The Product Developer rank, also known as [PDV], is the rank given to all members who are currently involved with developing for Stepford County Railway.
The rank replaced the [HPD] (Head of Product Development) role, supposedly so that more people could have the role rather than a single person. This position is for people that improve and create new content for the game (e.g. trains, scenery). In addition, this rank, unlike its predecessor, is not a managerial position.
The members of this rank do not have anything to do with the operational departments. Prior to 31 October 2023, members of this rank reported to the Innovations Director, since the aforementioned date they report to the directorate as a whole.
Members of this rank are hired through the Roblox Talent Hub if a position is available, as well as previously on the Roblox Developer Forum.
History
Previously, Product Developers were not recruited publicly; however, on 18 September 2020, BanTech posted a recruitment notice on the Roblox Developer Forum, looking for a Product Developer specialised in mesh modelling to upgrade trains.[1] aeroware was hired.
Another public recruitment occurred on 18 April 2021, where BanTech again, was looking for another mesh modeller to upgrade the fleet.[2] LetsGamingYT was hired.
On 7 September 2021, BanTech was looking for another Product Developer specialising in UX design.[3]
Then, on 6 February 2022, BanTech opened yet another Product Developer position for a part-time Roblox Luau Scripter.[4]
On 31 October 2023, along with the restructuring of the Developers department, this rank was renamed to simply Developer. The rank's handle was changed to DV for a short time, before being reverted to PDV. The Head of Brand Design rank was also merged into this rank. In addition, the management of this rank was transferred from the Innovations Director to the Technical Lead rank.
On 25 February 2024, the Technical Lead rank was rebranded to Game Developer, and the Developer rank was changed back to Product Developer.
List of Developers
Users marked in italics are non-player accounts.
| No. | User | Status | Job | Term | Reason for leaving |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | yrrebRBLX | Former | Game design, train modelling | 14 June 2019 – 2 February 2021 | Lack of time, moving focus on Roblox transport community as a whole |
| 2. | OverheadWires | Train modelling, brand design | 21 July 2019 – 30 October 2019 | Lack of passion and interest | |
| 3. | Thehazad9 | Game design | 26 October 2019 – 26 June 2020 | Promoted to RD | |
| 4. | Mattyx2013 | Game design, train modelling | 2 January 2020 – 6 June 2020 | Lack of motivation, focus in future career | |
| 5. | OverheadWires | Train modelling | 5 June 2020 – 12 February 2021 | Demoted due to missing deadlines, lack of time and interest | |
| 6. | aerowave | 18 September 2020 – 31 January 2021 | Focus on real life | ||
| 7. | JiveOff | Programming | 5 October 2020 – 31 October 2023 | Focus on projects outside of Roblox | |
| 8. | OriginalArkus | Current | Programming, web development | 28 November 2020 – incumbent | N/A |
| 9. | Thehazad9 | Game design | 23 January 2021 – incumbent | ||
| 10. | MrTransportGuy | Former | 3D modelling | 24 March 2021 – May 2025 | Unknown |
| 11. | LetsGamingDev | Current | 2 July 2021 – incumbent | N/A | |
| 12. | SamT_RBX | Recording, sound design | 11 July 2021 – incumbent | ||
| 13. | SCR_ControlBoards | Former | Uploading assets | 16 August 2021 – 27 March 2022 | Promoted to BD/ID |
| 14. | FrostedPlasma13 | Programming, Discord development | 15 September 2021 - 10 March 2025 | Unknown | |
| 15. | the_h465 | Current | 3D modelling | 3 January 2022 – incumbent | N/A |
| 16. | gs_ck | Former | Programming | 30 March 2022 – 27 August 2022 | Unknown |
| 17. | BanTech_Test | Testing | 28 April 2022 – 11 July 2022 | Unknown | |
| 18. | BanTech_Test | 7 October 2022 – 17 January 2023 | Unknown | ||
| 19. | BanTech | Development | 31 October 2023 – 25 February 2024 | Transferred to GDV | |
| 20. | tpx_jm | Current | Brand design | 31 October 2023 – incumbent | N/A |
| 21. | SCR_ControlBoards | Uploading assets | |||
| 22. | SillySorcery | Former | Programming, Luau Gameplay engineer | 29 November 2023 – 25 February 2024 | Transferred to GDV |
Trivia
- This rank was formerly known as Head of Product Development [HPD] and Developer.
References
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