Director of Storage Systems & Scale Engineering

Roblox Corporation; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 399,000 - 458,000; Full time

Job summary

Roblox is seeking a Director of Engineering to own the storage systems strategy, architecture, and delivery. You will shape infrastructure for databases, caches, queues, object storage, and encryption, balancing scale and reliability for internal and external customers.

You will lead a growing storage engineering team, collaborate with Data Platform, Infrastructure, and product engineering, and participate in on-call rotation to ensure production readiness and incident response.

Qualifications

• 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 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.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical strategy, architecture, and roadmap for Roblox's storage systems, including distributed databases, caches, queues, object storage, and encryption infrastructure
• Ensure our 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 your systems end-to-end, including participation in on-call rotation for critical incidents

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Reliability engineering

On-call practices

Ambiguity tolerance

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in CS/CE

Tools

Custom database systems

Caching systems

Object storage

Message queues

Data streaming

Job description

Roblox is seeking a Director of Engineering to own the storage systems strategy, architecture, and delivery. You will shape infrastructure for databases, caches, queues, object storage, and encryption, balancing scale and reliability for internal and external customers.

You will lead a growing storage engineering team, collaborate with Data Platform, Infrastructure, and product engineering, and participate in on-call rotation to ensure production readiness and incident response.