Principal Software Engineer - Roblox Database

📋 Description

• Design and implement new engine features—indexing, storage formats, WAL and replication protocols
• Evolve the control plane to deliver elastic scaling, autonomous healing, and zero-downtime schema
• Profile and optimize critical code paths using kernel-level tracing and advanced performance
• Establish engineering best practices by leading design reviews, performance benchmarks, failure
• Automate everything: develop frameworks for testing, CI/CD, rollout safety, observability, and
• Mentor and unblock engineers, fostering deep database craftsmanship and disseminating knowledge

🎯 Requirements

• 12+ years of experience in software engineering or a relevant field
• Deep experience building and operating large-scale distributed databases or storage engines (e.g.
• Deep expertise in database internals—B-trees, MVCC, WAL, query optimization, buffer management—and
• Hands-on experience with consensus algorithms (Raft, Paxos) and multi-region replication models
• Proven success shipping high-QPS, low-latency services on container orchestration stacks
• Ability to turn ambiguous product requirements into a clear technical roadmap and influence

🎁 Benefits

• Full-time employees eligible for equity compensation
• Full-time employees eligible for benefits as described on the company total rewards page
• Base pay within $345,040 - $399,420 USD
• Onsite work from Tuesday through Thursday, with optional presence on Monday and Friday