Distinguished Engineer, Roblox

Backend, Content Platform

$391.6-449k

+ All full-time employees are also eligible for equity

Expert level

San Francisco Bay Area

More information about location

Office located in San Mateo, CA

Online gaming & entertainment platform

Job no longer available

Online gaming & entertainment platform

1001+ employees

B2CGamingEntertainmentCommunity

Job no longer available

$391.6-449k

+ All full-time employees are also eligible for equity

Expert level

San Francisco Bay Area

More information about location

Office located in San Mateo, CA

1001+ employees

B2CGamingEntertainmentCommunity

Company mission

To connect a billion people with optimism and civility.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

12+ years of experience building high-impact, consumer-facing applications at scale. BS in Computer Science or related fields is preferred
Deep expertise in backend engineering, distributed systems, and large-scale infrastructure, delivering high-performance, reliable platforms in high-traffic production environments
Strong experience working with cross-functional teams
An innovative technical leader passionate about building world-class infrastructure that powers the creativity of millions
Product-minded, with a keen understanding of developer needs, asset workflows, and the impact of backend systems on user experience
Adaptable and curious, eager to tackle unique technical challenges and drive the future of content platforms at scale

What the job involves

As the Technical Director for Content Platform, you will lead multidisciplinary engineering teams responsible for the technical and product vision of Roblox’s asset infrastructure
You will own the lifecycle of every asset—from creation and upload to storage, indexing, delivery, and rendering in the game client
Your leadership will be critical in scaling our systems, optimizing distributed infrastructure, and enabling new possibilities for creators and players alike
Define and drive the long-term strategy, architecture, and priorities for the Content Platform team, ensuring scalable, high-performance asset management
Lead engineering teams in building and maintaining robust, large-scale distributed systems to support the creation, upload, storage, indexing, and delivery of all asset types used on Roblox
Oversee the operation Roblox’s largest backend service, handling 100 million+ requests per second, and ensure reliability, scalability, and efficiency at global scale
Collaborate with cross-functional partners, including product, infrastructure, and developer platform teams, to align engineering initiatives with the needs of creators and the broader Roblox ecosystem
Guide ownership of roadmaps, projects, and outcomes, balancing innovation with operational excellence, security, and cost efficiency

Our take

Online gaming may be a well-established space, but Roblox has distinguished itself as a leader by empowering its community to build, share, and profit from their own creations - turning game development into an accessible, rewarding ecosystem for millions of users.

In addition to standard games, the platform offers virtual worlds and other experiences to explore and interact with. Its platform provides an online ecosystem for millions to create, socialize, chat, and explore immersive experiences with friends. In fact, in the US its used by two-thirds of children aged 9 to 12.

The platform has faced scrutiny over user safety, but responded by strengthen parental controls and launching initiatives like its "Parents Council". This move to address these issues, atop its strong financial performance and record payouts to developers, showcase Roblox's trajectory as one of innovation and impressive growth.

Freddie

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

25% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (3.8)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)

Jan 2021

$520m

SERIES H

Feb 2020

$150m

SERIES G

Total funding: $922.8m

Company HQ

South San Mateo, San Mateo, CA

Leadership

David Baszucki

(Founder & CEO)

Studied Electrical Engineering at Stanford before founding Knowledge Revolution in 1990, where they spent 9 years as CEO. They worked as VP of MSC.Software for 2 years, and started Roblox in 2005.

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