Roblox

Principal Software Engineer, Data Engineering

Roblox
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8 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

5,001-10,000 employees

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.

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