16 hours ago
San Mateo, CA, USAEntry Level
Base Salary
$153k - $197k/yr
Responsibilities
- Build and evolve EaaS, Roblox’s managed OLTP access platform serving tens of millions of queries per second across hundreds of services.
- Design infrastructure that abstracts distributed databases and caching systems behind a safe, consistent, and productive developer experience.
- Improve reliability and scalability through adaptive flow control, workload isolation, governance, efficient database usage, and large-scale caching behavior.
- Lead end-to-end technical execution, including architecture, implementation, rollout, production operations, and incident response.
- Analyze production traffic patterns and failure modes to improve reliability, operational predictability, and scalability.
- Improve platform safety, observability, deployment reliability, and operational excellence.
- Partner with teams across Roblox to address scalability and reliability challenges for critical production workloads.
Requirements
- At least 1 year of experience building large-scale backend or infrastructure systems.
- Experience or understanding of high-QPS, low-latency systems is a plus.
- Experience with infrastructure or performance-critical backend systems is a plus.
- Proficiency in one or more programming languages such as C#, C++, Go, Python, or a similar language.
- Ability to solve open-ended problems, understand complex systems, collaborate across teams, and drive long-term technical solutions.
Benefits
- San Mateo, California roles have an annual base salary range of $153,120–$196,750 USD.
- Full-time employees are eligible for equity compensation and company benefits.
- Office-based roles are onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional presence on Monday and Friday.
About Roblox
Roblox builds a platform for user‑generated 3D experiences, offering Roblox Studio for creators and a social marketplace where players explore and interact across devices. Its business model centers on virtual currency (Robux) and subscriptions, platform fees paid to creators, and an expanding advertising offering. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, Roblox Corporation is publicly traded on the NYSE under the ticker RBLX.