[Skip to main content](#main-content) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) [Hiring report](/reports/hiring/) · [All Roblox jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/roblox/) · [Search jobs](/search/) Roblox · San Mateo, CA # Software Engineer, Engine Scalability San Mateo, CA $153,120 — $196,750 Software Engineering Listed on Roblox’s official careers site. Posted September 30, 2026. Check that it is still open and apply there. [Apply on Roblox’s careers site →](https://careers.roblox.com/jobs/8226958?gh_jid=8226958) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) / [Roblox](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/roblox/) / Software Engineer, Engine Scalability ## Job description 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 outstanding engineering to join our Engine Scalability team. The Engine 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. Drive projects end-to-end, collaborate with other engineers, and contribute to maintaining strong technical quality and code health on the team. ### You Have Experience 3+ years of professional experience building and shipping high-performance systems in domains such as game engines, real-time simulation, robotics, AR/VR, or similar. ### Strong C++ Experience Deep proficiency in C++, with a focus on writing clean, efficient, and maintainable code in large codebases. ### Real-time Performance Mindset Experience diagnosing tradeoffs among CPU/GPU time, memory, loading latency, visual quality, and frame-time stability on constrained platforms such as mobile or console. ### Applied 3D Systems Experience Demonstrated hands-on experience building production systems involving real-time 3D rendering, mesh or geometry processing, LOD, animation/skinning, spatial data, 3D asset pipelines, or GPU/client performance. Not required, but a major plus. ### Ownership in Ambiguity A track record of driving work end-to-end when the problem wasn't fully specified: defining the approach yourself, seeing it through implementation, rollout, and production consequences; gathering more information when requirements didn't make sense. ### Collaboration and Communication Ability to work effectively across teams (Engine, Rendering, Avatar, Studio, and developer-facing teams) and explain complex technical topics clearly to different audiences. 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 $153,120 — $196,750 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. ## At a glance - Posted by the employer: Sep 30, 2026 - First seen by OpenNash: Oct 11, 2026 - Last checked: Oct 18, 2026 - Listed for: 18 days - Location: San Mateo, CA - Pay: $153,120 — $196,750[Apply on Roblox’s careers site →](https://careers.roblox.com/jobs/8226958?gh_jid=8226958) ## More jobs at Roblox ### [Director, Product Management, Consumer Frontend](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/roblox/jobs/618dea38caeed8a50e32/) San Mateo, CA ### [Principal Frontend Software Engineer - Discovery](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/roblox/jobs/398950a33788754f79e1/) San Mateo, CA ### [Principal Fullstack/Backend Software Engineer, User Connections](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/roblox/jobs/ffe1dce0d85429fc740d/) San Mateo, CA ### [Principal Security Software Engineer, Application Security](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/roblox/jobs/788ab089afa64d9b6c2e/) San Mateo, CA ### [Principal Security Software Engineer, IAM](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/roblox/jobs/aca788f4dd092e078ecf/) San Mateo, CA ## Similar jobs at other companies ### [Senior Lead Infrastructure Engineer - Capacity & Scalability Management](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/jpmorganchase/jobs/5be9f65952605f49a412/) JPMorganChase · Wilmington, DE, United States ### [Software Engineer, Simulation Scalability - Sim RIM (Release and Incident Management) Focus](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/general-motors/jobs/70ab768169c92cbe1640/) General Motors · Mountain View, California, United States of America ### [Staff Software Engineer, Data & Scalability Platform](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/cisco-systems/jobs/b24bb3b791a988372f3c/) Cisco Systems · San Francisco, California, United States of America ### [Senior Platform Software Engineer, OCI Kubernetes Engine](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/oracle/jobs/cc5a082bec23488e42f4/) Oracle · Nashville, TN, United States ### [Software Engineer, Realtime Engine Technology - Reality Labs](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/meta-platforms/jobs/d3ce0c4246c001e2287a/) Meta Platforms · Los Angeles, CA +2 more OpenNash lists jobs from employers’ own careers sites and does not handle applications. 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