Job brief: Senior Engineering Manager, Ads Data Platform

What JoRoute checked · Checked by JoRoute

• Listed on Roblox's own job board. JoRoute does not take listings from job ads or recruiters.
• First seen by JoRoute 2026-11-04 (3 days ago); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-06.
• The apply link opens careers.roblox.com, the address Roblox's board gives for this job.
• No other listing with this title and place on this board in the last 90 days.
• No layoff notices (WARN) under this name in the state files JoRoute reads.

What the listing says · Employer's own words, not checked

• Pay: $345,040 to $399,420 a year
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: San Mateo, CA, United States · San Mateo, CA
• Posted: 2026-09-08

What the job asks · Employer's own words, not checked

Level: Manager. The title says "Manager".

Must have

• 8+ years in software engineering with 3+ years managing engineers, including hiring and performance management.

Main duties

• Build and lead a team of high-caliber software engineers. You'll be responsible for hiring, performance management, career development, and fostering an incl…
• Set and communicate a multi-quarter technical roadmap across core data, identity, measurement, targeting, and the ML feature platform, and make the prioritiz…
• Partner with product management, data science, ML engineering, privacy/legal, and adjacent Ads and Data Platform teams to translate business goals into a coh…
• Raise the bar on engineering quality across system design, data correctness, reliability (SLAs/SLOs), and operational excellence for systems that run continu…
• Champion privacy-by-design and responsible data handling as a first-class requirement, not an afterthought, in every system your team builds.

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How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• Typical listed pay for data and analytics jobs in San Mateo, CA: $221k a year (26 listings, 2 employers). This listing is 69% higher.
• Across Roblox's 253 open listings, 42% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How Roblox hires

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