Director of Engineering – Studio Systems

The role

You will lead the technical direction and delivery of core systems for Roblox Studio. This includes managing teams working on scripting, debugging, toolchain, and core architecture.

What you will do

• Own the technical direction and delivery of major investments across Studio’s core systems.
• Lead teams working on foundational areas such as scripting, debugging, toolchain, architecture, and related developer workflows.
• Set and uphold a high engineering quality bar for performance, reliability, maintainability, and extensibility.
• Lead senior engineers and managers across multiple teams.
• Drive alignment and execution across Studio, Engine, Product, Design, Infrastructure, and related partner teams.
• Partner with executive leadership to translate long-term technical strategy into durable roadmaps and organizational plans.
• Help shape Studio into a best-in-class development environment for both emerging creators and professional developers.
• Contribute to the future direction of AI-assisted creation workflows where they intersect with Studio’s core systems and developer experience.

Required qualifications

• 15+ years of engineering experience, including leadership of large-scale and long-lived technical systems.
• Proven leadership through major architectural, tooling, or platform transitions.
• Strong experience building developer tools, IDEs, editor technologies, or other sophisticated technical products.
• Deep technical background in systems engineering, including substantial experience with C++.
• Familiarity with creator tools and workflows, especially in game development, 3D creation, or interactive development environments.
• Track record of delivering reliable, high-quality systems in complex production environments.
• Strong technical judgment and the ability to communicate effectively at both deep technical and executive levels.

Nice to have

• Experience with AI-assisted creation, intelligent tooling, or LLM-powered workflows

Benefits

• equity compensation
• benefits as described on this page

Before you apply

• 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.

About the company

Roblox is building tools and a platform that empower a global community of developers and creators to bring immersive 3D experiences to life. The company's mission is to connect a billion people with optimism and civility.