Roblox

Roblox

Senior Software Engineer, Realtime Analytics Platform

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

H1B sponsorship available$243k-$295kDetected 13 hours ago
JavaGoC++ScalaSQLAWSKubernetesTerraformKafkaMachine LearningData ScienceLLMsLeadership

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Cap-exempt (no lottery)0
Sponsors this role100
Entry-level history0
PERM / green-card track0
Lottery odds (Level IV)94
Fits your clock70

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Level IV · 4×
Level I$137,0931 entry
Level II$165,1312 entries
Level III$193,1493 entries
Level IV$221,1874 entries

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Green-card follow-through: 79%

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About the role

  • Roblox's data infrastructure processes petabytes of data daily, powering analytics, ML, and product decisions for a platform serving 200M+ daily active users.
  • Advance Autonomous Interfaces: Integrate AI/ML and LLM-driven capabilities within our query platforms to enable automated self-serve mechanisms and intelligent data discovery for engineers.
  • Streaming & Ingestion Architecture: Proven track record implementing high-volume streaming ingestion using Apache Kafka, Apache Flink, Routine Load / Broker Load, or Debezium/CDC pipelines.

Responsibilities

  • As a Senior Software Engineer on our Real-time Analytics Platform team, you will design, build, and scale the core OLAP infrastructure powering sub-second analytical queries across Roblox.
  • Architect Streaming Ingestion Pipelines: Design, build, and optimize real-time data ingestion paths leveraging Apache Kafka, Apache Flink and native engine load mechanisms.
  • Data Modeling & Query Optimization: Expertise in OLAP schema design (partitioning, bucketing, sort keys, indexing) and tuning cost-based SQL query engines for 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.

Requirements

  • 6+ years of experience building, designing, testing and maintaining production-grade, large-scale distributed systems.
  • Deep OLAP & MPP Engine Depth: Strong hands-on engineering or operational experience with StarRocks or adjacent OLAP engines such as Apache Druid, ClickHouse, Apache Doris, Apache Pinot, or Trino/Presto.
  • Strong Engineering Foundations: Robust proficiency in Java, Go, C++, or Scala, with a track record of writing clean, highly performant distributed backend code.

Skills

  • Our vision is to reimagine the way people come together, from anywhere in the world, and on any device.
  • Core contributions to open-source OLAP databases (StarRocks, Apache Druid, ClickHouse, Apache Doris).

Compensation

  • $243,290 - $295,250 USD
  • This pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future.

Benefits

  • All full-time employees are also eligible for equity compensation and for benefits as described on this page.
  • Own and Scale Core OLAP Platforms: Take end-to-end ownership of the architecture, operational health, and scalability of our high-throughput OLAP engines, specifically StarRocks and Apache Druid.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • 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.
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