Engineering Manager - Data Services San Mateo, CA, Engineering

Data Services:

As an Engineering Manager of Data Services, you will be a trailblazer, building and leading a high-performing engineering team. Your team will initially focus on building a self-served, exa-byte scale Data Services for ingestion, stream data processing, serving. You will set a high technical bar, champion Roblox's leadership principles, and drive the delivery of innovative products that delight our users.

• Build and Lead: Attract, hire, mentor, and inspire a diverse team of exceptional engineers. Cultivate a collaborative and inclusive environment where everyone thrives.
• Set the Bar: Establish and maintain a high standard for technical excellence. Ensure your team delivers reliable, scalable, and secure solutions that adhere to Roblox's engineering principles.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with product managers, data engineers, data scientists and other stakeholders to understand business needs and translate them into technical solutions.
• Strategic Planning: Contribute to the overall engineering strategy for Roblox. Find opportunities for innovation and growth, and prioritize projects that deliver the most value to our users.
• Continuous Improvement: Foster a culture of learning and continuous improvement within your team. Encourage experimentation, knowledge sharing, and adoption of new technologies.

• Proven Leadership: Demonstrated experience leading and scaling engineering teams, ideally in a high-growth environment.
• 2+ years of experience in engineering management - setting roadmap, charter, vision, key metrics for the engineering team
• Technical Expertise: Deep understanding of data principles, architectures, and technologies.
• 8+ years of experience with big data tools and technologies like Kafka, Flink, Druid, Spark, optimized SQL, Map Reduce, HDFS, Hive
• Experience with programming languages like Golang, Java, Python, Helm, Terraform
• Experience working with Cloud providers like AWS - S3, EMR, EKS
• A graduate degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field is a plus
• Roblox Alignment: Strong alignment with Roblox's leadership principles, including a focus on respect, safety, creativity, and community.
• Excellent Communication: Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills. Ability to build rapport with team members, stakeholders, and leaders across the organization.
• Problem-Solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Ability to break down complex challenges and develop creative solutions.
• Passion for Data: Data driven in decision making and eager to make Data Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable
• Passion for Roblox: A genuine excitement for our platform and the possibilities of the metaverse.

Annual Salary Range

$295,250 — $345,040 USD

Roles that are based in an office are onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional presence on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted).

Roblox provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Roblox also provides reasonable accommodations to candidates with qualifying disabilities or religious beliefs during the recruiting process.