Five Unique Answers to “How Do I Get a Job at ROBLOX?”

BooksOur builders are passionate about creating top quality ROBLOX experiences, and many have asked us via Facebook, Twitter and ROBLOX games what it takes to secure a job here at ROBLOX HQ. The good news? This article will seek to answer that question. The interesting news? There’s way more than one answer. You see, ROBLOX is a unique combination of people from all walks of life, with different amounts of training in different fields. We share the same collective vision, though each of us do different things to achieve it. I thought it would be best to talk to a wide range of ROBLOX employees so that no matter which field you’re looking to pursue, you’ll have an example to follow.

Web Engineer Cullen Reilly (MacLir)

maclirInfluence: I grew up on USAF Missile Bases around a lot of engineers, so I was predisposed to engineering as a profession at a young age. I was exposed to and fascinated by computers, and pushing the capabilities of machines. In high school I started messing with coding–initially working to create more complex Warcraft III maps and behaviors. That’s where my interest in all this started.

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ROBLOX is Expanding to Continue Innovating

ROBLOX is one of the biggest gaming sites on the internet–we’ve logged 140,000 peak concurrent users and 393 million hours of gameplay in 2012. As we continue to steadily grow our userbase, we’re also looking to expand the size of our team. That’s right folks, ROBLOX is hiring. The current version of ROBLOX represents less than 10% of what we envision for the future–come help us build that future today!

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The Stories Behind the Jobs at ROBLOX

Here at ROBLOX, we love our jobs. Starting as a team of two people in 2005, ROBLOX has since become a haven of web developers, engineers, infrastructure experts, and more, from all walks of life. Since the school season is just beginning, we thought we’d talk to some of those people and have them share their stories, tips and experiences with you. 

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