As a Principal Software Engineer on the Avatar Personalization team, you will use the Roblox game engine to build features that push the boundaries of our avatar technology, and build creative systems that make Roblox avatars simple and delightful to use. You will tackle the biggest projects, provide technical leadership, and coordinate with teams across Roblox to build systems used by tens of millions of monthly players and developers.

You are passionate about building outstanding APIs in the Roblox game engine enabling Roblox developers to build industry leading avatar editing in their experiences. This technology will enable in experience creation of avatar assets. You'll work with Avatar technologies such as animation, clothing, hair, and shading. Experience in game or film development is especially translatable into this team and role.

You Will:

• Implement groundbreaking features in Roblox game engine to build the best avatar system in the world
• Build APIs for Roblox developers enabling in-experience creation of Roblox Avatars from scratch
• Enhance avatar fidelity and uniqueness on Roblox
• Use the Roblox game engine to build excellent vertical applications for multiple platforms (mobile, tablet, PC, and console)
• Refactor and improve our existing codebase
• Improve system reliability, performance, and test coverage
• Work with numerous teams to help build the world's best user generated gaming platform
• Implement systems in a combination of Lua and C++

You Have:

• 8+ years of professional experience working on a consumer-facing game engine and/or game application
• Proficiency with C++, 3D math, data structures, algorithms, and networking
• Experience working on character building and customization systems, editors, and content creation tools
• Experience building online console or mobile game titles
• Experience with game or film character systems such as animation, rigid-body or cloth/hair physics, or shading