Principal Software Engineer - Game AI

Every day, tens of millions of people come to Roblox to explore, create, play, learn, and connect with friends in 3D immersive digital experiences– all created by our global community of developers and creators.

At Roblox, we’re building the tools and platform that empower our community to bring any experience that they can imagine to life. Our vision is to reimagine the way people come together, from anywhere in the world, and on any device. We’re on a mission to connect a billion people with optimism and civility, and looking for amazing talent to help us get there.

A career at Roblox means you’ll be working to shape the future of human interaction, solving unique technical challenges at scale, and helping to create safer, more civil shared experiences for everyone.

As a Principal Game AI Engineer, you will report into the engineering manager of Avatar Movement. You will create the systems and tools to make AI agents with customizable traits a reality for multiple gameplay styles and genres. Your work in pathfinding, path planning, motion planning, reasoning and procedural behaviors will empower developers to deepen the immersion of user generated games.

You Will:

• Work on game AI systems that must run on all platforms and will reach millions of players.
• Take ownership of projects throughout their lifecycle.
• Prototype new ideas and evaluate them.
• Create demos to showcase what is possible.immersion of user generated games.

You Have:

• 5+ years of experience in AI.
• Proficient C++ experience with multithreading, 3D math and data structures.
• Experience with different game AI paradigms, data representations, tools, tricks and techniques.
• Capability to explore new solutions to difficult problems.
• Experience navigating maps and think of the best way to implement them

Bonus:

• Experience working with multiplayer games.
• Experience working with Lua.

For roles that are based at our headquarters in San Mateo, CA: The starting base pay for this position is as shown below. The actual base pay is dependent upon a variety of job-related factors such as professional background, training, work experience, location, business needs and market demand. Therefore, in some circumstances, the actual salary could fall outside of this expected range. This pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. All full-time employees are also eligible for equity compensation and for benefits.

Annual Salary Range$283,780—$331,640 USD

Roles that are based in our San Mateo, CA Headquarters are in-office Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional in-office on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted).

You’ll Love:

• Industry-leading compensation package
• Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage
• A rewarding 401k program
• Flexible vacation policy (varies by exemption status)
• Roflex - Flexible and supportive work policy
• Roblox Admin badge for your avatar

• At Roblox HQ:

  • Free catered lunches five times a week and several fully stocked kitchens with unlimited snacks
  • Onsite fitness center and fitness program credit
  • Annual CalTrain Go Pass

Roblox provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Roblox also provides reasonable accommodations for all candidates during the interview process.