Design Engineer

Overview Roblox is hiring a Design Engineer for its Design Acceleration team in San Mateo, focused on backend systems, AI integrations, and internal tooling that support design workflows. The role requires strong software engineering experience, especially in backend services, APIs, orchestration, and Figma plugin development. Responsibilities - Architect and build scalable backend services and APIs that connect design tools to AI models and Roblox Studio - Develop agentic workflows and orchestration layers, including Model Context Protocol servers - Build automated CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure for zero-config development environments - Design and maintain data architecture that connects design systems with AI data sources - Create internal tools, Figma and Cursor plugins, and web apps for design linting, code generation, and automated compliance Requirements - 3+ years of software engineering experience with a focus on full-stack or backend development - Experience building scalable internal services, systems architecture, and API design - Familiarity with LLM orchestration, agentic workflows, and AI protocols such as MCP - Experience with cloud infrastructure, feature-flag management, GitHub Enterprise, and automated deployment pipelines - Strong understanding of Figma plugin architecture and programmatic design-data manipulation at scale Benefits - Annual salary range: $163,830 to $202,550 USD for San Mateo-based roles - Full-time employees are eligible for equity compensation and benefits - Office-based roles are onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional Monday and Friday presence Other Relevant Heading Reporting line: Manager of Design Acceleration. Nice-to-have experience includes Roblox development, Lua/React-Lua, game-engine UI architecture, ASTs, compiler logic, or automated code generation. Source https://careers.roblox.com/jobs/7826363?gh_jid=7826363