Senior Backend Engineer, Safety Platform

Showcify, Inc.; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 197,000 - 243,000; Full time

Job summary

Roblox in San Mateo is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Safety Foundation to architect, implement, and grow the systems that moderate all content and interactions across the platform. You will work with Trust & Safety ML, User Safety, and product teams to translate platform needs into durable infrastructure.

You will own projects from concept to deployment, ensure high quality and scalability, and help design a developer experience layer enabling Roblox teams to integrate safety

Qualifications

• 5+ years building and operating backend services or distributed systems.
• Proficient in Go or a similar compiled language.
• Experience with developer platforms and scalable infrastructure.
• Familiarity with NoSQL databases (Cassandra, DynamoDB) is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement the Safety Platform backend.
• Collaborate with Trust & Safety and product teams to define safety features.
• Own projects end-to-end from concept to deployment.
• Improve developer experience for integrating safety capabilities.

Skills

Go

Distributed systems

Back-end development

Developer platforms

CQRS

Event Sourcing

NoSQL

DynamoDB

Cassandra

Education

BA/BS in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Cassandra

DynamoDB

Job description

Roblox in San Mateo is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Safety Foundation to architect, implement, and grow the systems that moderate all content and interactions across the platform. You will work with Trust & Safety ML, User Safety, and product teams to translate platform needs into durable infrastructure.

You will own projects from concept to deployment, ensure high quality and scalability, and help design a developer experience layer enabling Roblox teams to integrate safety