Senior Software Engineer - Data Acquisition
Roblox · San Mateo, CA, United States
About this role
**Senior Software Engineer — Data Acquisition (Roblox)** Roblox is building the tools and platform that empower our community to bring any experience to life. We’re seeking a **Senior Software Engineer** to join our **new Data Intake team**. Your team owns the tooling that sources and processes training data that Roblox’s future foundation models are built on. As an engineer on the team, you’ll build a new service to: - Obtain diverse datasets from a wide variety of external sources - Process them into consistent formats - Store them in a reliable, easily accessible location for our models to leverage You’ll collaborate closely with teammates across the company in **data labeling** and **machine learning** to deliver the datasets our customers need. This role offers the chance to be a **founding team member**, helping define both the technical direction and the long-term shape of the product area from the ground up. --- ### You Will - Architect and deliver a **high-performance analytics environment** that serves thousands of queries daily - Design and scale robust **data infrastructure** for data retrieval and visualization - Ensure data systems are **reliable, observable, privacy-compliant, and performant** - Bridge **data engineering, analytics, and infrastructure** to deliver easy-to-use data tools - Build **intelligent agentic automation** to simplify and accelerate analytical workflows - Contribute to internal platforms and tools that abstract complexity and improve developer productivity - Be a **tech lead** and mentor junior engineers - Self-organize and take ownership of projects across the full lifecycle ### You Have - **5+ years** building production-grade, scalable, and reliable data systems (B.S. equivalent in CS or sufficient experience) - AWS infrastructure understanding (**VPC, endpoints, private link, Terraform, Amazon EKS**) - Infra networking knowledge (**k8s ingress, load balancers, 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 --- ### Compensation & Location Notes - **Annual base pay range (HQ in San Mateo, CA): $196,750 — $243,290 USD** - Full-time employees are also eligible for **equity compensation** and **benefits** - Onsite schedule: **Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday** (optional presence Monday/Friday) Roblox is an equal opportunity employer and provides reasonable accommodations during the recruiting process. For US-based roles only: the company may not be able to employ candidates for certain US visa categories and may not support future **H-1B sponsorship** at this time.
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