Roblox

Principal Software Engineer - Compute (Kubernetes)

San Mateo, CA, United States · Principal · Full-time

H1B sponsorship available$345k-$399kDetected 18 hours ago

Distributed SystemsKubernetesPlatform EngineeringLeadershipMentoring

About the role

Our vision is to reimagine the way people come together, from anywhere in the world, and on any device.
For roles that are based at our headquarters in San Mateo, CA: The starting base pay for this position is as shown below.
The actual base pay is dependent upon a variety of job-related factors such as professional background, training, work experience, location, business needs and market demand.

Lead the design of advanced automation, observability, and self-healing systems that minimize MTTR and maintain world-class uptime for our global compute fleet.
Partner with engineering leadership to define the technical roadmap, balancing feature velocity against platform integrity.
For US based roles only, please note the Company may not be able to employ candidates for this role who have United States work authorization related to certain U.S. visa categories, or support future H-1B sponsorship at this time.
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.
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.
You will drive the evolution of a platform that powers our global scale operations, transforming Kubernetes into a secure, reliable, and invisible foundation for our developers across our on-prem and public cloud fleet.

10+ years of experience building and operating large-scale distributed systems, platform engineering, or cloud infrastructure.

Deep understanding of cloud-native security practices, identity solutions, and container networking.

$345,040 - $399,420 USD
Therefore, in some circumstances, the actual salary could fall outside of this expected range.
This pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future.
Annual Salary Range

All full-time employees are also eligible for equity compensation and for benefits as described on this page.

Think deeply about how our internal customers consume and interact with compute, designing intuitive interfaces and tooling that simplify consumption of complex infrastructure services.
We are seeking a visionary Principal Software Engineer to join our Compute organization and provide technical leadership for our Kubernetes infrastructure.
Your mission is to balance cutting-edge innovation with rigorous platform stability, ensuring that internal and external customers have a seamless, high-performance experience at massive scale.

For US based roles only, please note the Company may not be able to employ candidates for this role who have United States work authorization related to certain U.S. visa categories, or support future H-1B sponsorship at this time.

This listing is sourced directly from Roblox's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.