# Principal Software Engineer, Engine Tools

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. As a Principal Software Engineer of the Game Engine data model team, you will innovate on the core data structures that form the backbone of Roblox’s platform. In this role you will have first hand opportunity to design and build one of the core technologies that makes the Roblox game engine special. The Data Model framework provides an interface between engine capabilities and our creators. It also acts as a fabri

- **Id**: 79661
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/roblox-principal-software-engineer-2>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: San Mateo, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Visa sponsorship**: yes
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-04-01T20:56:38Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-05
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-07T22:35:01Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 220
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4380
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- **Benefits**: Equity
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Mobile Games, Game Development, Metaverse

## Company

- **Id**: 246
- **Name**: Roblox Corporation
- **Domain**: roblox.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/roblox>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 75
- **Open postings**: 44
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.795
- **Repost share**: 0.023
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 66
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 295250
- **Max**: 345040
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 345040

## Technologies

- **C++** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: stale
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Flags**: stale
- **Days open**: 219

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-04-01T20:56:38Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 239; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 247 · green card filings: 82; Filings 12m: 247

## Liveness

- **Score**: 13
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.449
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 219
- **Expected fill days**: 66
- **Reasons**: conf:3, stale_co, velocity, win:tail, crowd:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 345040
- **Is top pay**: yes

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