Principal Engineer, Roblox

User Safety

$289.5-338.3k

+ Equity

SQL

React

AngularJS

JavaScript

Python

Java

Kafka

Redis

Postgres

Cassandra

Vue.js

MySQL

Spark

Hive

Karma

REST API

DynamoDB

Senior and Expert level

San Francisco Bay Area

More information about location

3-5 days a week in office (San Mateo, CA)

Online gaming and entertainment platform

Open for applications

Online gaming and entertainment platform

1001+ employees

B2CGamingEntertainmentCommunity

Open for applications

$289.5-338.3k

+ Equity

SQL

React

AngularJS

JavaScript

Python

Java

Kafka

Redis

Postgres

Cassandra

Vue.js

MySQL

Spark

Hive

Karma

REST API

DynamoDB

Senior and Expert level

San Francisco Bay Area

More information about location

3-5 days a week in office (San Mateo, CA)

1001+ employees

B2CGamingEntertainmentCommunity

Company mission

To connect a billion people with optimism and civility.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

8+ years of experience building REST or GraphQL-based APIs with compiled languages such as Go, Python, C#, or Java
Proficiency in working with DynamoDB, Cassandra, CockroachDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server or other database technology at scale
Experience building data pipelines with Kafka, Hive, Presto, Spark, or other data warehousing technologies
Experience building caching solutions using Memcached, Redis, or similar technologies
Experience shipping production web apps using a JavaScript framework such as React, AngularJS, or Vue.js and proficiency with tools such as NPM, grunt, gulp, karma, or similar
Familiar with common web application security issues
Equivalent experience or BA/BS in Computer Science, Applied Math, Physics, Engineering, or another technical field
A Technical Leader: You have initiated and facilitated challenging technical solutions. Your technical expertise influences product direction
Versatile: You are proficient in several programming languages and technologies. You take a creative and strategic approach to solving hard problems
Analytical: Excited to investigate large, ambiguous problems, and quantify the problems and the solutions
Team-oriented: You lift up your peers and find ways to make the team stronger

What the job involves

As a Principal Software Engineer on the User Safety Team, you will architect, implement, and grow the systems that enable identification of abuse on Roblox
You will guide the team in 10x-ing our scale, increasing our platform capabilities, and reducing the time it takes to safeguard the users by several orders of magnitude
Your work will be fundamental in keeping the experiences of over 300 million monthly active users at Roblox safe, civil, and delightful. In this role, you will report to the Director of Engineering
Build large distributed services and tools used by other teams to detect and address problematic content on Roblox. These systems will involve high availability, security (authentication and access control), data integrity, and both automated and human workflows
Build the services and tools responsible for improving accuracy and efficiency of finding inappropriate content
Define the platform features used by teams across the company which will keep our community safe
Resolve a variety of performance issues (networking, data, compute)
Establish next-generation standards on the backend web and service stack

Our take

Online gaming may be a well-established space, but Roblox has distinguished itself as a leader by empowering its community to build, share, and profit from their own creations, turning game development into an accessible, rewarding ecosystem for millions of users.

In addition to standard games, the platform offers virtual worlds and other experiences to explore and interact with. Its platform provides an online ecosystem for millions to create, socialize, chat, and explore immersive experiences with friends. In fact, in the US its used by two-thirds of children aged 9 to 12.

While the platform does face scrutiny over users safety (particularly given its young audience) the company's efforts to strengthen parental controls and open dialogue through initiatives like its new Parents Council signal a growing commitment to addressing these challenges. At the same time, its financial performance and creator-focused investments underscore a business in very strong health. With record payouts to developers, an expanding older player base, and a platform that increasingly rewards creative talent, Roblox's trajectory remains one of innovation and impressive growth.

Freddie

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

25% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (3.8)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)

Jan 2021

$520m

SERIES H

Feb 2020

$150m

SERIES G

Total funding: $922.8m

Company HQ

South San Mateo, San Mateo, CA

Leadership

David Baszucki

(Founder & CEO)

Studied Electrical Engineering at Stanford before founding Knowledge Revolution in 1990, where they spent 9 years as CEO. They worked as VP of MSC.Software for 2 years, and started Roblox in 2005.

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