Roblox is looking to solve the problem of scaling and optimizing its content platform infrastructure to support the creation, upload, storage, indexing, and delivery of assets used on the platform, ensuring high-performance, reliability, and efficiency at global scale.
Requirements
- 12+ years of experience building high-impact, consumer-facing applications at scale
- Deep expertise in backend engineering, distributed systems, and large-scale infrastructure, delivering high-performance, reliable platforms in high-traffic production environments
- Strong experience working with cross-functional teams
- BS in Computer Science or related fields is preferred
- Experience with high-performance, reliable, and scalable distributed systems
Responsibilities
- Define and drive the long-term strategy, architecture, and priorities for the Content Platform team, ensuring scalable, high-performance asset management
- Lead engineering teams in building and maintaining robust, large-scale distributed systems to support the creation, upload, storage, indexing, and delivery of all asset types used on Roblox
- Oversee the operation Roblox’s largest backend service, handling 100 million+ requests per second, and ensure reliability, scalability, and efficiency at global scale
- Collaborate with cross-functional partners, including product, infrastructure, and developer platform teams, to align engineering initiatives with the needs of creators and the broader Roblox ecosystem
- Guide ownership of roadmaps, projects, and outcomes, balancing innovation with operational excellence, security, and cost efficiency
Other
- 12+ years of experience building high-impact, consumer-facing applications at scale
- BS in Computer Science or related fields is preferred
- Strong experience working with cross-functional teams
- Adaptable and curious, eager to tackle unique technical challenges and drive the future of content platforms at scale
- Product-minded, with a keen understanding of developer needs, asset workflows, and the impact of backend systems on user experience
