Software Engineer, Discovery UX
- Salary
- $153,120 - $196,750
- Level
- Junior
Not stated in the posting: work type, visa.
Open. First seen 30 October 2026.
About the role
Roblox's standard text
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 Software Engineer on the Discovery UX team, you'll build frontend features across discovery surfaces like Home and Search, helping users find games they'll love and developers find their audience. You'll design, build, and measure your own features, working with partners across Roblox. If you’re data-driven and passionate about building a cohesive user experience, you’ll be right at home on this team!
You Will:
- Design, build, and ship features that define the discovery journey for millions of users
- Drive UX improvements through rigorous A/B testing and deep-dive analysis of experiment results
- Collaborate with teams across Roblox to ensure a coherent user experience across Web and App
You Have:
- 1–3 years of industry experience building web or mobile applications using technologies such as React, TypeScript, and JavaScript
- A passion for understanding users and creating exceptional experiences for our community
- The flexibility to work across areas such as backend systems and data infrastructure when needed to achieve project goals
- An analytical mindset, with the ability to anticipate edge cases and use data to understand the impact of your work
- Respect for your teammates and a commitment to fostering a collaborative, inclusive environment
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 as described on this page.
Annual Salary Range
$153,120—$196,750 USD
Roles that are based in an office are onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional presence on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted).
Roblox's standard text
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 to candidates with qualifying disabilities or religious beliefs during the recruiting process.
For US based roles only, please note the Company may not be able to employ candidates for this role who have United States work authorization related to certain U.S. visa categories, or support future H-1B sponsorship at this time.
What this role asks for
Particular to this role
JavaScript · React · TypeScript
Rare in Roblox's other 218 open postings.
64% of this description is written for the role. The rest is Roblox's standard text, folded away below.
Compared with Roblox's other open jobs.
The team: Early Career FT - Engineering HIRES STEADILY
This role is one of 16 open in Early Career FT - Engineering. 10 were posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in August: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.
WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS
Python (10 of 16), C# (9 of 16), Golang (9 of 16), C++ (7 of 16), Rust (5 of 16), JavaScript (4 of 16), Machine Learning (4 of 16)
OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM
- Software Engineer, Creator Services Communication posted Oct 27
- Software Engineer, Frontend - Economy posted Oct 26
- Software Engineer, Notifications posted Oct 23
- Software Engineer, Reliability posted Oct 23
- Software Engineer, Account Security posted Oct 9
- Software Engineer, ROS posted Oct 9
- Software Engineer, Data Model posted Oct 9
- Software Engineer, Engine Systems posted Oct 8
- Software Engineer, Test Frameworks & Tooling posted Oct 6
- Software Engineer, Engine Scalability posted Sep 30
- Software Engineer, GenAI Platform posted Sep 25
- Software Engineer, Data Access posted Sep 24
- Software Engineer, Engine Infrastructure posted Sep 9
- Software Engineer, Foundation AI posted Aug 17
- [2027] Software Engineer, Early Career posted Aug 5
From the team and dates on Roblox's own job board.
Posting history
Reposted once since 3 October 2026: a posting for this role in San Mateo, CA, United States was taken down and the role was posted again.
- 30 October 2026 – open (this posting)
- 3 October 2026 – closed 10 October 2026
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