Senior Technical Program Manager, Roblox Engine

Every day, tens of millions of people come to Roblox to explore, create, play, learn, and connect with friends in 3D immersive digital experiences– all created by our global community of developers and creators.

At Roblox, we’re building the tools and platform that empower our community to bring any experience that they can imagine to life. Our vision is to reimagine the way people come together, from anywhere in the world, and on any device. We’re on a mission to connect a billion people with optimism and civility, and looking for amazing talent to help us get there.

A career at Roblox means you’ll be working to shape the future of human interaction, solving unique technical challenges at scale, and helping to create safer, more civil shared experiences for everyone.

Join us and you’ll usher in a new category of human interaction while solving unique problems that will have a big impact on our business.

As a TPM for Roblox Engine, you will make a huge impact by driving our engineering efforts to build and ship technical solutions to enable great user and creator experiences. Specifically, you will build cross-functional technical programs for technology build, rollout, expansion, adoption and communication. This is a unique opportunity to be an early member of our team and help define what a great TPM can be.

You will:

Manage Engine programs end-to-end with cross functional teams, build strong alignment between program objectives and company’s long-term vision

Work with Eng and PM leads to define workflows and scopes of work, milestones and plans of execution in standard documents

Contribute to holistic program direction. Identify gaps in the strategy, definition and execution of the end-to-end projects and develop plans for improvements.

Enable engineering teams to stay focused on priorities and reliably manage all project phases.

Establish and maintain effective cross functional communication and collaboration.

Drive the build, release, expansion, and adoption of technologies. Build the task force to automate manual efforts.

Constantly communicate the health of program/projects, risks and implications to timelines with technical and product leads, and stakeholders.

You have:

Experience working on multiple tech stacks

Experience with establishing work relationships across multi-disciplinary teams

Experience with identifying critical technical problems and opportunities

Experience with delivering end to end technical programs through effective execution while meeting quality and performance requirements

You are:

A technical leader with domain expertise in software engineering or system engineering

Data driven strategic thinker who is capable of conveying ideas that materialize in solid planning and day-to-day execution to deliver quality products

Able to turn specific solutions into systems that benefit larger communities in the long run

Able to work effectively in a fast paced environment with competing resources and priorities

Knowledgeable about user needs, scoping, planning, execution and delivery

An outstanding communicator both technical and program

A self starter with high degree of self direction and independent drive

Flexible around process, using process as a tool when it makes sense for a team

For roles that are based at our headquarters in San Mateo, CA: The starting base pay for this position is as shown below. The actual base pay is dependent upon a variety of job-related factors such as professional background, training, work experience, location, business needs and market demand. Therefore, in some circumstances, the actual salary could fall outside of this expected range. This pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. All full-time employees are also eligible for equity compensation and for benefits.

Annual Salary Range

$237,500—$254,120 USD

Roles that are based in our San Mateo, CA Headquarters are in-office Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional in-office on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted).

Roblox provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Roblox also provides reasonable accommodations for all candidates during the interview process.