Roblox
Principal Software Engineer, UI Ecosystem
Roblox - San Mateo
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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 searching for an experienced and passionate Principal Engineer to join our UI Ecosystem team at Roblox! You will play a key role in shaping the future of UI development as a technical lead, working with cross-functional engineering stakeholders to define and execute the vision for the frameworks and UI components with which we build our flagship Roblox products.Our team’s mission is to improve the performance & accelerate the development of features and improve the developer experience for our feature teams in the Roblox App and Roblox Studio, while ensuring accessible and consistent design. We aim to make developing flexible, performant UI a delightful experience. You are opinionated architecturally and are able to drive alignment between different stakeholders. You have a passion for crafting beautiful, accessible, and blazing fast interfaces that delight our users. This role will involve cross-functional collaboration and communication with other teams and our own designers and engineers, along with technical mentorship.You Will
Assess, recommend & bootstrap systematic changes for how we build UIPartner with feature developers to ship gold standard UI implementationsCollaborate with cross-functional teams to design, build, and maintain our design system, ensuring consistency and scalability across our products.Partner closely with designers to translate design concepts into functional, high-quality Luau code.Develop and maintain accessible UI components and patterns, ensuring compliance with relevant WCAG guidelines.Lead the development of new features and enhancements to our component library and associated tooling.Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code.Conduct code reviews and provide mentorship to junior engineers.Stay up-to-date on the latest software development trends and technologies, particularly those relevant to frontend development and component-based UI frameworks.You Have
8+ years of experience in software development.Strong understanding of design principles and best practices.Experience with frontend technologies and component-based UI frameworks (e.g., React).Experience with accessible design and development, a plus if that includes WCAG guidelines.Excellent communication and collaboration skills - this role requires a lot of cross-org collaboration and support of other internal customers.Ability to work independently and as part of a team.A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.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.Annual Salary Range $289,460 — $338,270 USDRoles that are based in our San Mateo, CA Headquarters are in-office Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional in-office on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted).You’ll Love:
Industry-leading compensation packageExcellent medical, dental, and vision coverageA rewarding 401k programFlexible vacation policy (varies by exemption status)Roflex - Flexible and supportive work policyRoblox Admin badge for your avatarAt Roblox HQ:Free catered lunches five times a week and several fully stocked kitchens with unlimited snacksOnsite fitness center and fitness program creditAnnual CalTrain Go PassRoblox 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 for all candidates during the interview process.
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Assess, recommend & bootstrap systematic changes for how we build UIPartner with feature developers to ship gold standard UI implementationsCollaborate with cross-functional teams to design, build, and maintain our design system, ensuring consistency and scalability across our products.Partner closely with designers to translate design concepts into functional, high-quality Luau code.Develop and maintain accessible UI components and patterns, ensuring compliance with relevant WCAG guidelines.Lead the development of new features and enhancements to our component library and associated tooling.Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code.Conduct code reviews and provide mentorship to junior engineers.Stay up-to-date on the latest software development trends and technologies, particularly those relevant to frontend development and component-based UI frameworks.You Have
8+ years of experience in software development.Strong understanding of design principles and best practices.Experience with frontend technologies and component-based UI frameworks (e.g., React).Experience with accessible design and development, a plus if that includes WCAG guidelines.Excellent communication and collaboration skills - this role requires a lot of cross-org collaboration and support of other internal customers.Ability to work independently and as part of a team.A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.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.Annual Salary Range $289,460 — $338,270 USDRoles that are based in our San Mateo, CA Headquarters are in-office Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional in-office on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted).You’ll Love:
Industry-leading compensation packageExcellent medical, dental, and vision coverageA rewarding 401k programFlexible vacation policy (varies by exemption status)Roflex - Flexible and supportive work policyRoblox Admin badge for your avatarAt Roblox HQ:Free catered lunches five times a week and several fully stocked kitchens with unlimited snacksOnsite fitness center and fitness program creditAnnual CalTrain Go PassRoblox 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 for all candidates during the interview process.
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