Engineering Director

Who you are

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field
• 10+ years of experience in storage, infrastructure, or distributed systems roles, including hands-on experience building and operating custom database systems, with depth in at least several of: caching systems, object storage, message queues, or data streaming
• 5+ years in engineering leadership, managing teams through ambiguity to deliver critical, production-scale systems
• A track record of building reliable, high-availability systems at significant scale (millions of users, petabyte-scale data, or equivalent)
• Strong operational instincts — you raise the bar on reliability and execution, not just vision
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional partners and earn trust across engineering, product, and leadership
• Comfort with ambiguity and a bias toward learning: you go deep on tech stacks that are new to you and bring others along

What the job involves

• Own the technical strategy, architecture, and roadmap for Roblox's storage systems, including distributed databases, caches, queues, object storage, and encryption infrastructure
• Ensure our storage platform scales by orders of magnitude while remaining reliable and efficient
• Partner closely with Data Platform, Infrastructure, and product engineering teams to align storage capabilities with Roblox's technical and business needs
• Build, grow, and retain a world-class storage engineering team — and develop the next generation of technical leaders within it
• Drive operational excellence: define and hold the bar on reliability, on-call practices, and incident response
• Own your systems end-to-end, including participation in on-call rotation for critical incidents