Senior Privacy Engineer - Privacy-by-Design & PETs Leader

Roblox; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 181,000 - 224,000; Full time

Job summary

Roblox is seeking a Senior Privacy Engineer to lead the Privacy Review Program within the Security and Privacy GRC team. You will set standards for privacy‑enhancing technologies and embed policy‑as‑code into engineering workflows, partnering with Legal, Regulatory Compliance, and Product teams.

You’ll drive privacy by design across products, manage intake and decisions, and translate regulatory requirements into concrete controls that scale with Roblox’s global platform.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or equivalent.
• Experience owning or shaping a privacy review process, governance function, or similar.
• Deep expertise in privacy‑enhancing technologies (PETs) and trade‑offs in production.
• Experience identifying privacy vulnerabilities in data systems.
• Hands‑on experience with policy‑as‑code tooling for automated compliance.
• Strong understanding of GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, COPPA, LGPD and implications for product/design.

Responsibilities

• Shepherd and evolve the Privacy Review Program with intake workflows and evaluation criteria.
• Develop standards for PETs like differential privacy, k‑anonymity, data minimization, secure computation.
• Translate privacy requirements into automated, enforceable controls in engineering workflows.
• Collaborate with Regulatory Compliance, Trust & Safety, Legal to align with global privacy frameworks.
• Drive privacy‑by‑design across product/engineering through self‑service tooling and enablement.
• Communicate privacy posture and program health to stakeholders with clear guidance.

Skills

Privacy engineering

Privacy program management

Policy‑as‑code tooling

Data protection regulations knowledge

Cross‑functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/InfoSecurity or equivalent

Tools

OPA/Rego

Cedar

Job description

Roblox is seeking a Senior Privacy Engineer to lead the Privacy Review Program within the Security and Privacy GRC team. You will set standards for privacy‑enhancing technologies and embed policy‑as‑code into engineering workflows, partnering with Legal, Regulatory Compliance, and Product teams.

You’ll drive privacy by design across products, manage intake and decisions, and translate regulatory requirements into concrete controls that scale with Roblox’s global platform.