Roblox
Engineering Manager, Home Infrastructure (Recommendation Systems)
$295K–$345K
San Mateo, CA, United States · Manager · Full-time · Posted May 8, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years as an Engineering Manager or Tech Lead Manager; ideally leading backend, data, ranking, recommendation, search, ads, or personalization teams.
- Visa sponsorship
- For US-based roles, the company may not be able to employ candidates with work authorization related to certain U.S. visa categories or support future H-1B sponsorship at this time.
About the job
Leads the Backend and Data Engineering team building and operating infrastructure for Roblox’s Homepage and discovery surfaces, including personalization, ranking, data, and backend-serving systems.
What you'll do
- Lead and grow a team responsible for Homepage and Discovery infrastructure.
- Set the technical roadmap for content discovery, personalization, ranking, data, and backend-serving systems.
- Deliver cross-functional initiatives and build a culture focused on reliability, experimentation, and engineering development.
What they ask for
- 3+ years of experience as an Engineering Manager or Tech Lead Manager.
- Strong technical depth in distributed systems, service-oriented architecture, high-throughput backend platforms, data infrastructure, or ML-powered serving systems.
- Experience leading teams building and operating large-scale, consumer-facing production systems with high reliability and performance requirements.
- Track record delivering complex, cross-functional technical initiatives with measurable impact and developing engineers.
Pay
$295,250 — $345,040 USD (base salary)
Tools
distributed systems, service-oriented architecture
AI focus
Leads infrastructure for machine-learning-powered personalization and serving, including content ranking, real-time user signals, and personalization platforms.
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