Game Developer - Roblox
Posted 4 days ago by PRELOADED
Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The role of Game Developer (Roblox) involves creating engaging social game experiences within the Roblox platform, collaborating closely with the game design and creative teams. The developer will participate in the full product cycle from concept to launch, focusing on technical feasibility, code quality, and documentation. The position requires proven experience in shipping Roblox experiences and a deep understanding of relevant technologies. The developer will also be part of a BAFTA-winning studio dedicated to innovative play experiences.
Key Responsibilities:
- Work with the team during Discovery to understand what's needed, identify potential roadblocks, and suggest ways to avoid them.
- Ensure technical work is sound, scalable, achievable, and ideally innovative within the project's scope.
- Assess the technical feasibility of the game design and art, and help define the technical approach.
- Write efficient, robust, and reusable code that follows commercial standards.
- Keep the team updated on progress, flag any technical risks or blockers, manage technical expectations, and share/ask for help or feedback.
- Create clear documentation on the project for team understanding and smoother future development.
Key Skills:
- Proven experience shipping one or more Roblox experiences with Live Operations, with deep understanding of Luau and OOP.
- Proficiency in Roblox Studio’s core systems, Roblox API, CFrame, UI/UX and performance and optimisation.
- Solid understanding of backend Roblox multiplayer services, such as datastore and MemoryStoreService, including experience with efficient data handling and management of player data to avoid exploits.
- Experience with Git & Rojo, showcasing comfort working in team-based environments using version control and collaborative coding workflows.
- Understanding of Roblox's asset management, including importing, managing, and optimising various assets (meshes, textures, audio).
- Excellent communicator, team player, and effective problem solver.
- Nice to Have: Advanced asynchronous scripting such as promises and maid patterns.
- Actively involved and understands the Roblox community and audience motivations.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London Area
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Game Developer (Roblox) Contract: (Hybrid/Remote)
Overview
We’re seeking a seasoned Roblox Game Developer with an instinctive understanding of what makes a compelling social experience. You will be part of the game team and work closely with game design and creative to create and explore new and exciting social game experiences. The experience will feature in-world purchases and social-first mechanics. You’ll be part of the full product cycle from concept to launch with the potential to extend into live-ops.
Key Responsibilities
- Work with the team during Discovery to understand what's needed, identify potential roadblocks, and suggest ways to avoid them.
- Make sure our technical work is sound, scalable, achievable, and ideally innovative within the project's scope.
- Assess the technical feasibility of the game design and art, and help define our technical approach.
- Write efficient, robust, and reusable code that follows commercial standards.
- Keep the team updated on progress, flag any technical risks or blockers, manage technical expectations, and share/ask for help or feedback.
- Create clear documentation on the project so everyone understands the tech, new team members can get onboard easily, and future development is smoother.
What We’re Looking For
- Proven experience shipping one or more Roblox experiences with Live Operations, with deep understanding of Luau and OOP.
- Proficiency in Roblox Studio’s core systems, Roblox API, CFrame, UI/UX and performance and optimisation.
- Solid understanding of backend Roblox multiplayer services, such as datastore and MemoryStoreService, including experience with efficient data handling and management of player data to avoid exploits.
- Experience with Git & Rojo, showcasing comfort working in team-based environments using version control and collaborative coding workflows.
- Understanding of Roblox's asset management, including importing, managing, and optimising various assets (meshes, textures, audio).
- Excellent communicator, team player, and effective problem solver.
Nice to Have
- Advanced asynchronous scripting such as promises and maid patterns.
- Actively involved and understands the Roblox community and audience motivations.
ABOUT PRELOADED
We are a BAFTA-winning games studio inventing new ways to play for everyone. We harness the power of play to create the experiences of tomorrow. Founded in 2000, PRELOADED believes that play, in all contexts and for all audiences, has the potential to impact our world positively. As a cross-disciplinary team of artists, designers, play specialists, and creative technologists, we are united by this shared mission - what we call Play with Purpose®. Together, we craft a diverse range of playful experiences. We help organisations, brands, and institutions engage next-generation audiences and collaborate with technology platforms to imagine the future of play.
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