Senior/Principal Product Manager (Engine Systems Foundations)

Roblox; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Roblox is seeking a Senior/Principal Product Manager for Engine Systems Foundations to define the long-term vision for the core networking and engine systems. You will lead cross-functional teams across engineering, data science, and infrastructure to push latency and reliability improvements while delivering architecture changes and features at scale.

The role requires deep technical fluency, strong product instincts, and the ability to translate vague ideas into concrete roadmaps that drive

Qualifications

• 6+ years of product management in technically deep products.
• Strong technical background with networking stacks.
• Experience with competitive game engines or low-latency systems is a plus.
• Strategic multi-year product vision and cross-functional leadership.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with executives.
• Analytical mindset with data-driven approach.

Responsibilities

• Define long-term vision and strategy for Engine Networking.
• Drive execution of architectural systems and offline play features.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Data Science, and Infrastructure to optimize KPIs.
• Mentor and elevate the product culture through rigorous thinking.
• Partner with engineering leadership to deliver features end-to-end.

Skills

Product management

Technical Fluency

Networking stacks

Cross-functional leadership

Data-driven decision making

Executive communication

Education

CS degree or equivalent experience

Job description

• As the Senior/Principal Product Manager for Engine Systems Foundations, you will drive the vision and strategy for the most foundational parts of the Roblox game engine and be hands‑on with the execution and delivery of products that impact over 130 million players every day
• This team is responsible for the fundamental competitive game networking stack, from replication and streaming to asset delivery and caching, and our cloud game servers. This includes close partnerships with our broader Infrastructure and Matchmaking teams to ensure our systems are getting the most out of our infrastructure and our players the best experience possible
• If you are a visionary product leader who thrives on deeply technical challenges and loves networks, you’ll be a great fit!
• Define the long-term vision and strategy for Engine Networking, ensuring we have plans in place to continually invest in the core pieces of a high-performance, realtime connected game engine
• Drive execution of new architectural systems, such as our upcoming offline play feature
• Work with the Infrastructure organization to optimize the technical KPIs around networked gameplay, such as latency, from participating in matchmaking experiments to helping with future data center buildout work
• Champion data rigor, working with Data Science to identify opportunities and measure the efficacy of our work
• Think outside the box, working closely with engineering, to consider how the latest advances in AI, architecture, and more combine to deliver step‑function improvements
• Go hands‑on to bring the roadmap to life partnering with engineering leadership to ensure all features are built and deployed successfully
• Mentor and elevate the product culture within the team, fostering an environment of rigorous thinking, experimentation, and relentless customer empathy

• 6+ years of product management experience, with a significant portion spent in technically deep products
• Technical Fluency: A strong technical background (CS degree or equivalent experience) with the ability to discuss networking stacks and similar with engineering partners
• Experience with competitive game engines/low-latency networking systems and/or UGC platforms is a strong plus
• Strategic Leadership: Proven ability to define a multi-year product vision and rally large, cross‑functional teams (Engineering, Data Science) behind it
• Entrepreneurial drive: You have a “Founder” mindset. You are comfortable operating in ambiguity, making high‑stakes decisions with limited information, and driving projects from vague concepts to global launch
• Executive Communication: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills. You can explain complex technical topics to non‑technical executives and define detailed technical specs for engineers with equal fluency
• Highly Analytical: Proficiency in defining and tracking complex metrics. You use data to find the “signal in the noise.”