Engineering Manager, Ads Experience

Overview

Lead the Ads Experience engineering team, owning delivery and technical health across Roblox Ads Manager (advertiser experience), Brand Ads and Integrations (brand experience), and Creator Monetization and Commerce (publisher experience).

What you'll do

• Build and lead a team of high-caliber software engineers, including hiring, performance management, and career development.
• Foster an inclusive, high-output team culture.
• Own product and engineering for Roblox Ads Manager, setting the roadmap and owning the full stack from campaign setup and targeting to budget controls and real-time reporting across self-serve, programmatic, and agency.
• Build and own the creator ad monetization experience, including the tools creators use to run ads in their experiences and the systems that track and pay out earnings correctly and on time.
• Own the full software development lifecycle for your team, balancing rapid product iteration with long-term technical health.
• Provide technical guidance on system design and frontend/backend architecture, ensuring the products handle complex forecasting, campaign management, and real-time reporting at scale.
• Apply AI across the ecosystem, from Gen AI for multi-modal creatives to intelligent assistants for advertisers and creators.
• Collaborate with Product Management, Design, and Data Science to define the product vision and bridge business requirements and technical implementation.

What you'll need

• 8+ years of software development experience.
• 2+ years of experience in people management (hiring and performance management).
• Experience delivering customer-facing web products end to end.
• Solid understanding of the Ad Tech stack, including campaign management, reporting, creative, ad serving, measurement, and ad delivery.
• Experience building campaign management systems used by ad ops teams, advertisers, and agencies, including campaign setup, trafficking, and lifecycle management across direct, programmatic, and self-serve channels.
• Proven ability to deliver APIs and UIs for campaign creation, editing, flighting, targeting, and budget management across simple and complex campaign structures.
• Strong background in distributed systems and high-availability backend services (Go, C#, or similar).
• Understanding of modern frontend architectures (React/TypeScript).
• Passion for mentoring engineers and a proven ability to manage performance, navigate complex organizational challenges, and build a cohesive team.
• Experience driving engineering best practices, including code reviews, testing strategies, and incident management for high-scale systems.
• Ability to think like a product owner while maintaining strong technical rigor.
• BS or MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.

Details

• Based at the headquarters in San Mateo, CA.
• Annual base salary range: $295,250 to $345,040 USD, with eligibility for equity compensation and benefits.
• Onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional presence on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted).
• For US-based roles only: the Company may not be able to employ candidates who have United States work authorization related to certain U.S. visa categories, or support future H-1B sponsorship at this time.