout stability, and client performance across phones, tablets, and desktops using traces and telemetry.
Roll out platform changes safely using feature flags, staged rollouts, side-by-side validation, and rapid rollback.
Drive adoption of shared frameworks and components by partnering with product, design, and feature engineering teams.
Improve engineering quality through code reviews, test coverage, documentation, and mentoring.

Requirements

At least 4 years of professional experience building and shipping client applications, ideally on mobile or desktop.
Strong hands-on React experience and understanding of its component model, state management, and rendering behavior, preferably with React Native or a comparable application framework.
Experience designing shared frameworks, UI platforms, or core libraries for other engineers to use.
Understanding of client rendering and layout performance across screen sizes, form factors, and orientations.
Strong debugging and profiling skills for issues such as slow startup, visual stutter, and memory pressure.
Experience with feature flagging, staged rollouts, and experiment-driven launches.
Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to align multiple teams around a technical plan.
Ability to work in a large evolving codebase and migrate legacy code incrementally.
Bonus qualifications include Luau or Lua, React Navigation or comparable routing libraries, native iOS or Android development, server-driven UI, cross-platform applications, and developer-support experience.

Benefits

Full-time employees are eligible for equity compensation and benefits.
Office-based roles are onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional presence Monday and Friday.
The listed annual base salary range applies to roles based at the San Mateo, California headquarters.

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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