Roblox
Senior Software Engineer - Machine Bootstrap
$197K–$243K
San Mateo, CA, United States · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 10, 2026
- Experience
- 4+ years.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent field.
- Visa sponsorship
- For US-based roles, the company may be unable to employ candidates whose work authorization is related to certain U.S. visa categories or support future H-1B sponsorship at this time.
About the job
Leads development of Roblox’s machine provisioning and fleet management systems, turning bare-metal and cloud capacity into production-ready infrastructure and managing fleet-wide operations.
What you'll do
- Lead the Machine Bootstrap pod and evolve provisioning and fleet management at scale.
- Deliver fleet-wide maintenance operations and improve machine rebuild performance through MAPI.
- Integrate new hardware, including GPU servers and AI accelerators, and collaborate across teams on the machine lifecycle.
What they ask for
- Strong expertise in distributed systems and infrastructure.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent field.
- Proficiency in Go, C/C++, Rust, or other system-level programming languages.
- Experience building and operating large-scale distributed systems used by other engineering teams.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with bare-metal concepts such as PXE/iPXE, DHCP, BMC/IPMI/Redfish, and OS imaging.
- Interest in modern server hardware, GPU servers, AI accelerators, and cloud infrastructure.
Pay
$196,750 — $243,290 USD annual base salary (San Mateo, CA).
Tools
Go, C/C++, Rust, PXE/iPXE, DHCP, BMC/IPMI/Redfish, MAPI
AI focus
Integrate GPU servers and AI accelerators into the provisioning pipeline and support new AI infrastructure.
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