Senior Data Infrastructure Engineer, Analytics Platform

Roblox; California (MO); On-site; USD 197,000 - 243,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity compensation

Job summary

Roblox is seeking a Senior Data Infrastructure Engineer to join our Data Insights team in San Mateo, CA. You’ll architect and scale analytics platforms supporting thousands of daily queries and empower Roblox builders with robust data tooling.

You’ll work on Trino, Spark, Apache Superset, and Python notebooks, shaping product analytics across the company. This is a founding team role with impact, ownership, and a path to technical leadership.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of work experience building production-grade, scalable, and reliable data systems.
• AWS infra understanding (VPC, endpoints, private link, Terraform, Amazon EKS).
• Infra networking (k8s ingress, load balancers, and VPC networking).
• Data infra understanding (Trino/Spark system configuration).
• Strong SQL and distributed engine knowledge.
• Python and notebook data stack (e.g. pandas, ibis).
• Excellent cross-functional collaboration skills; enjoy building systems that enable and accelerate team productivity.
• B.S. equivalent in CS or sufficient experience.

Responsibilities

• Architect and deliver a high-performance analytics environment that serves thousands of queries daily.
• Design and scale robust data infrastructure for powering data retrieval and visualization.
• Ensure data systems are reliable, observable, privacy-compliant, and performant.
• Bridge the gap between data engineering, analytics, and infrastructure to deliver a suite of best-in class, fully featured, and easy to use data tools.
• Build intelligent agentic automation to simplify and accelerate analytical workflows.
• Contribute to internal platforms and tools that abstract complexity, improve developer productivity, and accelerate innovation.
• Be a tech lead and mentor junior engineers.
• Self-organize and take ownership of projects throughout their full lifecycle.

Skills

AWS

Terraform

Kubernetes

SQL

Python

Pandas

Ibis

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

B.S. equivalent in CS

Tools

Trino

Spark

Apache Superset

Okta (Nice to have)

IAM

Job description

Roblox is seeking a Senior Data Infrastructure Engineer to join our Data Insights team in San Mateo, CA. You’ll architect and scale analytics platforms supporting thousands of daily queries and empower Roblox builders with robust data tooling.

You’ll work on Trino, Spark, Apache Superset, and Python notebooks, shaping product analytics across the company. This is a founding team role with impact, ownership, and a path to technical leadership.