Principal Software Engineer Replication at Roblox

The Engine Replication Team pulls the players together by ensuring the communication of the game state to all. As a Principal Replication Engineer you will help the players experience the game as a nearly synchronous world. Just as the nerves in our bodies coordinate our actions the network system coordinates all the computers involved into a smooth experience for the players. You will work in all areas of the game platform in your quest for real-time communication of every part of Roblox.You Are:A leading engineer with 8 years of industry experienceExperienced with Game networking coming from a Game Engine/Studio.Amazing at systems-level C programming and are fascinated by the actual work the CPU does when you use smart pointers templates virtual functions and blocks of memory both structured and rawKeen on each millisecond of the network exchanges: You know where the time goes and how to reduce the waste.You Have:Deep understanding of how high-performance and low-latency networking solutions for a variety of game genres e.g. high-fidelity first-person shooters massive multiplayer online games are architected and designed. This includes architecting state synchronization predictive mechanisms and bandwidth optimization.Practical experience with core game networking paradigms such as client-side prediction and server reconciliation data serialization and compression (e.g. delta encoding) lag compensation.Extensive experience with multi-threaded programming synchronization primitives and designing thread-safe networking systemsWorked on some or all the devices Roblox supports - from desktop clients to mobile phone clients to console clients.Required Experience:Staff IC Key Skills Continuous Integration,Docker,Jenkins,Python,System Design,Agile,C/C++,Go,Systems Engineering,Software Development,Java,Distributed Systems Employment Type : Full Time Experience: years Vacancy: 1