About the job
Join Roblox, where millions of users engage daily in creating, exploring, and connecting through immersive 3D experiences designed by a vibrant community of developers and creators. As part of our mission to connect a billion people with optimism and civility, we are looking for exceptional talent to help us shape the future of human interaction.
At Roblox, we are committed to building a platform that empowers our users to bring their imaginative experiences to life. Your career here will involve tackling unique technical challenges at scale while ensuring that shared experiences remain safe and civil for all.
Key Responsibilities:
As a Senior Backend Engineer on the Avatar Marketplace team, you will play a pivotal role in developing an international marketplace for millions of virtual items that users utilize to enhance their avatars and identities on the Roblox platform. Your work will involve designing, implementing, and managing frameworks and services that regulate the supply and demand within the Roblox economy.
The team focuses on building systems that enhance the success of content creators as sellers. We seek an experienced engineer passionate about designing scalable solutions for both sides of the marketplace. The Marketplace Foundation team is dedicated to providing reliable and scalable solutions for critical systems that support both Avatar Marketplace creators and users.
Your contributions will include innovating and evolving core concepts to support both current and future use cases, such as Bundles, Limiteds, and Price Optimization. You will help creators maximize their earnings while also scaling Roblox's economy. Additionally, you will be responsible for ensuring a 10x scalability headroom on critical Marketplace systems, improving efficiency, enhancing fault tolerance, and reducing the number and resolution time of production customer support tickets related to these systems.
You will be tasked with:
- Designing and architecting scalable, reliable, and fault-tolerant distributed systems, including microservices, message queuing systems, distributed databases, and cloud-based solutions.
- Implementing high-quality, dependable code with comprehensive unit and integration tests.

