Engineering Manager, Personalization & Discovery Backend

Showcify, Inc.; Canada (KY); On-site; USD 295,000 - 345,000; Full time

Job summary

Roblox in San Mateo, CA seeks an Engineering Manager for Home Infrastructure to lead Backend and Data Engineers powering Roblox’s Homepage and Discovery surfaces, shaping the technical strategy and roadmap for large-scale content delivery.

You will partner with ML, Data Science, Product, Design, Frontend, Ads, Marketplace, Economy, and Search teams to deliver measurable product impact while building a culture of reliability, experimentation, and growth.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience as an Engineering Manager or Tech Lead Manager, ideally leading backend, data, ranking, recommendation, search, ads, or personalization teams.
• Strong technical depth in distributed systems, service-oriented architecture, high-throughput backend platforms, data infrastructure, or ML-powered serving systems.
• Experience leading teams that build and operate large-scale, consumer-facing production systems with high reliability and performance requirements.
• A track record of delivering complex, ambiguous, cross-functional technical initiatives with measurable product or business impact.
• Experience growing engineers, developing technical leaders, and building healthy, high-performing engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a high-performing team of Backend and Data Engineers responsible for the infrastructure powering Roblox’s Homepage and other Discovery product surfaces.
• Define and execute the technical roadmap for large-scale content discovery, personalization, ranking, data, and backend-serving systems.
• Drive high-impact initiatives such as Personalization-as-a-Platform, full-page personalization, real-time user signal infrastructure, and ranking observability.
• Partner closely with Machine Learning, Data Science, Product, Design, Frontend, Ads, Marketplace, Economy, Search, and Core Infrastructure teams to deliver measurable product impact.
• Build a strong engineering culture focused on technical excellence, reliability, experimentation, operational health, and talent development.

Skills

Backend leadership

Distributed systems

Data infrastructure

ML-powered serving

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Roblox in San Mateo, CA seeks an Engineering Manager for Home Infrastructure to lead Backend and Data Engineers powering Roblox’s Homepage and Discovery surfaces, shaping the technical strategy and roadmap for large-scale content delivery.

You will partner with ML, Data Science, Product, Design, Frontend, Ads, Marketplace, Economy, and Search teams to deliver measurable product impact while building a culture of reliability, experimentation, and growth.