ROBLOX – The Imagination Platform
At ROBLOX, we are building a metaverse that connects over 30M people worldwide across console, desktop, mobile, and VR. These are highly interactive, immersive simulation environments that are fully networked. Join a best-in-class engineering team to work on the most difficult problem in networking.
As a Senior Networking Engineer, you will build what is essentially the largest cloud in the gaming industry. Every one of our 10 million user-generated games is online and multiplayer. From first-person shooters to RTS games and social building games, our platform has to provide the best networked experience possible: low latency, smooth interpolation, and robust extrapolation.
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You have a passion for making high performance, low latency, efficient networked systems. You will help us build the best interactive 3D environments in the world.
Responsibilities:
- Participate in determining technical approaches and developing new or enhancing network technologies
- Implement and own major distributed simulation features
- Implement and optimize the virtual world replication protocol
- Maintain and optimize the test automation framework for distributed simulation
- Collaborate with all client engineering teams to build a scalable and versatile game networking environment
Must Haves:
- Proven experience in real-time networking
- Strong background in high performance C++
- Experience with high-level, scalable server architecture design
- Thorough understanding of TCP / IP and UDP protocols
- Self-sufficient, self-organized, and able to take ownership of a project throughout its full lifecycle
- BS or MS in Computer Science or related technical discipline
Nice to Have:
- Real-time game networking, such as a networked shooter, RTS, or MMO
Perks & Benefits:
- Work with an awesome team of smart and motivated people on cool and unique projects that are used by millions of active users every day
- ROBLOX Admin badge for your avatar, and rockstar status with our community
- Unlimited paid vacation
- Gym reimbursement
- Free catered lunches & a fully stocked kitchen with unlimited snacks
- 401K
- Robust medical, dental and vision insurance
- Free onsite parking & other commuter benefits
Roblox is the largest social platform for play that allows kids to imagine, create, and play together in immersive 3D worlds. Over 22 million user-generated online games have been produced on the Roblox platform with over 40 million players visiting Roblox every month to create adventures, play games, roleplay, and learn with friends in a family-friendly environment. Roblox is accessible on all modern smartphones, tablets, desktops, Xbox One, Oculus Rift, and other popular VR platforms. Roblox was ranked #37 in the Consumer Products and Services category for overall revenue in Inc. Magazine’s 2016 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies in America.
Roblox – Powering Imagination.