Senior/Principal AI Data and Feature Platform Engineer, Roblox
$277.2-343.3k
+ Equity compensation
More information about location
3+ days a week in office (San Mateo, CA)
Online gaming and entertainment platform
Open for applications
Online gaming and entertainment platform
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$277.2-343.3k
+ Equity compensation
More information about location
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
- 5+ years of experience in AI/ML data infrastructure, knowledge graphs, feature stores
- Expertise in building scalable ML data pipelines for both batch and real-time environments
- Strong software engineering skills with experience in distributed computing frameworks (e.g., Spark, Flink, Ray) and real-time data systems (e.g., Kafka, Redis, DynamoDB)
- Deep knowledge of ML Feature Stores (e.g., Feast, Tecton, Vertex AI Feature Store) and embedding/vector search infrastructure
- Familiarity with Knowledge Graphs and graph-based ML applications (e.g., Neo4j, TigerGraph, AWS Neptune)
- A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
What the job involves
- Join the AI Platform team at Roblox, where we are building the infrastructure that enables world-class AI/ML experiences
- Our mission is to empower developers and creators by providing scalable, high-performance systems that drive AI innovation at an unprecedented scale
- As an AI Platform Engineer specializing in Knowledge Graphs and Feature Store Infrastructure, you will design and build next-generation ML data infrastructure, enabling AI applications across recommendations, search, safety, content generation, fraud detection, and more
- Your work will directly impact millions of users, supporting AI-driven experiences across the entire Roblox ecosystem
- Massive Impact: Your contributions will support billions of daily interactions, powering AI-driven experiences across gaming, learning, social connections, and digital creativity
- End-to-End Ownership: Be a key architect in defining and building Roblox’s Knowledge Graphs and Feature Store infrastructure from the ground up
- Cutting-Edge Growth: Work at the intersection of AI/ML, data engineering, and distributed systems, solving some of the most complex large-scale challenges in the industry
- Build a groundbreaking Knowledge Graph: Develop large-scale graph-based infrastructure that connects millions of players, thousands of developers, and billions of assets, unlocking AI-powered recommendations, safety, social insights, and fraud detection
- Develop a scalable Feature Store: Architect and implement a system that supports both batch and real-time feature computation, storage, and serving, enabling low-latency AI inference at scale
- Engineer large-scale ML data pipelines: Design, optimize, and maintain high-throughput streaming and batch ETL pipelines that ingest, process, and serve billions of records per day
- Enable online and offline inference: Ensure real-time, low-latency feature access for AI inference while maintaining consistency and robustness for batch model training
- Collaborate with cross-functional AI teams: Partner with ML researchers, data engineers, and product teams to build the next-gen AI infrastructure that fuels innovation at Roblox
- Research & innovate: Stay at the forefront of AI infrastructure by exploring the latest in VectorDBs, Feature Stores, Graph ML, real-time AI serving, and Ground Truth Data Labeling
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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