Principal Software Engineer - Roblox Database

Roblox

8 months ago

San Mateo, CA, USA

Staff+

H1B Sponsor

Base Salary

$289k - $338k/yr

Responsibilities

Design and implement new engine features to enhance latency, throughput, and availability.
Evolve the control plane for elastic scaling and zero-downtime operations.
Profile and optimize critical code paths to reduce tail latency.
Establish engineering best practices through design reviews and performance benchmarks.
Automate testing, CI/CD, and observability frameworks for scalable operations.
Mentor engineers and foster knowledge sharing across teams.
Engage with the open-source community to contribute and influence database ecosystems.

8+ years of experience in software engineering or a relevant field.
Deep experience with large-scale distributed databases or storage engines.
Expertise in database internals and strong skills in C/C++, GO, or Rust.
Hands-on experience with consensus algorithms and multi-region replication.
Proven success in shipping high-QPS, low-latency services on container orchestration stacks.
Ability to translate ambiguous product requirements into a clear technical roadmap.
Passion for automation, rigorous testing, and data-driven decision-making.
Bonus: upstream contributions to open-source databases and familiarity with advanced storage concepts.

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