Senior Software Engineer - Data Acquisition

San Mateo, CA · San Mateo · USD 196,750-243,290 / year · 5+ years experience · Full-time · Onsite · Posted Oct 9, 2026

At a glance

We are seeking a senior software engineer to join our new Data Intake team.
Our team owns the tooling that sources and processes the training data that Roblox’s future foundation models are built on.

Architect and deliver a high-performance analytics environment that serves thousands of queries daily
Design and scale robust data infrastructure for powering data retrieval and visualization
Ensure data systems are reliable, observable, privacy-compliant, and performant
Bridge the gap between data engineering, analytics, and infrastructure to deliver a suite of best-in class, fully featured, and easy to use data tools.
Build intelligent agentic automation to simplify and accelerate analytical workflows
Contribute to internal platforms and tools that abstract complexity, improve developer productivity, and accelerate innovation
Be a tech lead and mentor junior engineers
Self-organize and take ownership of projects throughout their full lifecycle

5+ years of work experience building production-grade, scalable, and reliable data systems; B.S. equivalent in CS or sufficient experience.
AWS infra understanding (VPC, endpoints, private link, Terraform, Amazon EKS)
Infra networking (k8s ingress, load balancers, and VPC networking)
Data infra understanding (Trino/Spark system configuration)
Strong SQL and distributed engine knowledge
Python and notebook data stack (e.g. pandas, ibis)
Excellent cross-functional collaboration skills; enjoy building systems that enable and accelerate team productivity

Roles that are based in an office are onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional presence on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted).