Roblox
Senior Engineering Manager, Ads Data Platform
$345K–$399K
San Mateo, CA, United States · Manager · Full-time · Posted Sep 8, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years in software engineering with 3+ years managing engineers, including hiring and performance management.
- Visa sponsorship
- For US-based roles, the company may not be able to employ candidates whose US work authorization is related to certain US visa categories, or support future H-1B sponsorship at this time.
About the job
Leads the Ads Data Platform engineering team building privacy-safe data systems for advertising identity, measurement, audience targeting, and ML features.
What you'll do
- Hire, manage, and develop engineers while fostering an inclusive, high-output team.
- Set technical direction and a multi-quarter roadmap across the Ads data domains.
- Partner cross-functionally and ensure systems meet standards for correctness, reliability, operations, and privacy.
What they ask for
- Experience delivering large-scale distributed data systems, pipelines, streaming/batch processing, and high-volume, low-latency data stores.
- Strong foundation in at least one of identity resolution, ad measurement/attribution, audience targeting/segmentation, or ML feature/data pipelines.
- Demonstrated ability to set technical direction and lead teams through ambiguity.
- Working knowledge of data privacy principles and regulations, such as GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, and COPPA.
Pay
$345,040 USD to $399,420 USD base salary (annual salary range; San Mateo headquarters roles).
Tools
GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, COPPA
AI focus
Leads development of feature engineering and data pipelines for ML.
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