Engineering Director, Storage

Overview

Own the technical strategy, design, delivery, and operation of Roblox's storage systems, scaling the platform from nearly 1 exabyte toward a multi-exabyte deployment.

What you'll do

• Own the technical strategy, architecture, and roadmap for Roblox's storage systems, including distributed databases, caches, queues, object storage, and encryption infrastructure.
• Ensure the storage platform scales by orders of magnitude while remaining reliable and efficient.
• Partner closely with Data Platform, Infrastructure, and product engineering teams to align storage capabilities with Roblox's technical and business needs.
• Build, grow, and retain a world-class storage engineering team and develop the next generation of technical leaders within it.
• Drive operational excellence: define and hold the bar on reliability, on-call practices, and incident response.
• Own systems end-to-end, including participation in the on-call rotation for critical incidents.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 10+ years of experience in storage, infrastructure, or distributed systems roles, including hands-on experience building and operating custom database systems, not just deploying off-the-shelf solutions, plus depth in at least several of: caching systems, object storage, message queues, or data streaming.
• 5+ years in engineering leadership, managing teams through ambiguity to deliver critical, production-scale systems.
• A track record of building reliable, high-availability systems at significant scale (millions of users, petabyte-scale data, or equivalent).
• Strong operational instincts: you raise the bar on reliability and execution, not just vision.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional partners and earn trust across engineering, product, and leadership.
• Comfort with ambiguity and a bias toward learning: you go deep on tech stacks that are new to you and bring others along.

Details

• Location: headquarters in San Mateo, CA.
• Onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional presence on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted).
• Annual base salary range: $399,420 to $457,970 USD; actual pay depends on job-related factors. Full-time employees are also eligible for equity compensation and benefits.
• For US-based roles only: the Company may not be able to employ candidates who have US work authorization related to certain U.S. visa categories, or support future H-1B sponsorship at this time.