Engineering Manager, Roblox
Licensing and Music
$289.5-338.3k
+ Equity compensation
Office located in San Mateo, CA
Online gaming and entertainment platform
Open for applications
Online gaming and entertainment platform
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$289.5-338.3k
+ Equity compensation
Office located in San Mateo, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
To connect a billion people with optimism and civility.
Role
Who you are
- Experience: 8+ Years of experience, with 2+ years of it being in management, in building critically acclaimed consumer applications that impact millions of users' lives. You have experience building products where user-generated content is a cornerstone of the system
- Organization: Proven track record leading multiple related projects simultaneously; focusing on the higher level technical direction as well as the orchestration across them so that critical and complex features come to light
- Hands-on: Full-stack expertise in building applications and knowledge with REST, API design patterns, scalable containerized systems and microservices, and web and desktop UI/UX
- People Leadership: You are experienced with leading engineers, with the ability to earn their respect and help them stretch themselves to build great software and level up their technical and people skills
- Passion: You lead by example and thrive in mentoring others to excel
- Music-focused: You are excited about the opportunity to increase the immersiveness of Roblox with music
- Experienced in building products in the IP and media content space. This will have involved product concerns such as rights management, moderation and discoverability
What the job involves
- As the Engineering Manager for the Content Licensing and Music pod within the Creator Content group, you will lead a team to help IP holders and community developers to build creative and innovative ways for users to create a diversity of content
- You will help build tools and services for IPHs and Creators to bring in their new Licenses, and for Creators to discover them to build interesting and meaningful net-new content
- You will also help build a best in class audio library, music tooling and APIs
- You and your team will be in charge of the design, end-to-end architecture, implementation and delivery of a platform for the community to discover, publish and create with music
- Mentor engineers to ensure your team expertise and culture grows over time
- Work closely with your product and policy partners to determine the roadmap and lead project execution
- Work with other engineering teams and particularly with the broader Content group to build technical systems that will last for years to come
- Adhere to and expand our vision to put the Roblox community first, get things done, and take the long view
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.
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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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