Roblox
Principal Software Engineer
$295K–$345K
San Mateo, CA, United States · Principal · Full-time · Posted Oct 20, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years of working experience.
- Education
- BS in Computer Science or related fields; a Master’s degree or higher is a plus.
- Visa sponsorship
- For US-based roles, the company may be unable to employ candidates whose work authorization is related to certain U.S. visa categories or support future H-1B sponsorship at this time.
About the job
Leads the design and operation of Roblox’s observability platform, including solutions for monitoring AI/ML systems across their lifecycle.
What you'll do
- Set the observability roadmap with business partners and lead projects end to end.
- Own and improve scalable, reliable observability infrastructure, including a next-generation platform for log and tracing data.
- Develop novel monitoring solutions for AI/ML systems across the full lifecycle and ecosystem.
What they ask for
- 8+ years of work experience, including building, maintaining, and evolving large-scale distributed systems.
- Demonstrated understanding of components needed to build modern, large-scale infrastructures.
- Ownership of availability and performance for critical services.
- BS in Computer Science or a related field.
Nice to have
- Master’s degree or higher.
- Previous contributions to the Open Source Community.
Pay
$295,250 — $345,040 USD (annual base salary)
Tools
Telemetry, Distributed Tracing, Logs, AI/ML
AI focus
Develop novel solutions to monitor AI/ML systems across the full AI/ML lifecycle and ecosystem.
Model-written summary · the original posting is authoritative