Engineering Manager, Roblox
Marketplace Foundation
$283.8-331.6k
All full-time employees are also eligible for equity compensation and for benefits
2-3 days a week in office (San Mateo, CA)
Online gaming and entertainment platform
Job no longer available
Online gaming and entertainment platform
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$283.8-331.6k
All full-time employees are also eligible for equity compensation and for benefits
2-3 days a week in office (San Mateo, CA)
1001+ employees
Company mission
To connect a billion people with optimism and civility.
Role
Who you are
- A proven track record as a leader with strong people management skills and an ability to hire and grow a talented team of engineers
- The ability to contribute to architecture and implementation discussions with in-depth technical knowledge regarding distributed backend systems that could handle a large number of concurrent users
- Passion about finding and working on the long-term solutions for scalability and reliability challenges
- The ability to effectively drive complex projects that involved cross-functional engineering efforts
- Experience to collaborative with excellent communication skills and follow-through
- The ability to be organized and quality-metrics driven with the ability to track numerous separate threads to their appropriate resolution
- Experience with 2+ years in an engineering management role and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a similar technical field
What the job involves
- As the Engineering Manager of Marketplace Foundation team, you will be responsible for building a future-proof backend infrastructure to support an international marketplace for millions of virtual items that users could acquire to customize their avatars and identities on Roblox platform
- The team is responsible for a wide range of critical systems spanning from reliable limited item purchase to scalable collection concept that supports audit record
- We are looking for a leader with strong technical background in solving scalability challenges to manage a team of backend engineers to tackle both engineering and product challenges ahead
- Develop team Roadmap, charter and vision. Initiate, own and deliver complex backend projects from the planning stage through execution, serving critical Marketplace functionalities
- Foresee foundational system requirements based on future roadmap across Marketplace and generalize them into long-term engineering solutions
- Provide guidance on architecture and design, and define processes for launching products and features while taking the long-view
- Work with product managers and product vertical partner engineering managers on multiple projects concurrently and drive them successfully
- Collaborate with many cross-functional teams across the company on a daily basis, including shopping, avatar expression, search & recommendation, UGC, purchase, transaction, and ownership
- Hire and provide mentoring to both junior and senior engineers in their progress on business and personal career goals
- Develop and track key metrics for quality and team performance, drive their improvement over time, and communicate their status
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.
While the platform does face scrutiny over users safety (particularly given its young audience) the company's efforts to strengthen parental controls and open dialogue through initiatives like its new Parents Council signal a growing commitment to addressing these challenges. At the same time, its financial performance and creator-focused investments underscore a business in very strong health. With record payouts to developers, an expanding older player base, and a platform that increasingly rewards creative talent, Roblox's trajectory remains one of innovation and impressive growth.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
25% employee growth in 12 months
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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