Principal Software Engineer, Data Tooling
Roblox, San Mateo, CA
The role
We are looking for a Principal Technical Lead to lead a team building these highly leveraged capabilities. You will help define the roadmap, grow and develop engineers, establish durable engineering standards, and partner across the company to turn complex data-operability challenges into simple, scalable workflows.
You will balance near-term customer impact with long-term platform foundations. Your team’s work will help users understand the health and cost of their data, discover the right datasets, respond to failures faster, meet quality and lifecycle standards, and safely improve the efficiency of the data platform.
What you will do
- Lead, coach, and grow a team of engineers through clear expectations, regular feedback, thoughtful hiring, and meaningful technical and career development.
- Own and execute a roadmap for shared data tooling, including frameworks for data quality, lineage, metadata, ownership, discoverability, observability, lifecycle management, optimization, and self-service.