Senior Distributed Systems Engineer - Storage

Every day, tens of millions of people come to Roblox to explore, create, play, learn, and connect in 3D immersive digital experiences. Roblox's mission is to connect a billion people with optimism and civility, re-imagining how people come together across any device, anywhere in the world.

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Storage Infrastructure team, you will innovate and operate high-scale, in-house distributed storage systems powering the global Roblox platform. You will build and scale internal Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) offerings on container orchestration platforms (such as Kubernetes or Nomad)—ensuring high-throughput caching, messaging queues, and data persistence services operate with 99.99%+ availability (4+ 9s) under billions of real-time requests per second. Working with Go, Java, or C++, you will design automation frameworks for deployment, cluster management, and telemetry while shaping the next generation of Roblox storage capabilities.

Key Responsibilities

• Distributed Storage Systems Execution: Lead the architectural design, implementation, and 24x7 operation of internal storage offerings (caching layers, message queues, and distributed stores) running on container orchestrators.
• Scale & Availability Engineering: Scale Active/Active distributed infrastructure delivering high performance, elastic scalability, cost efficiency, and 99.99%+ (4+ 9s) service availability.
• Automation & Tooling: Design and build automation frameworks for software testing, automated cluster management, dynamic provisioning, and monitoring of mission-critical services.
• Technical Strategy & Roadmap: Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to influence storage platform roadmaps, identifying practical architectural paths for high-impact capabilities and improved service SLA metrics.
• Observability & Operational Excellence: Define project work plans, delivery milestones, rollout strategies, telemetry dashboards, on-call alert routing, and operational runbooks.
• Code Quality & Reliability: Maintain strict standards for high-quality, reusable, and testable code while driving continuous deployment without risking site reliability.

Requirements

Distributed Infrastructure & Systems Engineering Depth

• Experience Track: 5+ years of hands-on professional software development experience building and operating large-scale distributed systems.
• High-Scale Operations: Proven track record running distributed platforms handling billions of real-time requests per second.
• Active/Active Container Orchestration: Deep expertise operating large-scale Active/Active distributed systems on container orchestrators (Kubernetes or Nomad) and service discovery mechanisms (Consul).
• Core Systems Languages: Strong proficiency writing production systems code in Go, Java, or C++.
• Telemetry & Monitoring Stacks: Hands-on experience with production observability stacks, including Grafana, Prometheus, AlertManager, and Kibana.
• Scripting & Test Automation: Strong scripting abilities for deployment automation, continuous integration, and automated verification testing.
• Education: BS degree (or equivalent professional experience) in Computer Science or a related engineering field.

Total Rewards & Benefits

• Compensation & Equity: San Mateo base salary range ($243,290 – $295,250 USD) + competitive Roblox equity grants.
• Healthcare & Wellbeing: Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance packages for employees and eligible dependents.
• Onsite Culture & Perks: Modern San Mateo headquarters featuring daily catered meals, team events, and collaborative workspaces.
• Time Off & Retirement: Generous vacation policies, paid company holidays, paid parental leave, and 401(k) matching programs.