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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.
Roblox’s database team develops the next-generation, multi-tenant database platform that elastically scales and underpins every online data workload at Roblox. As a senior engineer on the database team, you will shape the architecture, build and launch critical database capabilities that keep our services fast, reliable and efficient at global scale. You will report to the Technical Director for Storage.
You will:
- Design and implement new engine features—indexing, storage formats, WAL and replication protocols, sharding, and query-planner enhancements—that push latency, throughput, and availability boundaries.
- Evolve the control plane to deliver elastic scaling, autonomous healing, and zero-downtime schema or tenant moves across global regions.
- Profile and optimize critical code paths using kernel-level tracing and advanced performance tooling; drive systematic tail-latency reductions.
- Establish engineering best practices by leading design reviews, performance benchmarks, failure drills, and post-incident retrospectives.
- Automate everything: develop frameworks for testing, CI/CD, rollout safety, observability, and autoscaling so that the platform operates hands-off at scale.
- Mentor and unblock engineers, fostering deep database craftsmanship and disseminating knowledge across Storage, Platform, and product teams.
- Engage with the open-source community—upstreaming patches, presenting learnings, and influencing the future of Postgres, RocksDB and related ecosystems.
You have:
- 6+ years of experience in software engineering or a relevant field
- Deep experience with building and operating large-scale distributed databases or storage engines (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL/InnoDB, RocksDB, Spanner, Aurora, AlloyDB).
- Deep expertise in database internals—B-trees, MVCC, WAL, query optimization, buffer management—and strong skills in C/C++, GO or Rust.
- Hands-on experience with consensus algorithms (Raft, Paxos) and multi-region replication models that deliver strong consistency and high availability.
- Proven success shipping high-QPS, low-latency services on container orchestration stacks (Kubernetes or Nomad) with comprehensive observability.
- Ability to turn ambiguous product requirements into a clear technical roadmap and influence cross-functional stakeholders.
- Passion for automation, rigorous testing, and data-driven decision-making that raises the reliability and efficiency bar.
- Bonus: upstream contributions to PostgreSQL, RocksDB or other OSS databases; familiarity with disaggregated storage, HTAP workloads, or custom query languages.
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.
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.
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.
Roblox’s database team develops the next-generation, multi-tenant database platform that elastically scales and underpins every online data workload at Roblox. As a senior engineer on the database team, you will shape the architecture, build and launch critical database capabilities that keep our services fast, reliable and efficient at global scale. You will report to the Technical Director for Storage.
You will:
- Design and implement new engine features—indexing, storage formats, WAL and replication protocols, sharding, and query-planner enhancements—that push latency, throughput, and availability boundaries.
- Evolve the control plane to deliver elastic scaling, autonomous healing, and zero-downtime schema or tenant moves across global regions.
- Profile and optimize critical code paths using kernel-level tracing and advanced performance tooling; drive systematic tail-latency reductions.
- Establish engineering best practices by leading design reviews, performance benchmarks, failure drills, and post-incident retrospectives.
- Automate everything: develop frameworks for testing, CI/CD, rollout safety, observability, and autoscaling so that the platform operates hands-off at scale.
- Mentor and unblock engineers, fostering deep database craftsmanship and disseminating knowledge across Storage, Platform, and product teams.
- Engage with the open-source community—upstreaming patches, presenting learnings, and influencing the future of Postgres, RocksDB and related ecosystems.
You have:
- 6+ years of experience in software engineering or a relevant field
- Deep experience with building and operating large-scale distributed databases or storage engines (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL/InnoDB, RocksDB, Spanner, Aurora, AlloyDB).
- Deep expertise in database internals—B-trees, MVCC, WAL, query optimization, buffer management—and strong skills in C/C++, GO or Rust.
- Hands-on experience with consensus algorithms (Raft, Paxos) and multi-region replication models that deliver strong consistency and high availability.
- Proven success shipping high-QPS, low-latency services on container orchestration stacks (Kubernetes or Nomad) with comprehensive observability.
