Director, Capacity Planning & Engineering

roblox· 37 open roles

San Mateo, CA On-siteFull-time3 days ago

Salary

$399,420 - $457,970

Experience

Mid

Job Type

Full-time

Posted

3 days ago

Apply Now

Boost your chances at roblox

Tailor your resume to this exact job and generate a matching cover letter in about 60 seconds with JobEase — our AI application assistant.

ATS-optimized resume
Personalized cover letter
Match score & keyword gaps

Tailor my application

Free to start · no card required

Get more other jobs in your inbox

Verified daily — no ghost listings.

About This RoleAI processing…

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.

Key Responsibilities

1
Roblox is looking for a Director of Capacity Planning & Engineering to lead the team responsible for translating platform demand into physical infrastructure reality — from supply-demand modeling and hardware procurement through data center deployment and FinOps.
2
You will lead a team of approximately 20 people organized across four functional areas and will be responsible for scaling Roblox's infrastructure footprint as it continues to grow rapidly.
3
You Will Own a critical piece of infrastructure for a platform used by hundreds of millions of people worldwide.

Requirements

10+ years of experience in infrastructure, data center operations, or related fields, with at least 3 years in a director-level or senior leadership role.
Deep expertise in capacity planning and supply-demand analysis for large-scale infrastructure environments.
Hands-on familiarity with DCIM systems and data center automation — this role is lower in the stack than platform software (not Kubernetes/cloud-native).
Familiarity with AI/GPU infrastructure - Roblox is actively building GPU factory capacity aligned with NVIDIA's next-generation hardware roadmap.
Background in hyperscale, colocation, or edge data center environments.
You Have: 10+ years of experience in infrastructure, data center operations, or related fields, with at least 3 years in a director-level or senior leadership role.
Drive improvements in partnership with other engineering teams across Roblox Create a culture and practice of production excellence, security, and cost-efficiency Hire and develop senior engineers, managers, and leaders You are: Collaborative, low-ego environment where candid feedback is welcomed and acted on.
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.