Senior Software Engineer - Avatar Default Abilities at Roblox

Roblox

San Mateo, CA, United States·5h ago

SeniorFull-timePythonC++AWSGit

Salary Range

$132,600 - $179,400 /year

Estimated

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About the Role

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join the Avatar Default Abilities team at Roblox. This role involves owning the technical design and implementation of a growing library of high-quality default abilities for the platform avatar and ability manager.

Key Responsibilities

→Develop avatar abilities that push the quality bar far beyond what was previously thought possible on the platform
→Design, implement, and ship new default abilities end-to-end
→Build robust, reusable systems on top of the platform avatar and ability manager
→Collaborate extensively with designers, animators, engine engineers, and product leadership
→Define and uphold engineering best practices for ability development
→Profile, optimize, and harden abilities for performance and stability
→Partner with Studio, engine, and creator-facing teams to ensure abilities are easy for developers to integrate
→Use qualitative feedback and quantitative signals to debug complex runtime behaviors
→Mentor other engineers and help shape the long-term technical roadmap

Requirements

✓A strong technical foundation, with a BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field
✓Advanced expertise in avatar or character animation systems
✓Proven software engineering excellence in C++ and a high-level scripting language
✓Prior experience working with CG interactive characters and integrating them into modern game engines