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Senior Navigation Software Engineer - Game AI

San Mateo, United States

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 Senior Navigation Engineer, you will report into the engineering manager of Digital Life. 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 be an early part of our team, in our mission to bring life to the metaverse.

You are:

  • An experienced Game Engines engineer: You are proficient in C++, multithreading, 3D math and data structures.
  • A Game AI nerd: You are familiar with different paradigms, data representations, tools, tricks and techniques.
  • Creative: You enjoy exploring new solutions to difficult problems.
  • A Navigator: You have thought about navigation maps and the best way to implement them
  • Innovative: You have 5+ years of experience in AI.

You will:

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

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
$218,540—$283,780 USD

You’ll Love: 

  • Industry-leading compensation package
  • Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • A rewarding 401k program
  • Flexible vacation policy
  • 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. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

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