Principal Software Engineer, Roblox
Data Infrastructure
$289.5-338.3k
More information about location
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
More information about location
Office located in San Mateo, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
To connect a billion people with optimism and civility.
Role
Who you are
- If you want to learn what it takes to develop large-scale infrastructure to analyze user behavior from 200 million monthly users, you'll fit right into our accomplished and ever-expanding engineering team
- 8+ years of experience building and scaling reliable distributed systems
- 8+ years of experience with building, scaling, modifying, and operating different data processing technologies tools such as Spark, Hadoop, Hive, Beam, or Flink
- Drive to learn new things, work on tough challenges, and get things done
- Hands-on experience working in Kubernetes and building tools on Kubernetes. It is a plus if you have worked on Spark / Spark clusters
- Worked with data platform on premise and in cloud
- Experience working in Go, Python, or Java at scale
What the job involves
- A career at Roblox means you’ll be working to shape the future of human interaction, solving unique technical challenges at scale, and helping to create safer, more civil shared experiences for everyone
- Work with the most passionate and team-oriented people you'll ever meet
- As a Principal Engineer on our Data & Analytics team within our Growth / Foundation AI Group, you will be a key participant in helping our Data Infra team shape the future of Roblox and bring our infrastructure on prem
- You will report into the Engineering Director of our Data & Analytics team
- Help implement our vision for data & analytics for both compute and storage at exabyte scale
- Ensure that our platform and data usage is compliant with all regulations and privacy concerns
- Develop systems and tools to allow data processing both on cloud and in Roblox Data Centers
- Help contribute to a productive open source community for systems we develop
- Help with design, implementation, testing, and support of next-generation features related to scalability, reliability, robustness, usability, security, and performance of Roblox data processing systems
- Work with Spark and Kubernetes - the engines upon which we are building our next-generation data platform as we scale Roblox
- Be a part of a collaborative team: The Data Infrastructure Team and the Analytics Team are combined at Roblox to ensure that data processing and analytics are guided by the user needs -- ie. query patterns and product requirements
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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