Engineering Manager - Subscriptions
About The Position
As an Engineering Manager for Payments - Subscriptions, you will direct the strategy and implementation for Roblox’s suite of subscription offerings. You will influence key business metrics and help define how global users engage with the platform, working with Product, Design, and Data Science partners to shape business and annual recurring revenue growth. The team owns mission-critical systems across subscription value proposition, recurring billing, subscriber growth and retention, and operational observability. The role oversees engineering roadmap execution and delivery, the 24/7 health and stability of payment systems, technical design and code review, cross-functional collaboration, architectural strategy, and team growth. The position is based onsite for office roles Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional presence Monday and Friday, unless otherwise noted.
Requirements
- 8+ years of hands-on software development experience, focused on building and operating highly scalable distributed systems.
- 2+ years of direct experience managing and mentoring high-performing engineering teams.
- Demonstrated ability to define and drive technical vision and roadmap for mission-critical, high-volume services.
- Track record of recruiting, developing, and retaining exceptional engineering talent.
- Excellent communication skills, including the ability to explain technical trade-offs and project status to technical peers, product managers, and executive leadership.
- Familiarity with billing products and payments processing.
Responsibilities
- Direct the strategy and implementation for Roblox’s subscription offerings.
- Collaborate with Product to define the subscriptions roadmap, build features, and partner across teams to deliver value to subscribers.
- Lead full lifecycle management and feature execution for recurring billing, including purchasing, upgrades, and subscription management across platforms.
- Execute initiatives to grow the subscriber user base and strengthen long-term retention.
- Develop telemetry, monitoring, and dashboards for real-time insight into system health, success metrics, latency, and operational performance.
- Oversee daily execution of the engineering roadmap and deliver high-quality, reliable code on time.
- Maintain the 24/7 health and stability of mission-critical payment systems; lead on-call rotations, incident response, and post-mortem analysis to improve reliability and reduce transaction errors.
- Guide technical designs and architecture proposals and perform code reviews to uphold security, performance, and scalability standards.
- Collaborate with Product Management, Design, Risk, and Legal/Compliance to align requirements, prioritize features, and ensure regulatory adherence.
- Set the team’s long-term technical vision and architectural roadmap to support millions of subscribers globally.
- Attract, hire, mentor, and coach software engineers, fostering ownership, engineering excellence, and continuous learning.
Benefits
- Equity compensation for full-time employees.
- Benefits are referenced as described on the company’s benefits page; specific benefits are not listed in the posting.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
