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 COMMUNICATION SAFETY?

As a Senior Software Engineer in Comms Safety, you will build systems to ensure that user-generated content across Roblox is safe and civil. You'll work on some of the most challenging problems we face, from real-time text-filters at scale, to using LLMs at the cutting edge of content moderation.

You Will:

Build data pipelines and stores to support dynamic data driven systems at scale Design tools and APIs used by every team at Roblox Be an integral partner to machine learning engineers, enabling ML at all levels of the stack. Help define the team's roadmap and long-term strategy towards keeping content and features on Roblox safe.

You Have:

3+ years of backend experience working on multi-person codebases, including open-source or personal projects 2+ years experience designing and supporting data systems (pipelines, tables, telemetry, batch/streaming jobs, etc.) Experience building dashboards and reports to manage production systems, and track key product metrics An interest in machine learning

You Are:

Experienced: have designed and built backend systems depended on by other users/teams Data-Literate: Schema design, telemetry, batch and streaming frameworks at scale. You understand the challenges of keeping data both intuitive to use and trustworthy. Responsible: You build systems that are robust, and use production incidents to learn and improve. User Oriented: You always start with the needs of the user, whether they are Roblox users or internal engineers before architecting a solution.

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.

Annual Salary Range$189,110—$233,840 USD

Roles that are based in our San Mateo, CA Headquarters are in-office Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional in-office on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted).

You’ll Love: 

Industry-leading compensation package Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage A rewarding 401k program Flexible vacation policy (varies by exemption status) Roflex - Flexible and supportive work policy  Roblox Admin badge for your avatar At Roblox HQ:  Free catered lunches five times a week and several fully stocked kitchens with unlimited snacks Onsite fitness center and fitness program credit Annual CalTrain Go Pass

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 for all candidates during the interview process.