Principal Security Software Engineer, Roblox
$267.7-331.6k
Office located in San Mateo, CA
Online gaming and entertainment platform
Job no longer available
Online gaming and entertainment platform
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$267.7-331.6k
Office located in San Mateo, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
To connect a billion people with optimism and civility.
Role
Who you are
- A great technical leader: You have experience with leading the technical work to deliver automation for infrastructure or product
- Team-oriented: a collaborative team player who enjoys working with others
- Passionate about security: You have experience with security, or you are curious about it and you want to learn and grow in security
- 8+ years of relevant professional experience in building scalable, available, distributed backend applications
- Proficient in at least one object-oriented programming language (Python, Java, Go C++, C# .NET)
- Knowledgeable with REST API, design patterns, and scalable containerized systems and microservices
- Experience mentoring junior and senior engineers and leading their work
- Experience with building automation for TVM and SIEM
- Experience with building automation for IAM, PKI, key management and secure access to production
- Experience with building tools that secure CI/CD and help companies to "shift left"
- Experience with Elastic, Splunk, Qualys, Snyk, Lacework, Burp Suite, HackerOne, Okta, Active Directory, Vault, AppviewX, Public Certificate Authorities, OpenSSL
What the job involves
- As Principal Security Software Engineer you will be a founding member of the Security Engineering team
- You will design, build, and run the services and tools that automate security programs like Threat and Vulnerability Management (TVM) Defensive Security, IAM, PKI and tools used to automate other security functionalities at Roblox
- Help us solve a variety of unique security challenges at scale
- Have the independence, opportunity and the end-to-end responsibility to develop security services within the Roblox infrastructure ecosystem
- Shape the team vision for products, define the roadmap and lead the execution work by example. You build it, you run it
- Build strong relationships with the other teams in the Security organization, but also across the company, with teams in Engineering and Product
- Help grow the team by mentoring existing team members and supporting the recruiting effort
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
25% employee growth in 12 months
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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