Technical Director, Roblox Studio

📋 Description

• Define and lead the technical roadmap for Roblox Studio and toolchain with a focus on performance
• Design and build core systems for a high-performance desktop IDE: startup, editing, edit-test loop
• Lead by example as a hands-on contributor while setting architectural and engineering standards.
• Author and review design documents and technical specifications for Studio features.
• Drive end-to-end performance improvements: profiling, bottlenecks, latency, memory, throughput.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and design to deliver fast, reliable creator tooling.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelors degree or equivalent in Computer Science/Engineering (MS/PhD a strong plus).
• 12+ years of engineering experience in high-performance, large-scale C++ systems with ownership of
• Strong background in memory management, concurrency, data structures, or real-time systems.
• Experience in creator tooling, developer tools, or IDE-like platforms; know what makes products
• Experience building and optimizing high-performance client applications; keep large desktop apps
• Ability to set technical direction and raise quality across multiple teams as an IC.

🎁 Benefits

• Equity compensation in addition to base salary.
• Office-based role with in-person collaboration; onsite Tuesday-Thursday, with optional presence
• Includes benefits described on Roblox careers page.
• Pay range information provided for US-based roles (base is subject to location and market).