Senior/Principal Product Manager, Engine Networking
Required skills
- CS degree
- technical background
- low-level architecture
- C++
- OS fundamentals
- multi-threaded code
- multi-year product vision
- cross-functional teams
- Data Science
- Founder mindset
Nice to have
- AI
- UGC platforms
Role summary
Roblox is seeking a Senior/Principal Product Manager for Engine Systems Foundations to define and execute the vision for core game engine components. This role requires deep technical expertise in areas like memory allocation and threading, with a focus on improving performance, reliability, and efficiency for millions of players. The ideal candidate has 6+ years of product management experience, a strong technical background (CS degree or equivalent), and proven strategic leadership. Responsibilities include defining multi-year roadmaps, collaborating with engineering and data science, and mentoring the product team. Experience with UGC platforms and AI is a plus. The position is based in San Mateo, CA, with a hybrid work model.
Every day, tens of millions of people come to Roblox to explore, create, play, learn, and connect with friends in 3D immersive digital experiences– all created by our global community of developers and creators.
At Roblox, we’re building the tools and platform that empower our community to bring any experience that they can imagine to life. Our vision is to reimagine the way people come together, from anywhere in the world, and on any device. We’re on a mission to connect a billion people with optimism and civility, and looking for amazing talent to help us get there.
A career at Roblox means you’ll be working to shape the future of human interaction, solving unique technical challenges at scale, and helping to create safer, more civil shared experiences for everyone.
As the Senior/Principal Product Manager for Engine Networking, you will drive the vision and strategy for the game engine networking stack/server aspect of our client-server architecture and be hands-on with the execution and delivery of products that impact over 130 million players every day.
This team is responsible for the fundamental competitive game networking stack, from replication and streaming to asset delivery and caching, and our cloud game servers. This includes close partnerships with our broader Infrastructure and Matchmaking teams to ensure our systems are getting the most out of our infrastructure and our players the best experience possible.
If you are a visionary product leader who thrives on deeply technical challenges and loves networks, you’ll be a great fit!
The role is based in San Mateo, CA (hybrid with Tues-Thurs onsite).
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For roles that are based at our headquarters in San Mateo, CA: The starting base pay for this position is as shown below. The actual base pay is dependent upon a variety of job-related factors such as professional background, training, work experience, location, business needs and market demand. Therefore, in some circumstances, the actual salary could fall outside of this expected range. This pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. All full-time employees are also eligible for equity compensation and for benefits as described on this page.
Annual Salary Range$280,540—$330,950 USDRoles that are based in an office are onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional presence on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted).
Roblox provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Roblox also provides reasonable accommodations to candidates with qualifying disabilities or religious beliefs during the recruiting process.
For US based roles only, please note the Company may not be able to employ candidates for this role who have United States work authorization related to certain U.S. visa categories, or support future H-1B sponsorship at this time.
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