Roblox

Senior Software Engineer, Observability

Roblox · San Mateo, CA, United States

Posted 16 days ago

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This role has been open
16 days
Roblox's roles stay open a median of 45 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
0% of Roblox's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Roblox
low
0 stale, 9 reposted of 234 open
Hiring momentum
313 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-09-17

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About this role

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Observability team at Roblox, you will be responsible for defining the vision and roadmap for observability infrastructure, ensuring its scalability and reliability. You will take ownership of existing systems, enhance them with new features, and architect next-generation infrastructures capable of handling vast amounts of data. Additionally, you will mentor junior engineers and collaborate with business partners to align on project execution.

Our read on this posting2.6out of 5
benefits
1/5
freshness
4/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
4/5
pay transparency
0/5

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What you need

  • 5+ years of working experience in building, maintaining, and evolving large-scale distributed systems
  • Understanding of components required to build modern, large-scale infrastructure
  • Ownership of end-to-end availability and performance of critical services
  • Passion for mentoring junior engineers
  • BS in Computer Science or a related field

Nice to have

  • Previous contributions to the Open Source Community
  • Experience leveraging the latest AI technology for incident detection and mitigation
  • Master's degree or higher

What you get

  • Equity compensation
  • Benefits as described in the posting

Worth weighing

  • Hybrid role requiring in-office presence 3 days a week
  • No specific salary listed, only a range provided
  • Vague mention of potential salary changes in the future
  • Limited visa sponsorship availability for candidates

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Listed by Roblox on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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