San Mateo, California, United States · Hybrid
$164k–$201k/yr
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 Roblo…
Skills: Technical Animation, Rigging, Skin Weighting, Maya, Blender
San Mateo, California, United States · Hybrid
$269k–$326k/yr
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 Roblo…
Skills: Identity And Access Management, AI Agent Security, Distributed Backend Applications, Python, Java
San Mateo, California, United States · Hybrid
$197k–$243k/yr
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 Roblo…
Skills: Distributed Backend Systems, Microservices, Game Engines, C++, C#
San Mateo, California, United States · Hybrid
$197k–$243k/yr
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 Roblo…
Skills: Machine Learning Engineering, Anomaly Detection, Distributed Systems, Time-Series Modeling, Data Pipeline Development
San Mateo, California, United States · Hybrid
$399k–$458k/yr
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 Roblo…
Skills: Machine Learning, Distributed Systems, Data Architecture, Model Extraction, Natural Language Processing
San Mateo, California, United States · Hybrid
$252k–$298k/yr
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 Roblo…
Skills: Legal Counseling, Product Counseling, Regulatory Compliance, Consumer Protection Law, Online Safety
Goodyear, Arizona, United States · Hybrid
$185k–$229k/yr
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 Roblo…
Skills: Data Center Operations, Hardware Troubleshooting, Team Leadership, Network Infrastructure, Rack Deployment
San Mateo, California, United States · Hybrid
$197k–$243k/yr
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 Roblo…
Skills: C#, Go, Rust, Java, C++
San Mateo, California, United States · Hybrid
$197k–$243k/yr
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 Roblo…
Skills: Backend Engineering, Full Stack Engineering, Distributed Systems, API Design, C#
Singapore, Singapore · Hybrid
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 Roblo…
Skills: Trust & Safety, Product Policy, Regional Compliance, Content Policy Development, Stakeholder Management
Gurugram, Haryana, India · Hybrid
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 Roblo…
Skills: Trust & Safety, Product Policy, Regional Compliance, Content Policy Development, Stakeholder Management
San Mateo, California, United States · Hybrid
$243k–$295k/yr
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 Roblo…
Skills: React, Redux, React Native, WebRTC, System Design
San Mateo, California, United States · Hybrid
$197k–$243k/yr
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 Roblo…
Skills: React, React Native, iOS, Android, Windows
San Mateo, California, United States · Hybrid
$184k–$229k/yr
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 Roblo…
Skills: Product Management, Monetization Strategy, Payments, Subscriptions, Fintech
San Mateo, California, United States · Hybrid
$243k–$295k/yr
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 Roblo…
Skills: Backend Software Development, Distributed Systems, SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL
San Mateo, California, United States · Hybrid
$66/hr–$76/hr
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 Roblo…
Skills: Roblox Studio, Performance Optimization, Lua, Python, Debugging
San Mateo, California, United States · Hybrid
$229k–$281k/yr
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 Roblo…
Skills: Product Management, Design Systems, UI/UX Design, A/B Testing, Stakeholder Management
United Kingdom · Hybrid
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 Roblo…
Skills: Customer Support, Critical Thinking, Verbal Communication, Written Communication, Time Management
San Mateo, California, United States · Hybrid
$220k–$262k/yr
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 Roblo…
Skills: Causal Inference, Statistical Modeling, Experimental Design, SQL, Python
San Mateo, California, United States · Hybrid
$295k–$345k/yr
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 Roblo…
Skills: Engineering Management, Infrastructure Scaling, CI/CD, GitHub Actions, AWS
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The Senior Technical Animator will partner with engineers to develop movement and rigging systems while guiding the evolution of animation tools. They will also oversee outsourced assets, create tutorials, and advise external creators on best practices.
Requires a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in CG or computer science with over 5 years of game industry experience. Candidates must possess deep expertise in real-time engines, rigging, and human motion physics.
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 Technical Animator, you will be working with a team of talented engineers, artists, and technical artists to push the boundaries of what is possible on the Roblox platform. You will be instrumental in informing where we take our animation tools and help advance our capabilities by providing reference animations and new animations for our platform.
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.
Roles that are based in an office are onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional presence on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted).
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.
Reimagining the way people come together.
Roblox's vision is to reimagine the way people come together. Our mission is to connect a billion people with optimism and civility. What is Roblox? Roblox is a platform where people come together virtually to share experiences. Every day, tens of millions of people from around the world come to Roblox to learn, work, play, connect, communicate, and socialize in immersive digital experiences all built by a global community of creators. Powered by Creators Roblox is powered by a global community of millions of developers and creators who produce their own immersive multiplayer experiences each month using Roblox Studio, our intuitive desktop design tool. Any experience imaginable can be created on Roblox. How Popular? Roblox is ranked as one of the top entertainment platforms for audiences under the age of 18 based on average monthly visits and time spent (Comscore). Our popularity is driven purely by the community with millions of people signing up through word of mouth every month.
Offices: 970 Park Pl, San Mateo, California 94403, US
Reimagining the way people come together.
Roblox's vision is to reimagine the way people come together. Our mission is to connect a billion people with optimism and civility. What is Roblox? Roblox is a platform where people come together virtually to share experiences. Every day, tens of millions of people from around the world come to Roblox to learn, work, play, connect, communicate, and socialize in immersive digital experiences all built by a global community of creators. Powered by Creators Roblox is powered by a global community of millions of developers and creators who produce their own immersive multiplayer experiences each month using Roblox Studio, our intuitive desktop design tool. Any experience imaginable can be created on Roblox. How Popular? Roblox is ranked as one of the top entertainment platforms for audiences under the age of 18 based on average monthly visits and time spent (Comscore). Our popularity is driven purely by the community with millions of people signing up through word of mouth every month.
Offices: 970 Park Pl, San Mateo, California 94403, US
