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Software Engineer, Discovery UX

Roblox

San Mateo, CA · HybridFull-time$153–197K/yrPosted 4 days agoStill listed 4 days ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$153–197K/yr
Location
San Mateo, CAHybrid
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Software Engineer on Roblox’s Discovery UX team builds frontend features across discovery surfaces such as Home and Search, helping users find games and developers reach audiences. The role involves designing, building, and measuring features, improving user experience through experimentation and analysis, and collaborating across teams to create a coherent experience on Web and App.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Web Application DevelopmentMobile Application DevelopmentReactTypeScriptJavaScriptUser UnderstandingUser Experience DesignBackend SystemsData InfrastructureAnalytical ThinkingEdge Case AnalysisData AnalysisRespectCollaborationInclusivity

Qualifications

1+ Years Industry Experience

Full job description

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.

As a Software Engineer on the Discovery UX team, you'll build frontend features across discovery surfaces like Home and Search, helping users find games they'll love and developers find their audience. You'll design, build, and measure your own features, working with partners across Roblox. If you’re data-driven and passionate about building a cohesive user experience, you’ll be right at home on this team!

You Will:

  • Design, build, and ship features that define the discovery journey for millions of users

  • Drive UX improvements through rigorous A/B testing and deep-dive analysis of experiment results

  • Collaborate with teams across Roblox to ensure a coherent user experience across Web and App

You Have:

  • 1–3 years of industry experience building web or mobile applications using technologies such as React, TypeScript, and JavaScript

  • A passion for understanding users and creating exceptional experiences for our community

  • The flexibility to work across areas such as backend systems and data infrastructure when needed to achieve project goals

  • An analytical mindset, with the ability to anticipate edge cases and use data to understand the impact of your work

  • Respect for your teammates and a commitment to fostering a collaborative, inclusive environment

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.

Annual Salary Range $153,120—$196,750 USD

Roles that are based in an office are onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional presence 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 to candidates with qualifying disabilities or religious beliefs during the recruiting process.

For US based roles only, please note the Company may not be able to employ candidates for this role who have United States work authorization related to certain U.S. visa categories, or support future H-1B sponsorship at this time.

How this job compares

Set against the 41,311 open Software Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$153–197K/yr
  • California median$165–245K/yr7,675 salary ranges
  • US median$134–215K/yr32,980 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $175K, is 15% below the California median midpoint ($205K) — in the middle half of Software Engineer salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 9,550 open Software Engineer jobs in California and 41,311 across the US. 7% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience — less than three in four Software Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 33,552 postings).
Education
14,305 of the 41,311 open Software Engineer jobs (35%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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