Senior Cloud Security Engineer, Roblox
$216.7-269.2k
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3+ days a week in office ( San Mateo, CA)
Online gaming and entertainment platform
Posted today
Online gaming and entertainment platform
1001+ employees
Posted today
$216.7-269.2k
More information about location
3+ days a week in office ( San Mateo, CA)
1001+ employees
Company mission
To connect a billion people with optimism and civility.
Role
Who you are
- 4+ years: of relevant professional experience
- Experience writing and maintaining: code in at least one programming language such as Python, Golang or C#, and you are eager to learn new languages and technologies
- Experience with: automation, IaC, system hardening, container security concepts, cloud security policy and observability
- Deep understanding: of cloud service architecture and cloud security concepts
- Familiarity with: with container orchestration systems, such as Kubernetes
- Understanding of: network security concepts and best practices, ex: enabling secure connectivity between resources, implementing egress controls
- You Are:
- Collaborative: You love working with your direct team and cross-functional partners
- Thoughtful of build vs. buy decisions: You can build solutions, but you also review what tools are available
- Comfortable with ambiguity: You can gather data and make informed decisions when there is no clear answer
What the job involves
- As a Senior Cloud Security Engineer, you will define and implement the security strategy and controls across our hybrid and multi-cloud environment
- Embedded within the Platform Security team, you will operate with a high degree of autonomy, partnering closely with Infosec and Infrastructure teams to secure our cloud infrastructure. Your architectural decisions will directly impact the security of a global platform
- Create Paved Roads: Build innovative services and tooling that make the secure path the easiest path, enabling developers to deploy faster and safer
- Engineer Self-Healing Infrastructure: Architect and scale systems that monitor our cloud posture and automatically enforce a self-healing security baseline
- Design Secure-by-Default Blueprints: Partner deeply with infrastructure teams to bake threat modeling and secure-by-default patterns into the core DNA of our cloud environments
- Implement Effective Guardrails: Deploy organizational security controls that protect our developers without slowing them down
- Advance Detections: Write and optimize detections tailored specifically to our footprint
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.
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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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