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.
The Marketplace Shopping team at Roblox is dedicated and responsible for building the future of virtual item commerce on our platform. This team builds the systems that enable users to discover the right products and services, at the right time, to create Avatars they love.
With millions of items available in the marketplace and a fast growing user base, there is a wide range of engineering and product challenges under the Marketplace ecosystem. Plenty of opportunities to design scalable, reliable, publicly facing systems and building complex features from scratch.
Millions of users visit Marketplace everyday, interacting with Shopping and Expression surface areas, making this one of the most visible teams at Roblox, with major innovations on the horizon.
You will Manage a team of Software Engineers and report directly to our Director of Engineering.
You Will:
- Contribute to building the vision and strategy of Roblox's global economy
- Grow and cultivate and impactful team by hiring, mentoring, and growing talented engineers while identifying and promoting effective engineering practices
- Be a key member of the leadership team - influencing the direction and priorities of your teams and the broader Marketplace/Economy organization.
- Drive ownership of product roadmaps, projects, problems, and outcomes throughout their entire life cycles
- Participate technically through coaching, code review, technical review, and architectural guidance
- Drive broad cross-company projects to improve engineering productivity and efficiency and help shape the direction and priorities of the Economy organization
You Have:
- A track record of leading product engineering teams focused on building user facing products that improve experience and drives impact
- Passion for building products for users that improve quality and experience for users while incorporating excellent engineering practices
- Experience includes 5+ years managing a team of Software Engineers and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a similar technical field
For roles that are based at our headquarters in San Mateo, CA: The starting base pay for this position is as shown below. The actual base pay is dependent upon a variety of job-related factors such as professional background, training, work experience, location, business needs and market demand. Therefore, in some circumstances, the actual salary could fall outside of this expected range. This pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. All full-time employees are also eligible for equity compensation and for benefits as described on this page.
Roles that are based in our San Mateo, CA Headquarters are in-office Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional in-office on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted).
Roblox provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Roblox also provides reasonable accommodations for all candidates during the interview process.
Roblox Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Roblox and has not been reviewed or approved by Roblox.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Pay packages are frequently framed as highly lucrative due to meaningful equity components and upside, with equity refreshes reinforcing the total-rewards value beyond base pay. Technical and senior roles are associated with especially strong total compensation ranges that amplify the perceived attractiveness of equity-linked rewards.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Office and lifestyle perks are positioned as a standout part of the rewards experience, including free daily meals, snack rooms, onsite gym access, commuter support, and lifestyle allowances. Wellness programming is described as broad, spanning mental-health support, health coaching, and flexible work arrangements that add day-to-day value.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings are described as notably strong, highlighted by a 401(k) match structure that meaningfully increases total rewards value. Financial benefits are further complemented by stock purchase access and related wealth-building programs.
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