Principal Software Engineer, Data Engineering

Overview Roblox is hiring a Principal Software Engineer, Data Engineering in San Mateo, CA to lead data engineering efforts for core data sets, analytics tooling, and data ontology. The role partners closely with data science, product, engineering, and infrastructure teams. Responsibilities - Partner with Data Science, Data Platform, Product, and Engineering to define the data ontology for Roblox - Lead and mentor a growing team of Data Engineers - Design, build, and maintain efficient batch and streaming data pipelines - Model business entities as core data sets - Develop scalable frameworks and tooling to automate analytics workflows - Establish and evangelize best practices for data operations and lifecycle management - Influence event instrumentation and work cross-functionally with Data Science, Experimentation, Machine Learning, Data Infrastructure, and Storage teams Requirements - 8+ years of professional experience building scalable ETL pipelines using tools such as Airflow, Dagster, Luigi, or Google Cloud Composer - Deep expertise in SQL, PySpark, or Scala - 3+ years leading data engineering development directly with business or data science stakeholders - Experience building, scaling, and maintaining multi-terabyte data sets - Ability to debug and unblock large-scale analytics challenges - Experience with at least one major cloud platform: AWS, GCP, or Azure - Experience developing or enhancing ETL orchestration tools or frameworks - Experience with GitOps workflows including branch/merge, PRs, and CI/CD systems Benefits - Annual salary range: $295,250 to $345,040 USD for roles based at the San Mateo headquarters - Full-time employees are also eligible for equity compensation - Benefits are available as described on the company benefits page - Office-based roles are onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional presence on Monday and Friday Other Relevant Heading - Roblox provides equal employment opportunities and reasonable accommodations for candidates with qualifying disabilities or religious beliefs - US-based role note: the company may not be able to employ candidates with certain U.S. visa categories or support future H-1B sponsorship at this time Source https://careers.roblox.com/jobs/7678832?gh_jid=7678832