Technical Director (Individual Contributor) - Ads
Company: Roblox
Location: San Mateo
Posted on: January 20, 2023
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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 Ads Technical Director in the Economy group, you
will lead the immersive advertising initiative. This will include
everything from our immersive formats, to the real time bidding
system, and ML optimization. In addition to overseeing our new Ad
system, our Economy group maintains the base frameworks that power
a virtual marketplace that handles over 10s of millions of
transactions a day. The team provides the infrastructure and
statistics to empower developers to monetize their games, with our
top developers earning millions of dollars each year.In the year
ended December 31, 2020, Roblox had billings of $1.9 Billion. We
measure our virtual economy in GDP which has just surpassed that of
Belize! You will be responsible for the technical direction of our
ads, as well as helping with the virtual economy and real world
money systems. We operate at a large scale with services hitting
millions of QPS!At Roblox we move fast and ship code to production
daily; your leadership will increase productivity by removing
obstacles and keeping processes lean. You will identify and
mitigate risk and make sure the technology outpaces our growth.
Roblox teams are inclusive, helpful, and have a strong sense of
ownership over the things they build. If you have a desire to grow
and learn, you will fit right in with our highly-skilled and
ever-expanding engineering team.You Are:Experienced: You have 10+
years of experience in large scale software deployments with a
proven track record of delivering highly performant technical
solutions. You have a BS in Computer Science, MS/PhD are a definite
plus.Accomplished: You have experience defining architecture for
millions of users and are excited about technical challenges. You
can be hands on and still define an architecture from scratch and
make sure it can scale from few users to hundreds of millions.
Knowledgeable: You have a deep understanding of all the components
required to build modern large scale infrastructure. You can
recommend one route versus another and bring a team of engineers to
consensus. You also love to pick up new technologies as the
landscape evolves.Versatile: You're a jack of all trades and you
have mastered several languages and technologies already; you can
easily adapt to any situation when the need arises and come with
the right solution.Creative: You take a creative and strategic
approach to solving hard problems and driving new
tools/functionality for our developers Team-oriented: You have a
magnetic personality that invigorates the team around you and you
are used to lead technical teams in any situation.You Will:Become
an expert on our technology stack, Economy domain and make sure we
solve problems in the right way.Balance researching new
technologies with a practical approach to turn our most promising
opportunities into Roblox products.Passionate about working on a
large scale, consumer-facing mobile and web applications.Author
specs for new Economy infrastructure and partner with
infrastructure teams at Roblox to roll it out.Lead other engineers
by example and through technical direction.Collaborate with
different teams to improve existing and develop new functionality,
pipelines, and workflow.Balance the company's vision and direction
with Economy's.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.Annual Salary
Range$383,910-$440,190 USDYou'll Love: Industry-leading
compensation packageExcellent medical, dental, and vision coverageA
rewarding 401k programFlexible vacation policyRoflex - Flexible and
supportive work policy Roblox Admin badge for your avatarAt Roblox
HQ: Free catered lunches five times a week and several fully
stocked kitchens with unlimited snacksOnsite fitness center and
fitness program creditAnnual 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. This
policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including
recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff,
recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
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