Senior Software Engineer, Roblox

• 4+ years of work experience building production-grade, scalable, and reliable data systems
• AWS infra understanding (VPC, endpoints, private link, Terraform, Amazon EKS)
• Infra networking (k8s ingress, load balancers, and VPC networking)
• Data infra understanding (Trino/Spark system configuration)
• Strong SQL and distributed engine knowledge
• Python and notebook data stack (e.g. pandas, ibis)
• Excellent cross-functional collaboration skills; enjoy building systems that enable and accelerate team productivity
• B.S. equivalent in CS or sufficient experience

Desirable

• With Roblox’s daily active users growing at a record pace, we are seeking a senior data infrastructure engineer to join our new Data Insights team. Our team owns the data tooling that empowers Roblox builders to independently make informed and timely data-driven decisions
• As an engineer on the team, you’ll work on the platforms behind tools like Superset, Hex, and Python notebooks, which provide critical insights into the health of our business to users at every level of the company.
• We tackle diverse challenges in data engineering, infrastructure, and analytics, to deliver the insights our customers need.
• You will collaborate closely with engineers across our data ecosystem to shape the future of product analytics at Roblox. This role offers the chance to be a founding team member and help define both the technical direction and the long-term shape of the product area from the ground up
• This role is a great fit for you if you are proficient in designing and scale robust data infrastructure and applications and have a zeal for developing inspiring, easily maintainable, and reusable code. Join our team and make a significant impact at Roblox
• Architect and deliver a high-performance analytics environment that serves thousands of queries daily
• Design and scale robust data infrastructure for powering data retrieval and visualization
• Ensure data systems are reliable, observable, privacy-compliant, and performant
• Bridge the gap between data engineering, analytics, and infrastructure to deliver a suite of best-in class, fully featured, and easy to use data tools
• Build intelligent agentic automation to simplify and accelerate analytical workflows
• Contribute to internal platforms and tools that abstract complexity, improve developer productivity, and accelerate innovation
• Be a tech lead and mentor junior engineers
• Self-organize and take ownership of projects throughout their full lifecycle