Roblox
Principal Software Engineer, Data Tooling
$295K–$345K
San Mateo, CA, United States · Principal · Full-time · Posted Aug 27, 2026
- Visa sponsorship
- For US-based roles, the company may not be able 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 a team building shared data tooling and platform capabilities that improve data quality, discovery, governance, observability, and operational efficiency across Roblox.
What you'll do
- Lead, coach, and develop engineers; establish technical standards and a high-performing team culture.
- Own the roadmap and technical direction for shared data tooling, including quality, lineage, metadata, observability, lifecycle, optimization, and self-service capabilities.
- Partner across teams to improve data reliability and user workflows, reduce operational toil and costs, and measure platform outcomes.
What they ask for
- Experience managing, mentoring, or technically leading engineers.
- Experience with data catalogs, lineage systems, data-quality frameworks, observability platforms, or metadata services.
- Experience building or operating shared platforms and frameworks used by multiple teams.
- Experience partnering with Data Science, experimentation, ML, product, or infrastructure teams to turn ambiguous requirements into durable technical solutions.
Pay
$295,250 — $345,040 USD annual base salary
AI focus
Familiarity with agentic or AI-assisted workflows for data discovery, analysis, or platform operations.
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