Principal Software Engineer, Engine Tools is open at Roblox in San Mateo, CA, United States. The posting gives a salary of $295K - $345K. Posted on Apr 1, 2026, and still on Roblox’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the 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 fabric to core technologies, such as networking, scripting, Studio, rendering and physics which are essential to the high performance of the Roblox game engine. This role is in…
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