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Working at Roblox: Meet Ruofan Zhang
Meet Ruofan Zhang, a Principal Designer on the Studio Foundation team at Roblox. Ruofan and her colleagues leverage user-centric design thinking to ensure that our developer community has the tools they need to build and edit the metaverse.
| October 19, 2021 -
RDC 2021: Updates on Roblox’s Vision and the Path Forward
Roblox CTO Daniel Sturman gives a peek behind the curtain at our 2021 Roblox Developers Conference. In this article, he shares several exciting updates about the platform and revisits all of the advancements we’ve made throughout the year.
| October 14, 2021 -
Avatars and Identity in the Metaverse, Part 1
In Sanskrit, avatar (अवतार) refers to “an incarnation in human form.” In Roblox, few things reflect a user’s identity more directly than their avatar. As we’ll discover, there is no “standard” Roblox user, and the fantastical ae...
| October 13, 2021 -
Twenty One Pilots Tour Debut Draws International Applause
Check out some of the highlights from the interactive virtual concert experience.
| October 11, 2021 -
Working at Roblox: Meet Jovanni Cutigni
Jovanni Cutigni is an Engineering Manager on the Simulation Core Team at Roblox. He and his team work to make it easy for developers to build dynamic physics-based experiences.
| September 30, 2021 -
Causal Inference Using Instrumental Variables
Data Scientists often find themselves repeating the mantra “Correlation is not causation.” It’s a good thing to remind our stakeholders — and ourselves — constantly because data can be treacherous, and because the human mind can’t help bu...
| September 27, 2021 -
Why a Generic Payment Platform Is Crucial for the Company You Plan to Become
You should think about adding a payment gateway in a generic way to enable scale and innovation to support your growing business.
| September 27, 2021 -
Introducing Age Verification
A new way for users to access innovative social capabilities and age-appropriate content while also ensuring the safety of our community.
| September 21, 2021 -
Working at Roblox: Meet Karla Polo
Karla Polo is a Senior Product Designer on the Economy team at Roblox. Learn about how her work shapes monetization in the metaverse.
| September 16, 2021 -
Celebrating Our 2021 Interns
Our intern class of 2021 has left their mark on the metaverse with fresh and innovative ideas that surpassed all expectations.
| September 09, 2021 -
Roblox Presents the Twenty One Pilots Concert Experience
Join Grammy Award-winning duo Twenty One Pilots on an electrifying musical adventure where you decide how the concert unfolds!
| September 07, 2021 -
The Future of Communication in the Metaverse
We believe that the metaverse is for everyone. It follows that the communication capabilities we create must also be for everyone.
| September 02, 2021 -
Working at Roblox: Meet Luna Sun
Luna Sun shares her experience as a Senior Software Engineer on the Game Engine Rendering team, where she focuses on the visual quality of Roblox experiences.
| August 27, 2021 -
Working at Roblox: Meet Andrea Fletcher
Andrea Fletcher shares her experience as a software engineer working on our Social team.
| August 19, 2021 -
Working at Roblox: Meet Jan Berktold
Read about Jan Berktold’s work as a Tech Lead and Principal Software Engineer on our Platform team.
| July 23, 2021 -
Working at Roblox: Meet Nathan Dean
Nathan Dean shares his broad experience at Roblox, from user to intern to principal software engineer.
| July 15, 2021 -
Working at Roblox: Meet Denise Szeto
Denise Szeto shares a glimpse of what it’s like working on our Trust & Safety team.
| June 30, 2021