Senior Software Engineer

Roblox Operating System (ROS) is our internal productivity platform that governs how Roblox operates as a company. Through an integrated suite of tools, ROS shapes how we make talent and personnel decisions, plan and organize work, discover knowledge, and scale efficiently.

The ROS application brings together data from diverse sources – HR systems (Workday, Greenhouse), collaboration tools (Slack, Zoom, Calendar), developer platforms (GitHub), business applications (Pigment, Zendesk), and internal Roblox applications. Our goal is to unify these signals and provide employees and leaders with actionable insights that drive smarter, data-informed decisions.

The ROS Engineering team is foundational to this vision. We build and maintain the data products and backend services that power the ROS ecosystem, ensuring insights are collected, transformed, and surfaced in meaningful ways. Our scope includes:

• Synchronizing and integrating data across vital internal systems (Workday, Greenhouse, GSuite, JIRA, and ROS app databases).
• Building backend services and APIs that expose insights to applications and dashboards.
• Designing intuitive frontend features that make data accessible and engaging.
• Partnering with product managers and UX designers to deliver a unified employee experience.

This is a new team in our Roblox India location, working closely with data scientists, analysts, product managers, and engineers in both India and the US. As a Senior Engineer on this team, you will help shape the foundations of how we collect, productize, and operationalize data within ROS, while collaborating with global partners to deliver impact across the company.

Work Model: This role is based in Gurugram and follows a hybrid structure — 3 days from the office (Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday) and 2 days work from home.

This role involves collaboration with our US-based team as, So It would be requiring some overlapping working hours 

• Design, develop, and maintain end-to-end features for the ROS application – from backend APIs to frontend dashboards.
• Partner with UX and Product to design features that make complex data easy to understand and act upon.
• Build scalable backend services and APIs that surface insights to the application layer.
• Design and implement intuitive, interactive user-facing components that make data accessible and engaging.
• Contribute to architectural discussions, design patterns, and best practices for fullstack development.
• Take ownership of features from concept to delivery, ensuring usability, performance, and maintainability.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product managers, UX designers, and data engineers to deliver high-quality features.
• Propose new ideas and help shape the roadmap for data-driven products.

• 5+ years of experience building full-stack systems, including backend, APIs, and frontend applications.
• 2+ years of experience leading large technical projects involving multiple teams.
• A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong frontend skills in frameworks such as React, Angular, Vue or equivalent.
• Proficiency in backend development (Java, Python, or similar), with experience in building and scaling microservices.
• Experience designing and integrating REST or GraphQL APIs.
• Familiarity with relational databases (Postgres, MySQL, or similar).
• Strong system design fundamentals, with the ability to reason about scalability, abstraction, and trade-offs.
• Proven ability to own projects end-to-end and deliver production-ready features.
• Demonstrated experience collaborating with product managers and UX designers to deliver user-centric applications.
• Strong product mindset with user empathy and a track record of proposing improvements beyond assigned tasks.

Preferred (Optional)

• Familiarity with distributed data processing frameworks (e.g., Spark, Airflow) or modern data storage models (Lakehouse/Delta/Iceberg) to effectively collaborate with data engineers.
• Background in building data products or applications that make data accessible to end users.
• Familiarity with cloud-native environments and containerized deployments (Kubernetes, Docker).

• Fullstack expertise: Comfortable working across frontend and backend layers, integrating with data services.
• User focus: Ability to translate complex data into intuitive user experiences in collaboration with UX/Product.
• Product ownership: Thinks beyond implementation, with an eye toward usability, impact, and long-term evolution.
• Collaboration: Strong communicator who thrives in cross-functional environments.
• Innovation mindset: Curiosity to learn new technologies, challenge assumptions, and bring forward new ideas.