Roblox
Senior Software Engineer - Network Transport
$243K–$295K
San Mateo, CA, United States · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 12, 2026
- Experience
- 7+ years of game networking experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- For US-based roles, the company may not be able to employ candidates whose work authorization relates to certain U.S. visa categories, or support future H-1B sponsorship at this time.
About the job
Develop and improve Roblox’s game networking systems to deliver low-latency, real-time communication across its platform.
What you'll do
- Work on network transport across the game platform to coordinate game-state communication.
- Address scale, performance, latency, and throughput in client/server environments.
- Support networking across desktop, mobile, and console clients.
What they ask for
- 7+ years of game networking experience from a game engine or studio.
- Strong systems-level C++ programming experience.
- Experience with Linux networking, QoS, and congestion control algorithms.
- Deep understanding of network stacks and operating-system behavior.
Nice to have
- Experience with a powerful user-space network stack.
- Passion for open source.
Pay
$243,290 — $295,250 USD (base salary)
Tools
C++, Linux, QoS
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