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[PT/FT] Senior Roblox Developer & Game Designer

Toptal
📍 Anywhere in the World 💰 🕑 Any timezone
Full-time Senior Engineering Full-Stack Programming

Job Description

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Summary

We are seeking an experienced Roblox Developer or small development team to build a polished Roblox experience from concept through launch. The experience will be promoted to a large kids-and-families audience, with a strong focus on engagement, scalability, and player retention.

General information

This project is being developed for two major social media creators with a combined audience of 20M+ followers. The Roblox experience is expected to be heavily promoted across their social platforms, so the build needs to support a high-quality player experience and scale effectively as adoption grows.

The role covers end-to-end ownership across product planning, development, launch support, and post-launch iteration. This is initially a project-based engagement, with potential for ongoing development and support if the initial launch performs well.

Tasks and Deliverables

- We are looking for a developer/team that can own the project A-Z, including:

- Game concept and gameplay planning

- Roblox Studio development

- Map/world design

- 3D assets and environments

- Luau scripting

- Core gameplay mechanics

- Multiplayer systems

- UI/UX

- Player progression and rewards

- Data saving

- Monetization systems

- Mobile, tablet, PC, and console optimization

- Testing, debugging, and QA

- Roblox publishing and launch support

- Analytics and performance tracking

- Post-launch updates and improvements

Required experience

- Strong portfolio of published Roblox experiences

- Deep experience with Roblox Studio and Luau

- Experience building games designed for large player counts

- Strong understanding of retention, progression, monetization, and Roblox game loops

- Experience optimizing Roblox experiences across devices

- Able to take ownership of both the technical development and overall product

- Strong communication and project-management skills

- Experience launching and maintaining successful Roblox games is highly...