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Engineering Manager - Reliability Engineering
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Leads a Site Reliability Engineering team at Roblox, driving system reliability, production health, and scalable infrastructure design while managing engineers and collaborating with cross-functional product partners.
About this role
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.
What You’ll Do:
Are you a seasoned engineering leader with a passion for reliability and scalability? We’re looking for an exceptional Software Engineering Manager to join our Site Reliability Team at Roblox. In this pivotal role, you will drive the evolution of our systems, ensuring they meet the highest standards of performance, reliability, and efficiency. You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams to build robust infrastructure that supports our growth. If you have a track record of leading high-impact software engineering teams and a knack for solving complex technical challenges, we want to hear from you. Join us in shaping the future of our platform and delivering unparalleled value to our users.
At Roblox, our vision is to achieve 1 billion daily active users. We believe this leader will be instrumental in driving us towards that ambitious goal.
Your Role:
- Drive Reliability: Collaborate with cross-functional product partners to enhance and elevate system reliability.
- Champion Production Health: Engage directly with production environments, analyzing key trends and deriving actionable insights. Take ownership of maintaining and improving production health.
- Build and Implement: Develop and enforce production guardrails to ensure scalable and reliable service operations.
- Reporting Line: Report directly to the Head of Reliability Engineering.
Your Qualifications:
- Team Leadership: Demonstrated ability to build, lead, and develop high-performing engineering teams.
- System Expertise: In-depth knowledge of large-scale distributed systems and infrastructure.
- Software Engineering Background: Strong foundation in software engineering principles and practices.
- Scalable Design Experience: Extensive experience in guiding teams on designing and implementing scalable systems. Expertise in creating robust architectures that efficiently manage growth and maintain performance under varying loads, ensuring systems are resilient and adaptable to evolving demands.
- Engineering Management: Over 3 years of experience in engineering management roles, with a proven track record of leading successful projects and teams.
- Educational Background: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience.
You Are:
- A Visionary Leader: Capable of leading teams and fostering a problem-solving culture within large-scale engineering projects.
- Hands-On and Technical: Equipped with strong technical skills and a hands-on approach to achieving team objectives.
- Strategic Planner: Skilled in project management, strategic planning, and developing detailed roadmaps for successful delivery.
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. 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. All full-time employees are also eligible for equity compensation and for benefits as described on this page.
Roles that are based in an office are onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional presence on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted).
Roblox provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Roblox also provides reasonable accommodations to candidates with qualifying disabilities or religious beliefs during the recruiting process.
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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