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Senior Software Engineer, Observability

roblox
San Mateo, USA
Onsite
$243,290 to $295,250
Discovered 1 months ago
ObservabilityTelemetryDistributed tracingLog processing and storageLarge-scale distributed systemsInfrastructure architecture

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About Roblox

Roblox builds tools and platforms that enable developers and creators to create immersive digital experiences.

The company focuses on large-scale technical challenges and safer, more civil shared experiences.

Role Overview

The Observability team owns telemetry, distributed tracing, logs, instrumentation libraries, data processing pipelines, data storage, and visualization UI.

The role supports observability infrastructure for Roblox software components and platform services.

Responsibilities

  • Define the observability vision and roadmap with business partners and lead end-to-end project execution.
  • Own and evolve scalable, reliable, and easy-to-use observability infrastructure.
  • Architect infrastructure for tens of billions of active time series and petabytes of daily log and tracing data.
  • Mentor junior engineers and help them improve their software and technical knowledge.

Required Qualifications

  • At least 5 years of working experience.
  • Experience building, maintaining, and evolving large-scale distributed systems.
  • Understanding of modern large-scale infrastructure components.
  • Ability to own availability and performance of critical services.
  • BS in Computer Science or a related field.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Previous contributions to the open source community.
  • Experience using current AI technology for incident detection and mitigation.
  • A master's degree or higher.

Workplace

  • This is a hybrid role based at the San Mateo headquarters.
  • The role requires working in the headquarters office three days per week, Tuesday through Thursday.

Compensation

  • Annual base salary range is $243,290 to $295,250 USD.
  • Full-time employees are eligible for equity compensation and benefits.

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