Roblox · 1 day ago
Senior/Principal AI Platform Engineer
San Mateo, CA, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$277K/yr - $343K/yr
5+ years expRoblox is a platform empowering users to create and connect through immersive digital experiences. The AI Platform Engineer will design and build the infrastructure for AI/ML experiences, impacting millions by developing scalable systems for data processing and AI applications.
3D TechnologyGamingMetaverseOnline GamesSoftwareVideo Games
Responsibilities
Develop a scalable Feature Store: Architect and implement a system that supports both batch and real-time feature computation, storage, and serving, enabling low-latency AI inference at scale. Develop Sequence Feature Stores to collect raw user events and power training of transform models for recommendation engines at Roblox
Develop Roblox’s first training data platform: Architecture and engineer training data collection, reusability and reliability while solving world class engineering problems like point-in-time joins, feature injection. Power batch and realtime model training
Engineer large-scale ML data pipelines: Design, optimize, and maintain high-throughput streaming and batch ETL pipelines that ingest, process, and serve billions of records per day
Build a feature engineering framework to empower 100s of machine learning engineers to develop, author, experiment and productionize millions of signals into the system quickly, easily and reliably
Enable online and offline inference: Ensure real-time, low-latency feature access for AI inference while maintaining consistency and robustness for batch model training
Collaborate with cross-functional AI teams: Partner with ML researchers, data engineers, and product teams to build the next-gen AI infrastructure that fuels innovation at Roblox
Research & innovate: Stay at the forefront of AI infrastructure by exploring the latest in VectorDBs, Feature Stores, Graph ML, Agentic Systems and Real-time AI serving
Qualification
Required
5+ years of experience in AI/ML data infrastructure, feature stores, training data infrastructure
Experience working with industry leading NoSql databases like DynamoDB, Cassandra, cockroachDB and many more
Expertise in building scalable ML data pipelines for both batch and real-time environments
Strong software engineering skills with experience in distributed computing frameworks (e.g., Spark, Flink, Ray) and real-time data systems (e.g., Kafka, Redis, DynamoDB)
Deep knowledge of ML Feature Stores (e.g., Feast, Tecton, Vertex AI Feature Store) and embedding/vector search infrastructure
Familiarity with Knowledge Graphs and graph-based ML applications (e.g., Neo4j, TigerGraph, AWS Neptune)
A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
Benefits
Equity compensation
Benefits as described on this page
Company
Roblox
Roblox is an online gaming and entertainment platform that offers a shared digital experience that brings people together through play.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$874.45MKey Investors
Andreessen HorowitzAltos Ventures
2024-10-01Post Ipo Equity
2022-04-12Series Unknown· $17.71M
2021-08-11Series Unknown
Leadership Team
David Baszucki
CEO & Founder
Michael Guthrie
CFO
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