no shortcuts, Roblox has succeeded the hard way - Director of Engineering Roblox Employee Review

5.0
Mar 4, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

extraordinary technology--for instance, any one of the thousands of game on the Roblox platform could have players on xbox, a tablet device, iphone, android, desktop, etc.--amazing. A few days ago i saw a cutting-edge multi-player game re-implemented on Roblox with astonishing fidelity. The developers who build this technology are sitting all around me--that's perhaps the best thing. Another: it is run by adults. Not by a 25-year old stanford drop-out who just wants to be famous. The codebase here was created deliberately with tender loving care by masters. As a result there seems to be astonishingly little technical debt--eg, on the roblox blog, you can read about major upgrades to the core game components (the physics engine. This would be impossible without a rock-solid code base

Cons

about 325 people; there is some bureaucracy, but if you are coming from a larger org, you might have the opposite impression

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Thank you for your feedback! We’re also proud of the standard bearing technology that drives the developer and user experience - thanks to the talent that is empowered to showcase their expertise in their work. We’re committed to continuously refine the employee experience, so if you have any additional insights, feel free to email feedback@roblox.com.

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