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RobloxSan Mateo, CA, United States
Engineering Manager (Engineering Acceleration: Foundations)
On-siteFull Time$295.2k - $345k per yearPosted 24 days ago
About the role
- As the Engineering Manager for the pod, you will lead a growing team of 6 engineers responsible for these critical engineering tools
- You will own both the day-to-day operational excellence of our core engineering infrastructure and the strategy to scale these systems for AI-powered development
- This is an impactful role supporting the entire company; it is ideal for a people-first leader energized by operational ownership who cares deeply about the engineering experience
- Lead, coach, and grow a team of world-class engineers, hiring, onboarding, regular 1:1s, performance, and active career development that supports each engineer’s growth at Roblox
- Own the reliability and operational health of Tier 0 infrastructure, including GitHub (Enterprise & Cloud), Artifactory, Sourcegraph, GitHub Actions, the CI runner fleet, and cloud development environments
- Develop deep cross-functional partnerships across the company, supporting all engineering groups and roles. Interact directly with your customers day in and day out
- Define and drive the roadmap, balancing operational excellence with strategic investments in automation, modernization, and AI-integrated workflows
- Champion data-driven priorities, such as CI/CD success rates, PR cycle times, and engineer satisfaction, while regularly communicating productivity insights to leadership
- A thoughtful manager and strong communicator who champions the personal and professional growth of their team
- Passionate about every engineer’s daily experience, informed by deep technical knowledge and a customer-focused mindset
- A calm, decisive operational leader who works well with whatever comes their way
- A track record of owning and delivering developer-facing or infrastructure systems at scale
- Familiarity with common cloud and container technologies like AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, and Hashistack (Nomad, Vault, Terraform)
- Demonstrated operational leadership: incident response, sustainable on-call, and a reliability- and compliance-minded approach to critical systems
- Strong working knowledge of source control and CI infrastructure; experience with GitHub, GitHub Actions, Artifactory, or Sourcegraph is a strong plus
- 3+ years managing or leading engineering teams, on top of a strong individual-contributor engineering background (BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience)
- A proven ability to hire, grow, and retain engineers, and to coach their career development
- Hands-on experience bringing LLM-powered tooling into engineering workflows
- Experience scaling or migrating git, artifact systems, CI platforms, or cloud development environments
- Background partnering on secure SDLC, artifact hygiene, and modern compliance practices