Roblox will make you a worse engineer - Principal Software Engineer Roblox Employee Review

1.0
28 Nov 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Comp is high, especially considering how easy the work is.

Cons

Here's the review I wish I read before accepting my offer --> If you are coming from a well-developed engineering culture, the stuff you see here will leave you wanting to quit in your first week. You won't because the comp is good and you've already left your old job. But you'll stay and witness poor collaboration, a lack of engineering aptitude, and the most dysfunctional engineering culture of your career. You'll try to make an impact which will be blocked by poor tooling, incompetent partner teams, and ICs chasing their vanity project for their next promo. After 6 months you'll realize that giving the bare minimum and collecting a paycheck is enough. This job isn't worth it.

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5.0
24 Jun 2026
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Pros

Wonderful people, free & tasty breakfast and lunch with a lot of options, not too much pressure

Cons

Lots of responsibility, lower RO rate (for interns)

2.0
21 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Total compensation is top of the market. Good benefits, matching 401k, free DEXA scans, nice HQ.

Cons

Chaotic management. Violatile stock price, one year you can make a lot of money with your RSUs, the next year its all worthless. Progression is hard, on paper they have a standardized rubric for leveling engineers but when it comes to calibration that's when the gaslighting and the caveat starts.

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