Roblox is hiring a Senior Engineering Manager to lead the AI Platform, Data team. You will develop the high-leverage data platform used by AI engineers, machine learning scientists, and product developers. Your mission is to define the long-term vision, strategy, and execution for the data foundation that powers our next generation of AI-driven products, as we work to shape the future of human connection.
What You'll Do
- Lead and grow a high-performing team of software engineers, fostering a culture of ownership, collaboration, and engineering excellence.
- Define the roadmap, strategy, and execution plan for the AI Platform's Feature Engineering and the GenAI Platforms which handles prompt versioning and agent infrastructure.
- Collaborate with AI engineering, machine learning science, and product teams to understand their data needs and deliver platform capabilities that accelerate development of traditional AI and Generative models.
- Drive architectural decisions and set technical standards for reliability, scalability, and performance.
- Oversee the end-to-end development life cycle, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality, robust data solutions.
- Mentor and coach team members, providing continuous feedback and career development guidance.
- Manage cross-functional projects and communicate progress, risks, and challenges to leadership and stakeholders.
What We're Looking For
- A seasoned engineering leader with 5+ years of management experience and 8+ years building large-scale, high-performance data platforms, machine learning infrastructure, or distributed systems.
- Experience hiring, managing, and mentoring senior software engineers and technical leaders.
- Deep knowledge of data technologies (e.g., Spark, Hadoop, Flink, Kafka, distributed databases, data warehousing) and best practices for large-scale data processing.
- Skill driving technical strategy and roadmap planning in ambiguous and fast-paced environments.
- Ability to establish strong, collaborative relationships with cross-functional partners and senior leadership.
- Passion for fostering a positive, inclusive, and high-energy engineering culture.
- Knowledge of the machine learning life cycle (MLOps) and the data requirements for training, serving, and monitoring models.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, capable of articulating complex technical concepts.
Nice to Have
- A BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field.
- Experience with cloud-based data solutions (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure).
- Experience with real-time data processing and stream computing technologies.
Technical Stack
- Spark, Hadoop, Flink, Kafka
- Distributed databases, data warehousing, vector databases, knowledge graphs
- AWS, GCP, Azure
Team & Environment
You will lead the AI Platform, Data team at Roblox.
Benefits & Compensation
- Compensation range: $345,040—$399,420 USD
- Eligible for equity compensation
- Benefits as described on our total rewards page
Work Mode
This is a hybrid position based in San Mateo, CA.
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.