- Ability to turn ambiguous product requirements into a clear technical roadmap and influence cross-functional stakeholders.
- Passion for automation, rigorous testing, and data-driven decision-making that raises the reliability and efficiency bar.
- Bonus: upstream contributions to PostgreSQL, RocksDB or other OSS databases; familiarity with disaggregated storage, HTAP workloads, or custom query languages.
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.
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.
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in database engineer jobs.
- Proficiency in SQL and at least one major RDBMS such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, or Oracle
- Experience designing, optimizing, and maintaining relational and non-relational databases
- Hands-on work with cloud database services like AWS RDS, Azure SQL, or Google Cloud SQL
- Ability to write and tune complex stored procedures, indexes, and execution plans
- Familiarity with database backup, recovery, replication, and high-availability configurations
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, or a closely related field
Tips for Your Database Engineer Job Search
Tailor your resume to query engines
List the specific database engines you've worked with, such as PostgreSQL, Oracle, or SQL Server, and note version numbers where relevant. Hiring managers scan for exact technology matches, so generic 'SQL experience' won't stand out the way named platforms do.
Quantify schema design and optimization wins
Show the measurable impact of your work: query response time cuts, storage reduction percentages, or replication lag improvements. Database engineer roles attract candidates who can demonstrate they made systems faster or more reliable, not just that they maintained them.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists database engineer openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Filter openings by deployment environment
Job postings for database engineers often separate on-premises, hybrid, and cloud-native environments. Target your search toward roles that match your depth, whether that's AWS RDS, Azure SQL, or bare-metal Oracle shops, so your credentials align with what the team already runs.
Practice explaining normalization trade-offs aloud
Interviewers routinely ask you to walk through a schema design decision in real time. Practicing your reasoning out loud, not just writing SQL, helps you articulate why you chose third normal form or denormalized for read performance under specific load conditions.
Negotiate using total compensation, not base alone
Database engineers at mid-to-senior levels often receive meaningful bonuses and RSUs tied to system availability metrics or project milestones. Ask for the full comp breakdown before accepting, and factor on-call expectations into your evaluation of any offer.
Database Engineer Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most database engineers?
The companies hiring the most database engineers right now include Abco Maintenance, Amazon Web Services, and GitHub, with the largest share of openings in Maryland, California, and Virginia, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. Demand is concentrated in organizations managing large-scale transactional or analytical workloads.
How many database engineer jobs are remote?
About 64% of database engineer openings are fully remote or hybrid as of September 2026, reflecting broad employer comfort with distributed database work. Cloud-focused roles and those centered on data warehousing or ETL pipelines tend to have the highest remote availability, while on-premises database administration positions more often require on-site presence.
How do you become a database engineer?
Start by building a solid foundation in SQL and relational database concepts, then gain hands-on experience with at least one major database platform such as PostgreSQL or MySQL. Work through cloud database services on a personal or open-source project, practice query optimization, and build a portfolio that shows schema design decisions and measurable performance improvements. Entry-level roles, internships, or database administrator positions are common starting points before moving into engineering.
Can you get a database engineer job with little or no experience?
Yes, but you'll need a portfolio that compensates for the absence of professional history. Build a project that involves designing a normalized schema, loading real or public datasets, writing complex queries, and documenting your indexing strategy. Junior database engineer and associate data engineer roles often accept candidates who can demonstrate these fundamentals through project work, a relevant degree, or a database certification such as Oracle Database SQL or Microsoft Azure Database Administrator Associate.
What does the database engineer interview process look like?
Most database engineer interviews run three to five stages. The first is a recruiter or hiring manager screen covering your background and the role. A technical phone screen usually follows with SQL problems or schema design questions. A take-home or live coding round tests query writing, optimization, and sometimes data modeling. Final rounds typically include a system design discussion focused on database architecture choices and a team or cultural fit conversation.
Where can I find and apply to database engineer jobs?
You can find and apply to database engineer jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from employers across the United States. Search the available roles, find the ones that match your experience and target environment, and apply directly to each listing that fits.
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