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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.
The Data Center Network Engineering (DNE) is a pod within the Physical Networking team and owns the design, deployment, and operation of Roblox's large-scale data center network. This includes server-layer connectivity, intra and inter-DC connectivity. The team is building High-Performance Networking (HPN) fabrics, deploying 400G/800G networking, and scaling GPU clusters to support AI training and inference.
You will:
- Drive the design, deployment, and operations of Roblox's large-scale data center network, including the networking for GPU clusters that support training and inference workloads.
- Design, qualify, and validate new technologies and hardware for scalable solutions.
- Coordinate data center builds and projects with multiple teams, including weekly cross-team calls.
- Work with Network Reliability Systems, Data Center Ops, Capacity Planning, Supply Chain, and Compute/ML teams to address network challenges early.
- Contribute to automation and telemetry that improve efficiency, reliability, and visibility.
- Participate in on-call rotation to support the global network infrastructure 24x7.
You have:
- 6+ years of expertise designing and deploying large-scale data center fabrics (CLOS).
- Experience with GPU clusters or AI/ML networking.
- Proficiency deploying and managing 400G and 800G hardware.
- Skilled in configuring and troubleshooting large-scale BGP deployments.
- Strong knowledge of network protocols (TCP/IP, UDP, DHCP, DNS), with hands-on experience in IPv4 and IPv6.
- Preferred: QoS, IS-IS, MPLS, RSVP-TE, DWDM, commercial NAT, open-source hardware and software.
For roles that are based at our data center in Ashburn, VA: 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 as described on this page.
Annual Salary Range$218,970—$265,730 USD
Roles that are based in an office are onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional presence 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 to candidates with qualifying disabilities or religious beliefs during the recruiting process.
For US based roles only, please note the Company may not be able to employ candidates for this role who have United States work authorization related to certain U.S. visa categories, or support future H-1B sponsorship at this time.
