The Content Platform team at Roblox powers the infrastructure behind every asset used across the Roblox ecosystem—enabling creators and developers to bring their visions to life at global scale. From 3D models and images to videos and audio, our platform manages the complete lifecycle of all assets essential for immersive experiences, supporting one of the largest services in the world at over 100+ million requests per second. Our mission is to deliver a seamless, reliable, and innovative content system that empowers creators, supports record-breaking games, and ensures the highest standards of performance and safety for our community.

As the Technical Director for Content Platform, you will lead multidisciplinary engineering teams responsible for the technical and product vision of Roblox’s asset infrastructure. You will own the lifecycle of every asset—from creation and upload to storage, indexing, delivery, and rendering in the game client. Your leadership will be critical in scaling our systems, optimizing distributed infrastructure, and enabling new possibilities for creators and players alike.

You Will:

• Define and drive the long-term strategy, architecture, and priorities for the Content Platform team, ensuring scalable, high-performance asset management
• Lead engineering teams in building and maintaining robust, large-scale distributed systems to support the creation, upload, storage, indexing, and delivery of all asset types used on Roblox
• Oversee the operation Roblox’s largest backend service, handling 100 million+ requests per second, and ensure reliability, scalability, and efficiency at global scale
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners, including product, infrastructure, and developer platform teams, to align engineering initiatives with the needs of creators and the broader Roblox ecosystem
• Guide ownership of roadmaps, projects, and outcomes, balancing innovation with operational excellence, security, and cost efficiency

You Have:

• 12+ years of experience building high-impact, consumer-facing applications at scale. BS in Computer Science or related fields is preferred
• Deep expertise in backend engineering, distributed systems, and large-scale infrastructure, delivering high-performance, reliable platforms in high-traffic production environments
• Strong experience working with cross-functional teams

You Are:

• An innovative technical leader passionate about building world-class infrastructure that powers the creativity of millions
• Product-minded, with a keen understanding of developer needs, asset workflows, and the impact of backend systems on user experience
• Adaptable and curious, eager to tackle unique technical challenges and drive the future of content platforms at scale