Senior Software Engineer - Virtual Economy Platform

The Virtual Economy team owns all aspects of Robux, Roblox’s Virtual Currency. Most of Roblox revenue flows through Robux systems.

As a Principal Software Engineer for the Virtual Economy, you will be responsible for improving and scaling Roblox core monetization systems. You will report to Virtual Economy’s Senior Engineering Manager. The scope of Virtual Economy’s team includes the several Purchasing surfaces and the Robux foundation systems, a platform to enable Purchasing Transactions and related reporting systems. Those systems enable developers to monetize their games on Roblox, earning hundreds of millions of dollars per year, while processing billions of transactions.

The ideal candidate is someone with extensive experience in backend distributed systems, capable of working independently and the leadership skills to set direction within the team.

You will:

• Lead projects with the highest economic impact and visibility.
• Work cross-functionally with product managers, data scientists, and designers to define requirements and roadmap.
• Drive engineering vision for highly scalable and cutting-edge solutions.
• Develop highly scalable systems for our creators to optimize their revenue within Roblox.
• Help recruit future talent for the team.

You have:

• 6+ years of experience developing and supporting highly available and large-scale backend systems in production.
• 2+ years of experience leading large projects with 5+ engineers.
• A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a similar technical field.
• [Preferred] Experience in consumer-facing products
• [Preferred] Experience working in monetization platforms, fintech or gaming industry.