Senior QA Engineer: Safety Automation & Risk

Roblox; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Roblox is seeking a Senior QA Engineer to join the Safety Engineering Group as the first dedicated QA hire. You will own end-to-end test strategies for high-stakes, 24/7 incident response systems and parent-facing safety features, partnering with Engineering and Product to maintain comprehensive risk-based coverage.

You will shape the quality culture from the ground up, leveraging automation and AI-driven solutions to reduce toil and improve release confidence across Roblox's safety initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a technical field.
• 4+ years of QA experience in highly technical or backend environments.
• Experience with UI and/or API automation frameworks.
• Strong root cause analysis and log analysis capabilities.
• Ability to read and understand code and communicate risks clearly.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end test strategy for Safety initiatives, including functional, regression, integration, and edge-case validation.
• Partner with Engineering and Product to define and maintain risk-based test coverage for Safety features and systems.
• Leverage automation to drive API-first validation and critical user flow coverage.
• Develop, track, and report quality metrics to surface release risks to stakeholders.
• Apply AI/LLM-driven solutions to reduce manual QA toil and improve test maintenance efficiency.

Skills

QA testing

Automation testing

API testing

Risk-based testing

Postman

Log analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Automation frameworks

Postman

Job description

Roblox is seeking a Senior QA Engineer to join the Safety Engineering Group as the first dedicated QA hire. You will own end-to-end test strategies for high-stakes, 24/7 incident response systems and parent-facing safety features, partnering with Engineering and Product to maintain comprehensive risk-based coverage.

You will shape the quality culture from the ground up, leveraging automation and AI-driven solutions to reduce toil and improve release confidence across Roblox's safety initiatives.