Roblox
Senior Software Engineer, Creator Services Translation
$243K–$295K
San Mateo, CA, United States · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 25, 2026
- Experience
- 7+ years.
- Visa sponsorship
- For US-based roles, the company may be unable to employ candidates whose US work authorization is related to certain visa categories or support future H-1B sponsorship at this time.
About the job
Designs and builds scalable localization systems and pipelines that help Roblox creators deliver experiences across languages, locales, and media types.
What you'll do
- Develop scalable systems for content detection, translation, serving, and rendering, including support for real-time localization.
- Own projects from technical design through launch and iteration, solving problems across clients, game engines, backend services, and machine learning models.
- Collaborate with product, design, and partner teams and incorporate community feedback.
What they ask for
- 7+ years of experience designing and leading implementation of highly scalable, reliable distributed backend systems.
- Hands-on experience with microservices.
- Proficiency in one or more programming languages, such as C#, C++, Go, Python, or a similar language.
- Ability to drive cross-functional projects and collaborate with teams.
Nice to have
- Deep understanding of C++; familiarity with a game engine.
- Familiarity with machine learning.
Pay
$243,290 — $295,250 USD (base salary)
Tools
C#, C++, Go, Python, microservices
AI focus
The role tackles full-stack problems involving machine learning models; machine learning familiarity is a plus.
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