Senior Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure
San Mateo, CA, United States
Posted 4 hours ago
Last seen 4 hours ago
Active
full-time
Data Infrastructure
$243,290 - $295,250 USD
Job Summary
Join Roblox as a Senior Software Engineer to design and scale distributed data infrastructure processing petabytes daily, powering analytics and ML. Drive the next-gen architecture of core platforms like Kafka, Flink, and Spark, shaping the future of human interaction at massive scale.
About this job
Roblox's data infrastructure processes petabytes of data daily, powering analytics, ML, and product decisions. As a Senior Software Engineer in our Data Infra org, you will design, build, and scale the distributed data infrastructure platforms that power Roblox, owning and driving the next-generation architecture of core platforms like Kafka, Flink, and Spark.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience building, designing, testing and maintaining production-grade, large-scale distributed systems.
- Deep technical experience building or strong familiarity with at least 1 or 2 foundational technologies within our stack: Kafka, Flink, Spark, Trino, Druid, Airflow, or Data Catalog/Metadata systems.
- Robust proficiency in Java, Go, or Scala, with a track record of writing clean, highly performant backend code.
- Experience operating and troubleshooting data infrastructure at scale on top of Kubernetes in AWS or GCP.
- Demonstrated ability to influence technical direction across teams, mentor engineers, and drive alignment on complex cross-cutting initiatives.
- B.S. equivalent in CS or sufficient experience.
Benefits & Perks
- Equity compensation
- Benefits as described on careers.roblox.com/total-rewards
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