Principal Software Engineer, Orchestration

Job Description

Set the long-term architecture and lead the scaling, reliability, and operation of Roblox’s Airflow-based orchestration platform and its Kubernetes infrastructure. Build tools and self-service capabilities for internal engineering teams, establish observability and reliability practices, and guide cross-team technical initiatives while mentoring engineers.

Requirements: Requires 10+ years designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed systems, including hands-on experience scaling a production workflow orchestrator and managing production Kubernetes clusters on AWS. Candidates should have strong Python skills plus Go or Java, familiarity with Spark on Kubernetes, and a record of platform engineering and cross-organizational technical leadership; a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience is stated.

Key Skills: Apache Airflow, Kubernetes, Amazon EKS, Python, Go, Java, Distributed Systems, Workflow Orchestration, Apache Spark, Scheduler Design, Executor Design, Platform Engineering, Observability, Reliability Engineering, Technical Leadership, Infrastructure Automation

Benefits: Equity Compensation