Senior Data Center Engineer

Roblox•Chicago, IL

About The Position

Roblox is hiring a Senior Data Center Engineer to scale its Edge Data Centers and hardware infrastructure. The role develops and maintains the infrastructure needed to support the Imagination Platform’s large-scale, real-time requirements and provide a reliable experience around the world. It covers server and network infrastructure, power, and environmental life cycles, as well as operational standards, automation, and high availability. The position reports to the Technical Lead, Edge Data Center Engineer and includes participation in an on-call rotation. Domestic and international travel is required 25–50% of the time to support physical deployment and scaling at data center locations.

Requirements

At least 4 years of experience in large-scale data center infrastructure environments, including remote edge deployments and coordination with smart hands or third-party contractors.
Extensive experience installing, monitoring, and maintaining server and network equipment, including provisioning new equipment.
In-depth knowledge of data center environments, servers, and network equipment.
Proven ability to execute multiple tasks simultaneously.
Experience installing equipment commonly found in data center environments.
Ability to lift 75 pounds occasionally.
Willingness to travel and work on-site to build domestic and global edge data centers.
Ability to troubleshoot server and network hardware and organize work to address complex, high-impact issues.
Ability to build processes and procedures, use data to test theories, evaluate solutions, and implement effective responses to problems.
Professionalism in interactions with internal and external partners and ability to foster trust.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain Edge Data Center and hardware infrastructure, including server and network infrastructure, power, and environmental life cycles.
Track and mitigate systemic issues that prevent hosts from returning to service.
Identify critical problems, perform root cause analysis, and recommend improvements to automation to prevent recurrence.
Coordinate with peers to establish and uphold best practices for break-fix, installation, decommissioning, and other data center operations.
Improve development platforms, infrastructure, standards such as runbooks, SOPs, and MOPs, and operational methods to support scalability and high availability.
Work with partner teams to automate maintenance actions that do not require physical intervention.
Encourage continuous improvement and learning among engineering staff.
Help coordinate vendors and ensure the quality of outsourced projects.
Participate in the on-call rotation for critical infrastructure.
Travel to support physical deployment and scaling of domestic and global core and edge data center infrastructure.