Director of Engineering - Ads Platform

Company: Roblox Corporation
Location: San Mateo
Posted on: April 5, 2025

Job Description:

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 an Engineering Director of Advertising Platform at Roblox, you will help build the ad systems to power different performance and brand advertising solutions at Roblox. This ad platform will enable businesses, brands and developers to reach their audiences in new and innovative ways. As the engineering leader of this function, you will work cross-functionally with partner teams to shape the advertising future for Roblox.You will be responsible for our advertising systems and platform which millions of creators and brands around the world will use daily. Ads platform drives user experience, advertiser experience/APIs, creator experience/APIs, ad serving and ranking infra, reporting/budget infra, and 3P/1P measurement solutions. Success in this role will be determined by your ability to work with Ads and Brands leads and XFN partners to successfully craft a strategy for Roblox's Ad stack supporting our performance, programmatic and brand offerings.You will:

• Shape and grow a high-performance engineering team focused on building robust advertising and product infrastructure
• Hire, mentor, and develop senior engineers, managers, and leaders in the areas of ad serving, measurement, and identity systems
• Create a culture of engineering excellence, emphasizing scalability, reliability, and innovation in advertising technology
• Partner closely with product teams and other engineering groups to develop powerful, flexible infrastructure/product solutions
• Lead the development and optimization of key advertising infrastructure components, including:
• Product infrastructure: Retrieval infrastructure, ranking infrastructure, and ad server systems
• Measurement systems for accurate and timely reporting of ad performance
• Identity management systems for user privacy and effective targeting
• Advertiser, Publisher Experience and APIsYou have:
  • A proven track record of delivering highly scalable and reliable infrastructure systems
  • Deep knowledge of advertising technology, particularly in the areas of ad serving, measurement, and identity management and ads manager and format
  • Extensive experience in building and managing large-scale, distributed systems that handle high-throughput, low-latency requirements
  • Strong understanding of data processing pipelines and real-time serving systems
  • 8+ years in an engineering management role with 2+ years in a Senior leadership role (org size 50+)
  • A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a similar technical field
  • Experience in leading cross-functional teams and collaborating with product, data science, and business stakeholders
  • Proven ability to drive technical strategy and make architectural decisions that balance performance, scalability, and maintainabilityFor 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.Annual Salary Range: $391,590 - $448,990 USDRoles that are based in our San Mateo, CA Headquarters are in-office Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional in-office on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted).You'll Love:
    • Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage
    • A rewarding 401k program
    • Flexible vacation policy (varies by exemption status)
    • Roflex - Flexible and supportive work policy
    • At Roblox HQ:
    • Free catered lunches five times a week and several fully stocked kitchens with unlimited snacks
    • Onsite fitness center and fitness program credit
    • Annual CalTrain Go PassRoblox 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 for all candidates during the interview process.
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