Principal DevEx & CI/CD Architect (AI-Powered)

The Briefed; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 295,000 - 345,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive equity grants

Comprehensive health coverage

Onsite meals

Generous time off & retirement plan

Job summary

Roblox is seeking a Principal Software Engineer on the Engineering Acceleration team to define and execute the long-term vision for Roblox's core developer platform. You will drive architecture for source code search, storage, code review, CI, and artifact management at scale, while integrating AI-powered development tools to reduce toil.

You will mentor senior engineers, lead cross-functional initiatives, and architect multi-cloud integrations across GitHub, AWS, Kubernetes, and Artifactory.

Qualifications

• 9+ years of professional software engineering experience focused on developer productivity.
• Designing and evolving developer platforms used by 2,000+ engineers.
• Deep expertise in version control and CI engine internals (GitHub, GitHub Actions, Artifactory).
• Cloud-native deployment with AWS, Docker, Kubernetes and HashiCorp stack (Nomad, Vault, Terraform).
• Fluency in at least one language (C#, Python, Go, or Java).
• Ability to drive company-wide technical strategy and multi-quarter initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Define the 10-year technical vision for source code repos, CI, and build pipelines.
• Integrate AI-powered developer tooling into daily workflows to accelerate production.
• Architect multi-cloud integrations across internal and 3rd-party platforms.
• Mentor senior staff and lead engineers, shaping engineering culture and standards.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to align multi-team strategy and delivery.

Skills

DevEx & Build Systems

Large-scale platform

Version control & CI

Cloud & containers

Polyglot programming

Cross-functional leadership

Tools

GitHub

GitHub Actions

Artifactory

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Nomad

Vault

Terraform

Job description

Roblox is seeking a Principal Software Engineer on the Engineering Acceleration team to define and execute the long-term vision for Roblox's core developer platform. You will drive architecture for source code search, storage, code review, CI, and artifact management at scale, while integrating AI-powered development tools to reduce toil.

You will mentor senior engineers, lead cross-functional initiatives, and architect multi-cloud integrations across GitHub, AWS, Kubernetes, and Artifactory.