ROBLOX is one of the top ranked kids gaming sites on the internet with over 5 million unique monthly users. (This number is rapidly, rapidly growing!) This is an explosive and exciting growth period for our company and represents a great opportunity for top quality software engineers, with new mobile and social networking applications around the corner. Join us and become a part of it! Our company is unique among gaming sites in that kids are the main architects of their own worlds. Core building blocks are used to create worlds and everything is customizable. Kids build their own social hangouts, invite others in party mode, engage in online chat and create virtual items using our site and 3D game client. We are a massively multi-player online game that uses physics to simulate the real world. As the site grows, the ROBLOX virtual economy continues to evolve. If working with cutting edge technology on games played by millions of users sounds awesome to you, come join our team!

Role and Responsibilities: Within the first 6 months of work, you will design, prototype, implement and deploy one or more major, mission-critical services in our new SOA underlying our multi-platform (web, iPhone, iPad, Android) games. The process will include developing an early understanding of the product, documenting design and code details. Write maintainable code with extensive test coverage, working in a professional software engineering environment (with continuous deployment). Own the code base that will transition us from a traditional web stack to a service-oriented architecture (SOA) to scale our products. Tackle complex problems in distributed systems, scalability, and more.

Requirements: ROBLOX places a high premium on engineers with a deep commitment to quality and a demonstrated understanding of underlying technologies. To apply for the role of Senior Software Engineer, you should have some or all of the following: A Bachelors or preferably Masters degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience. Strong experience building and scaling distributed, highly available systems. Experience with Service Oriented Architectures and monitoring tools. You are a do-er. You get keep the trains running on time as a rule of thumb.

Nice to Have: Experience working in short, agile, iterative development cycles. Experience working for a highly trafficked website with more than 1 million unique visitors per month.

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For immediate consideration please contact our Director of Talent Acquisition by emailing your resume to the address above. We look forward to hearing from you. Thank you!

• Compensation: Excellent Salary Package with Top Benefits and Stock Options!
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