Roblox

Principal Software Engineer, Data Engineering

Roblox
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6 months ago
San Mateo, CA, USAStaff+
H1B Sponsor

Base Salary

$295k - $345k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Define the data ontology for all of Roblox in partnership with Data Science, Data Platform, Product, and Engineering.
  • Lead and mentor a growing team of Data Engineers.
  • Design, build, and maintain reliable batch and streaming data pipelines for core data sets.
  • Develop scalable frameworks and tooling to automate analytics workflows and improve interactions with data products.
  • Establish and promote best practices for data operations and lifecycle management.
  • Collaborate with Data Science, Experimentation, Machine Learning, Data Infrastructure, and Storage teams on integrated analytics solutions.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of professional experience building scalable ETL pipelines using industry-standard orchestration tools.
  • Deep expertise in SQL, PySpark, or Scala.
  • 3+ years leading data engineering development directly with business or data science stakeholders.
  • Experience building, scaling, and maintaining multi-terabyte datasets and solving large-scale analytics challenges.
  • Experience with at least one major cloud platform, such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
  • Experience developing or enhancing ETL orchestration tools or frameworks.
  • Experience working within a GitOps workflow involving branches, merges, pull requests, and CI/CD systems.

Benefits

  • Equity compensation and employee benefits are available to full-time employees.
  • Office-based roles are onsite Tuesday through Thursday, with optional Monday and Friday presence.
  • The role is based at Roblox headquarters in San Mateo, California when applicable.

Tech Stack

Categories

Data Engineering
Roblox

About Roblox

1,001-5,000 employees

Roblox's vision is to reimagine the way people come together. Our mission is to connect a billion people with optimism and civility. What is Roblox? Roblox is a platform where people come together virtually to share experiences. Every day, tens of millions of people from around the world come to Roblox to learn, work, play, connect, communicate, and socialize in immersive digital experiences all built by a global community of creators. Powered by Creators Roblox is powered by a global community of millions of developers and creators who produce their own immersive multiplayer experiences each month using Roblox Studio, our intuitive desktop design tool. Any experience imaginable can be created on Roblox. How Popular? Roblox is ranked as one of the top entertainment platforms for audiences under the age of 18 based on average monthly visits and time spent (Comscore). Our popularity is driven purely by the community with millions of people signing up through word of mouth every month.

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