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Roblox is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for their Video team in San Mateo, CA, to develop and enhance their video transcoding and playback platform. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in video systems and programming, particularly with C++ and C#, and will thrive in a collaborative environment focused on innovation.
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Job Summary
The role involves owning unique challenges of playing video in a 3D world while managing changing display sizes and resource availability.
Candidates will evolve the video ingest, transcoding, processing, and streaming platform to serve a growing community of creators.
This is a hands-on role developing a complex video processing pipeline with bursty traffic designed for engineers who value work-life balance.
Matching Summary
Match Score: 75
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Roblox is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for their Video team in San Mateo, CA, to develop and enhance their video transcoding and playback platform. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in video systems and programming, particularly with C++ and C#, and will thrive in a collaborative environment focused on innovation.
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Salary
Base: $243,290 - $295,250 USD; Bonus/Equity: Equity compensation eligible; Benefits: Full-time employee benefits described on careers page
Skills & Requirements
Must-have
5+ years video system experience
Adaptive video playback systems
C++ and C# proficiency
Distributed system deployment at scale
Performance optimization on mobile/consoles
Nice-to-have
AI coding tool usage
Creative use of video in 3D worlds
Data pipeline creation
Cross-team collaboration skills
Key Requirements
At least 5+ years of experience developing and deploying video systems
Proficiency in C++ and C#
Experience deploying multi-service distributed systems at scale
Knowledge of video quality metrics
US work authorization (H-1B sponsorship not supported)
Work Rights
Must have US work authorization; H-1B sponsorship not available