Director of Engineering - AI for Roblox Studio
$399k - $458k USD
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.
Why Roblox Studio?
Roblox Studio is the creation engine behind millions of immersive 3D experiences built by creators around the world. It serves everyone from first-time developers to large professional studios, combining a powerful real-time engine with a deeply expressive toolchain.
We’re entering a major platform transition: evolving Studio into an AI-Native IDE, where intelligent systems can plan, act, validate, and iterate alongside creators. This shift is foundational to the future of creation on Roblox and must be executed with rigor, reliability, and scale.
The Role
We are seeking a Director of Engineering for Studio Assistant to own and drive this transformation.
In this role, you are accountable for the architecture, execution, and long-term success of agentic AI systems embedded deeply into Roblox Studio. You will operate at the intersection of platform engineering, AI systems, and developer experience by setting direction not just for features, but for how AI-powered creation works at Roblox.
This role carries responsibility for multi-year platform bets, organizational design, and the technical quality bar for AI inside Roblox Studio.
This role will be based in our San Mateo, CA headquarters (hybrid with Tues-Thurs onsite days).
You Will:
- Own the technical direction and delivery of Studio’s AI-Native IDE strategy.
- Build and scale agentic AI systems (planning, execution, validation, evaluation) that are production-grade and reliable.
- Set and uphold the engineering quality bar for AI systems inside Studio.
- Lead senior engineers and managers across multiple teams.
- Drive alignment and execution across Studio, Creator, Foundation AI, Safety, and Infrastructure.
- Partner with executive leadership to translate long-term AI strategy into durable roadmaps.
You Have:
- 15+ years of engineering experience, including ownership of large-scale, long-lived platforms.
- Proven leadership through major platform or architectural transitions.
- Deep experience building LLM-powered and agentic systems beyond chat-based interfaces.
- Strong background in developer tools or IDE-like platforms.
- Track record of delivering reliable systems in complex production environments.
- Ability to operate effectively at both deep technical and executive levels.
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 as described on this page.
Annual Salary Range
$399,420—$457,970 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.