Senior Software Engineer - Data Acquisition

Architect and deliver a high-performance analytics environment that serves thousands of queries daily

Design and scale robust data infrastructure for powering data retrieval and visualization

Ensure data systems are reliable, observable, privacy-compliant, and performant

Bridge the gap between data engineering, analytics, and infrastructure to deliver a suite of best-in class, fully featured, and easy to use data tools.

Build intelligent agentic automation to simplify and accelerate analytical workflows

Contribute to internal platforms and tools that abstract complexity, improve developer productivity, and accelerate innovation

Be a tech lead and mentor junior engineers

Self-organize and take ownership of projects throughout their full lifecycle

5+ years of work experience building production-grade, scalable, and reliable data systems; B.S. equivalent in CS or sufficient experience.

AWS infra understanding (VPC, endpoints, private link, Terraform, Amazon EKS)

Infra networking (k8s ingress, load balancers, and VPC networking)

Data infra understanding (Trino/Spark system configuration)

Strong SQL and distributed engine knowledge

Python and notebook data stack (e.g. pandas, ibis)

Excellent cross-functional collaboration skills; enjoy building systems that enable and accelerate team productivity

For roles that are based at our headquarters in San Mateo, CA: The starting base pay for this position is as shown below. The actual base pay is dependent upon a variety of job-related factors such as professional background, training, work experience, location, business needs and market demand. Therefore, in some circumstances, the actual salary could fall outside of this expected range. This pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. All full-time employees are also eligible for equity compensation and for benefits as described on this page.

Annual Salary Range$196,750—$243,290 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.

For US based roles only, please note the Company may not be able to employ candidates for this role who have United States work authorization related to certain U.S. visa categories, or support future H-1B sponsorship at this time.