Engineering Manager - Network Traffic

Key Skills

Network software, TLS, HTTP acceleration, Global traffic steering

Job Description

Roblox is ushering in the next generation of entertainment, allowing people to imagine, create, and play together in immersive, user-generated worlds. We’re the one and only fastest-growing entertainment platform that lets anyone teach themselves how to code, publish, and monetize any experience imaginable—across any device—reaching millions of players across the globe. 
The impact that you can have at Roblox is powerful. We’re looking for someone who’s eager to take on a meaningful role in the success of Roblox on a massive scale. Someone who takes play seriously, but also isn’t afraid to have some fun either. Someone who’s ready to take Roblox—and their career—to the next level.

In 2018 and 2019, we were honored to be recognized as a Certified Great Place to Work®. We’ve fostered a company culture that empowers people to do the most defining work of their career in an environment that’s made up of the most passionate, team-oriented, visionary, crazy-smart people you’ll ever meet. Join the Roblox team where play rules and the possibilities are endless.

The engineers at Roblox are working on the hardest problems in tech today -- distributed systems, real-time communication, 3D co-experience, massive data processing, social networking, rendering, physics, and more. As a Roblox engineer, you will have real ownership and impact across one or more of these domains.

We are looking for an engineering manager to lead the Network Traffic team. This team develops and operates the network software responsible for making Roblox’s services available to users worldwide, with an emphasis on performance and security. Our work includes TLS and HTTP acceleration, DNS, global traffic steering, end-user performance data measurement, and kernel-level network data plane development.

You Are:

• A leader of people, with a successful track record of helping engineers grow their careers.
• A leader of projects, skilled in the planning, scoping, and delivery of complex engineering initiatives.
• Experienced in the development of network software for layers 4-7.
• Experienced in running mission-critical online systems at global scale.

You Will:

• Lead a team of software engineers and site reliability engineers to build and operate the future of Roblox’s traffic platform, including Real User Monitoring-based global load balancing, edge network acceleration, DNS, and server load balancing.
• Develop the roadmap for the future of the Roblox global network in collaboration with other infrastructure teams.

You'll Love:

• Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage
• A rewarding 401k program
• Flexible vacation policy
• Free catered lunches five times a week and several fully stocked kitchens with unlimited snacks
• Onsite fitness center and fitness program credit
• Annual CalTrain Go Pass
• A Roblox Admin badge for your avatar

Roblox – Powering Imagination