Principal Software Engineer, Roblox

Data Access

$289.5-338.3k

+ Eligible for equity compensation

SQL

Kubernetes

Java

Kafka

Redis

Postgres

Cassandra

Kibana

C++

MySQL

Rust

Prometheus

Grafana

DynamoDB

Senior and Expert level

San Francisco Bay Area

More information about location

3+ days a week in office (San Mateo, CA)

Online gaming and entertainment platform

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Online gaming and entertainment platform

1001+ employees

B2CGamingEntertainmentCommunity

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$289.5-338.3k

+ Eligible for equity compensation

SQL

Kubernetes

Java

Kafka

Redis

Postgres

Cassandra

Kibana

C++

MySQL

Rust

Prometheus

Grafana

DynamoDB

Senior and Expert level

San Francisco Bay Area

More information about location

3+ days a week in office (San Mateo, CA)

1001+ employees

B2CGamingEntertainmentCommunity

Company mission

To connect a billion people with optimism and civility.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

This work requires deep innovation, clear architectural vision, and a passion for distributed systems — redefining how Roblox engineers build, access, and trust data at scale
Strong experience designing and delivering large-scale distributed systems handling millions of real-time requests per second
Deep data management knowledge in one or more of the following technologies: RDBMS (CockroachDB, SQL Server, Postgres, MySQL, RDB), Caching (Redis), Kafka, KV store (DynamoDB, Cassandra)
Strong experience building deployment pipelines on top of container orchestrators like Kubernetes or Nomad and service discovery systems like Consul
Strong experience with programming languages like Rust, Go, Java, or C++
Strong scripting and test automation abilities
Experience with telemetry stacks, like Grafana, Prometheus, AlertManager, and Kibana
BS degree (or equivalent professional experience) in Computer Science, with at least 7 years of hands-on experience

What the job involves

As a Principal Software Engineer for Data Access, you will architect and build the next‑generation managed OLTP data access layer — engineered for extreme scale, global availability, and uncompromising security
You will design core infrastructure capable of serving hundreds of millions of queries per second while ensuring reliable, low‑latency access to data worldwide
The challenges are large‑scale, highly technical, and business‑critical: you will shape foundational storage systems, evolve platform‑wide scalability and reliability, and provide strong technical leadership that raises engineering quality across teams
Partner with Product, Engineering, and Security teams to define long‑term strategy and technical requirements for the Data Access platform
Lead the architecture, implementation, and operation of our storage Infra‑as‑a‑Service offerings, setting the engineering bar for scalability, reliability, and system hardening across teams
Improve and scale our large distributed 24x7 services and deliver features with urgency, cost efficiency, zero down time, and high reliability
Design and build frameworks or tools to automate development, testing, deployment, management, and monitoring of mission critical services
Collaborate with partner teams, producing project work plans, measurable metrics, delivery milestones, rollout plans, oncall alerts, and runbooks while leveraging existing technology stack
Give a high level of attention to creating high quality and reusable code, keeping development continuous without compromising site reliability
Improve SLAs across the platform and reduce end‑to‑end rollout time for critical storage and data-access features

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

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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