Roblox

Principal Systems Software Engineer, Infra Foundation Software

San Mateo, CA US
USD 283k - 331k
Java C# Vue.js API Python Go React SQL Scala Node.js Spark Hadoop JavaScript
Description

Every day, tens of millions of people come to Roblox to explore, create, play, learn, and connect with friends in 3D immersive digital experiences– all created by our global community of developers and creators. 

At Roblox, we’re building the tools and platform that empower our community to bring any experience that they can imagine to life. Our vision is to reimagine the way people come together, from anywhere in the world, and on any device. We’re on a mission to connect a billion people with optimism and civility, and looking for amazing talent to help us get there. 

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.

As a part of Infrastructure Foundation Software team you will drive the evolution and revolution of Roblox foundation tooling system to manage millions of private and public infrastructure resources to support hundreds of millions of users every month. You will define, test, monitor, and write tools to run our infrastructure while driving down the TCO.

Come join us!

You will:

  • Design & develop dashboards/web applications, forecasts, alerts, and recommendations to enable stakeholders analyze our infrastructure data and make tactical & strategic decisions to improve infrastructure cost, efficiency and performance.
  • Design & develop groundbreaking tools, APIs and automations to optimize infrastructure performance, capacity, and operations of our hybrid infrastructure to meet the explosive growth and real-time requirements of our Imagination Platform™, and ensure our community has a thoughtful experience anywhere in the world.
  • Design & build data pipelines that powers all the products mentioned above.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders across functions (e.g., infra, platform, product, operations, finance) to develop unique solutions to visualize and manage our infrastructure more efficiently.
  • Create, influence, and improve the infrastructure, standards, and methods to ensure our goals of scalability and high availability.

You have:

  • A BS degree (or equivalent professional experience) in Computer Science or related engineering field with at least 8 years of hands-on experience.
  • Experience in many programming languages such as Python, Scala, Javascript/Node.js, Java, C#, Go, or similar.
  • Experience building web applications (using modern frontend frameworks such as React, Vue), as well as internal tooling & APIs to support large-scale infrastructure.
  • Knowledge in physical data centers and public cloud infrastructure.
  • Ability to partner with partners across departments and approach things from a product mindset.
  • (Bonus) Familiarity with batch ETL pipeline development, SQL and data modeling using technology like Spark, Hadoop and Data Warehouse.

For roles that are based at our headquarters in San Mateo, CA: The starting base pay for this position is as shown below. The actual base pay is dependent upon a variety of job-related factors such as professional background, training, work experience, location, business needs and market demand. Therefore, in some circumstances, the actual salary could fall outside of this expected range. This pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. All full-time employees are also eligible for equity compensation and for benefits.

Annual Salary Range
$283,780$331,640 USD

Roles that are based in our San Mateo, CA Headquarters are in-office Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional in-office on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted).

You’ll Love: 

  • Industry-leading compensation package
  • Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • A rewarding 401k program
  • Flexible vacation policy (varies by exemption status)
  • Roflex - Flexible and supportive work policy 
  • Roblox Admin badge for your avatar
  • At Roblox HQ: 
    • Free catered lunches five times a week and several fully stocked kitchens with unlimited snacks
    • Onsite fitness center and fitness program credit
    • Annual CalTrain Go Pass

Roblox provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Roblox also provides reasonable accommodations for all candidates during the interview process.

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