Roblox
Technology
SoftwareEngineer,Storage
Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Mid+ candidates.
“Software Engineer, Storage at Roblox. Skills: Distributed systems, Caching, Infra-as-a-Service. Collect requirements. Drive strategy”
What You'll Achieve.
Deliver sub-millisecond latency; Achieve horizontal scalability; Achieve high efficiency; Reduce costs by 90%; Support 1 billion DAU; Turn hours into seconds
Industry & Context.
Solve caching challenges
On-call alerts
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
BS degree in Computer Science, 1-3 years of hands on experience, Interest designing & delivering large-scale distributed systems
Nice to Have
Data management knowledge in Object Storage (Ceph) is a plus
What You'll Do.
Design storage Infra-as-a-Service
Implement storage Infra-as-a-Service
Run storage Infra-as-a-Service
Improve large distributed services
Scale large distributed services
Deliver features with urgency
Deliver features cost efficiently
Deliver features with zero downtime
Deliver features with high reliability
Produce project work plans
Produce measurable metrics
Produce delivery milestones
Produce rollout plans
Produce on-call alerts
Create high quality code
Keep development continuous
Improve end-end rollout time
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner with Security; Partner with Product; Partner with Engineering; Collaborate with partner teams
Process & Methodology
Project work plans, Delivery milestones, Rollout plan
Full Job Description
Every day, tens of millions of people come to Roblox to explore, create, play, learn, and connect with friends in 3D immersive digital experiences– all created by our global community of developers and creators. At Roblox, we’re building the tools and platform that empower our community to bring any experience that they can imagine to life. Our vision is to reimagine the way people come together, from anywhere in the world, and on any device. We’re on a mission to connect a billion people with optimism and civility, and looking for amazing talent to help us get there. A career at Roblox means you’ll be working to shape the future of human interaction, solving unique technical challenges at scale, and helping to create safer, more civil shared experiences for everyone. Roblox's Cache team is building a next-generation caching solution designed to deliver sub-millisecond average latency, horizontal scalability, and high efficiency—all at a drastically lower cost. Our ultimate vision is to shape a caching infrastructure capable of supporting 1 billion Daily Active Users while reducing costs by 90%. We are turning hours of onboarding and capacity expansion into seconds, freeing service owners entirely from managing cluster lifecycles. As a Software Engineer on the Cache team (part of the Infra Storage org), you will innovate and operate large-scale, in-house distributed systems to solve Roblox's ever-growing caching challenges. You will report directly to the Engineering Manager for the Cache team. (Check out our recent engineering blog post here to learn more about the team's latest work!) You will: Partner with Security, Product, and Engineering teams to collect requirements, drive and influence the strategy to define the data security for all of Roblox storage systems, including OLTP databases, Object store, Queue, Search etc. Have a leading role in designing, implementing and running our storage Infra-as-a-Service offerings, particularly hardening the data security
Applying for this Software Engineer, Storage role?
Most applicants get filtered before a human reads their resume. See if yours makes the cut.
ANONYMOUS · UNFILTERED
What do employees actually say about Roblox?
Real rants from real employees. Read before you apply.