Sr. Software Engineer, Ads Platform
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Job Location:
San Mateo, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
With Robloxs daily active users growing at a record pace we are seeking a senior data engineer to join the Ads Platform team in building the next generation of Ad Data and ML feature infrastructure. Our team sits at the core of advertising systems at Roblox powering high-scale high-throughput data systems that shape ads personalization ranking and measurement.
As a Senior Software Engineer on the Ads Platform team you will architect and build foundational data pipelines real-time streaming systems and scalable feature computation frameworks. Your work will enable rapid experimentation empower ranking models and support personalized ad delivery at massive scale. You will collaborate closely with engineers across ML backend and analytics to shape the future of ads infrastructure at Roblox.
This role is a great fit for you if you are proficient in managing large scale systems and data-driven applications and have a zeal for developing inspiring easily maintainable and reusable code. Join our highly skilled and rapidly growing team and make a significant impact at Roblox.
This position will report to our Senior Engineering Manager and require you to work onsite at our HQ in San Mateo CA Tuesdays to Thursdays.
You will:
- Build high-performance data pipelines and real-time streaming systems that support both online and offline ML features training data and statistical computation at scale.
- Design and scale robust data infrastructure for powering retrieval and ranking of various ads systems across Roblox
- Ensure data systems are reliable observable privacy-compliant and performant under heavy concurrency and high throughput.
- Partner with ML and backend engineers to define scalable interfaces and enable rapid iteration for model development and experimentation.
- Contribute to internal platforms and tools that abstract complexity improve developer productivity and accelerate innovation.
- Be a tech lead and mentor junior engineers
- Self-organize and take ownership of projects throughout their full lifecycle.
You have:
- 3 years of experience in software development
- 2 years of experience building data pipelines infrastructure and working with big data technologies like Spark Flink Kafka Airflow and Hive
- Proficiency in one or more languages such as C# Go Java Python SQL.
- Knowledge about advertising and the technology which powers it is preferred
You are:
- Data & System Oriented: You understand that robust data is the foundation of great ML systems and you design infrastructure for scale correctness and reliability.
- Collaborative: You thrive in cross-functional teams partnering effectively with ML backend and product engineers to solve complex challenges.
- Curious & Creative: You enjoy tackling hard problems exploring new technologies and driving continuous improvements in both systems and workflows.
- Impact Driven: You focus on outcomes - prioritizing product impact reliability and measurable success over code volume or complexity.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- Spring
- .NET
- C/C++
- Go
- React
- OOP
- C#
- Data Structures
- JavaScript
- Software Development
- Java
- Distributed Systems
About Company
Roblox is the ultimate virtual universe that lets you create, share experiences with friends, and be anything you can imagine. Join millions of people and discover an infinite variety of immersive experiences created by a global community!
