Lead Software Engineer

Voldex

Lead Software Engineer at Voldex leading a team for Roblox game features and enhancements. Responsibilities include technical leadership, team mentoring, and game performance monitoring.

Posted 7/16/2026full-timeRemote • 🇨🇦 CanadaSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in Roblox game development, leading engineering teams to deliver high-quality features while balancing technical risks and business needs. Proficient in monitoring game performance and implementing improvements to enhance player experience.

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Roblox Game DevelopmentTeam LeadershipTechnical JudgementPerformance MonitoringCross-Functional Communication

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Hard Skills

Game Feature DeliveryPlanningEstimationImplementationQuality AssurancePost-Launch SupportCode Quality StandardsTechnical Trade-OffsLive Game SystemsBackend Systems

Soft Skills

MentoringCollaborationProblem-SolvingAccountabilityCommunication

Certifications & Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree in CS/Software Engineering

Industry Keywords

Game DevelopmentPlayer ExperienceGame Performance MetricsCrash RatesFPSGame JamModdingMultiplayer SystemsEconomy SystemsProgression Systems

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead a small engineering team to deliver roadmap features predictably while balancing quality, velocity, technical risk, and business needs
Be accountable for the delivery of features owned by direct reports, ensuring work is well-scoped, estimated, sequenced, implemented, tested, merged, and released effectively
Own technical estimates produced by the team, ensuring estimates are realistic, account for dependencies and risks, and support reliable roadmap planning
Partner closely with product managers, producers, QA, design, art, and other stakeholders to align feature execution with business goals, player experience expectations, and technical constraints
Monitor game performance, live stability, crash rates, FPS, and post-release regressions; identify risks, escalate when needed, and drive action plans with the team
Set and enforce standards for code quality, maintainability, implementation, and review across the team
Mentor engineers on technical execution, code quality, player experience, Roblox/game platform constraints, and engineering judgment
Proactively improve game and feature quality by identifying opportunities to improve responsiveness, polish, stability, performance, and overall player experience
Collaborate with the manager and senior engineers to define technical initiatives, roadmap risks, operational improvements, and technical priorities for the game
Support people leadership responsibilities, including onboarding, structured feedback, performance documentation, growth planning, and identifying gaps against the levelling framework

Requirements

What you’ll need

3–5+ years of Roblox game development experience
1+ years of experience leading an engineering team of at least 3 people
Demonstrated mastery of Roblox game development
Shipped games or features on Roblox or similar platforms
Proven experience leading engineers through production feature delivery, including but not limited to: planning, estimation, implementation, QA, release, and post-launch support
Strong technical judgement with the ability to guide architecture, implementation patterns, code quality, and technical trade-offs across a team
Experience monitoring live game or product health through performance metrics, player feedback, incidents, regressions, crash rates, FPS, or related signals
Ability to coordinate release readiness, QA send-off, feature merges, incident response, and post-release follow-through
Strong cross-functional communication skills, with the ability to clearly explain priorities, risks, trade-offs, and technical expectations to product, design, QA, art, producers, engineers, and leadership
Ability to work hands-on when needed while remaining accountable for team-level delivery, quality, and operational outcomes
Nice to Have:
- Bachelor’s degree in CS/Software Engineering or equivalent experience working in a development team
- Game jam or modding experience
- Experience building or scaling live game systems (economy, progression, multiplayer systems)
- Familiarity with backend systems, services, or data pipelines
- Strong understanding of player experience design and gameplay feel

Benefits

Comp & perks

💰 Competitive compensation - above-market salary + profit sharing + stock options
⛳️ Retirement benefits - company contribution to your retirement plan (401k, RRSP, Pension), in Canada, UK and USA!
🩺 Medical, dental, and vision benefits - depending on the country, there may be additional benefits (Life, ADD, etc…) such as Canada, UK and USA.
🏖 Flexible PTO - vacations + Federal / Bank Holidays
🌎 Remote First - we have always been remote and will remain that way including work from home/anywhere
🎮 In-person get-togethers, virtual company-wide game events, Robux allowances, and so much more!
🎓 Professional Development - Reimburse the costs of courses, materials, and anything to help further their training and growth
🎉 Work with awesome people and impact millions of daily players