Principal Cache Engineer - Low-Latency, Scalable

Roblox; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 295,250 - 345,040; Full time

Job summary

Roblox is looking for a Principal Engineer to join their Cache team in San Mateo, California, to lead the development of a next-generation caching solution. You will work on large-scale distributed systems and ensure optimal performance and availability across services. With a strong background in software engineering, specifically with Go and C++, you will help Roblox achieve its goal of supporting a billion users with state-of-the-art caching infrastructure. The role offers a competitive salary and opportunity for equity compensation.

Qualifications

• A BS degree in Computer Science (or equivalent experience) with at least 8+ years of software engineering experience.
• Deep expertise in building and managing large-scale distributed systems.
• Experience in running Active/Active distributed systems on container orchestrators.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architectural transition to a next-generation caching service.
• Drive optimizations to mitigate blocking and maximize resource utilization.
• Design frameworks for development and monitoring of critical services.

Skills

Experience & Education

Distributed Systems Expertise

Infrastructure Chops

Programming Proficiency in Go and C++

Problem-Solving Track Record

Observability Skills

Education

BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Kubernetes

Prometheus

Grafana

Kibana

Job description

Roblox is looking for a Principal Engineer to join their Cache team in San Mateo, California, to lead the development of a next-generation caching solution. You will work on large-scale distributed systems and ensure optimal performance and availability across services. With a strong background in software engineering, specifically with Go and C++, you will help Roblox achieve its goal of supporting a billion users with state-of-the-art caching infrastructure. The role offers a competitive salary and opportunity for equity compensation.