Engineering Manager- Application Networking
About The Position
Roblox is reimagining the way people come together to connect, create, and express themselves. To support our massive scale, we are powered by microservices. The Application Networking team connects and secures these services. Within this group, the Gateway Team is responsible for the "Front Door" of Roblox. We own the critical infrastructure that manages all traffic entering Roblox (Ingress) and traffic crossing major architectural boundaries. You will: Lead the Gateway team to deliver best-in-class traffic management infrastructure. Drive the design and implementation of major "Moonshot" initiatives. Lead the consolidation of our ingress stack (migrating NGINX to Envoy) and the "Platformization" of the gateway to enable extensibility for developer teams. Own the reliability of Tier-0 systemsMentor engineers and team leads, ensuring sustainable on-call rotations and continuous career growth.
Requirements
- 3+ years of engineering management experience, specifically managing teams responsible for high-scale distributed systems or networking platforms
- Strong technical background in Layer 7 networking, HTTP/HTTPS, Reverse Proxies (Envoy, NGINX), and API Gateway patterns
- Experience guiding teams through major architectural migrations (e.g., monolith to microservices, legacy proxy to modern mesh/gateway)
- A track record of hiring and nurturing a high-performing engineering team
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence cross-functional teams and handle complex product requirements.
Responsibilities
- Lead the Gateway team to deliver best-in-class traffic management infrastructure.
- Drive the design and implementation of major "Moonshot" initiatives.
- Lead the consolidation of our ingress stack (migrating NGINX to Envoy) and the "Platformization" of the gateway to enable extensibility for developer teams.
- Own the reliability of Tier-0 systemsMentor engineers and team leads, ensuring sustainable on-call rotations and continuous career growth.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Industry
Administrative and Support Services
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
1,001-5,000 employees
