Principal, Distributed Storage & Data Platforms (Equity)

Roblox; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 345,040 - 399,420; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity compensation

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

A leading gaming platform company based in San Mateo is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead the development of advanced data storage systems. You will work on cloud services crucial for millions of users, enhance observability capabilities, and mentor junior engineers. Ideal candidates have extensive experience in software development, particularly with public clouds like AWS and Azure, and a strong background in C# or C++. This role also offers a competitive salary and equity compensation.

Qualifications

• 10+ years background in software development building with public clouds.
• 3+ years experience building and maintaining data storage systems.
• 10+ years designing, implementing, testing, and deploying production-grade code.
• 6+ years programming in C# and/or C++, ideally both.
• 4+ years leading junior engineers on complex projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of improvements to existing products.
• Build state-of-the-art data storage systems including infrastructure and APIs.
• Expand cloud service observability capabilities through data visualization.
• Provide on-call support for Data products responding to production alerts.
• Mentor junior engineers through design and code reviews.

Skills

Software development with public clouds

Building and maintaining data storage systems

Programming in C# and/or C++

Agile software development

Leading junior engineers

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

A leading gaming platform company based in San Mateo is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead the development of advanced data storage systems. You will work on cloud services crucial for millions of users, enhance observability capabilities, and mentor junior engineers. Ideal candidates have extensive experience in software development, particularly with public clouds like AWS and Azure, and a strong background in C# or C++. This role also offers a competitive salary and equity compensation.