Engineering Manager, Roblox
Creator Data Services
$289.5-338.3k
+ Equity
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
$289.5-338.3k
+ Equity
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
- Battle ready: You have experience defining the architecture for millions of users and are excited about technical challenges. You can be hands-on and still define an architecture from scratch and make sure it can scale from a few users to hundreds of millions
- Experienced: You have 10+ years of experience in large scale software deployments with a proven track record of leading teams (5+) and delivering highly performant technical solutions. You have a BS in Computer Science or a similar technical field (MS/Ph.D. is a definite plus)
- Knowledgeable: You have a deep understanding of all the components required to build modern large-scale infrastructure. You can recommend one route versus another and bring a team of engineers to a consensus. You also love to pick up new technologies as the landscape evolves
- Versatility: You’re a jack of all trades and you have mastered several languages and technologies already; you can easily adapt to any situation when the need arises and come up with the right solution
- Creativity: You take a creative and strategic approach to solving hard problems and driving new tools/functionality for our developers
- Team-orientation: You have a personality that invigorates the team around you and you are used to leading and growing technical teams in any situation
What the job involves
- Roblox's engineering team is growing rapidly and we are seeking an engineering leader to help us scale
- As an Engineering Manager in the Creator group focusing specifically on our Data Pod, you will lead both the vision of building the next generation data storage to power the millions of experiences on the Roblox Platform
- We run the mission critical cloud services, Data Stores, Memory Stores, and Badges, which are crucial for storing game state, such as inventory and scores, and implementing leaderboards, server lists, trading, and achievements
- Our team is also responsible for building dashboards to provide insights to Creators using cloud services such as Client/Server Performance and Data Stores
- Finally, our team owns the Roblox Extended Services platform, which provides the capability for large experiences to purchase additional resources for existing services like Data Stores and new services built around compute and generative AI
- At its core, this team is focused on solving complex back end distributed systems and storage problems at scale
- However, our scope extends to full stack projects spanning all the way from the infrastructure layer, through data storage and data pipelines, microservices, telemetry, game servers, web development, UI, and UX design
- This team collaborates on multiple cross-company efforts and our projects are of extremely high importance to Roblox
- Grow our organization by attracting and retaining the best talent in the industry
- Become an expert on our technology stack and make sure we solve problems in the right way
- Balance researching new technologies with a practical approach to realize the research efforts into the Roblox products
- Author specs for new features and improvements
- Lead other engineers by example and through the technical direction
- Collaborate with different teams to improve existing and develop new functionality, pipelines, and workflow
- Be guided by the company vision to put the Roblox community first and represent the company through thought leadership
- Report to an engineering director
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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