Senior Quality Assurance Engineer (Safety)

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

• As a Senior QA Engineer, you will be the first dedicated QA hire for the Safety Engineering Group, which is responsible for building the infrastructure and policies that make Roblox the safest online community in the world
• You will report to the QA Engineering Manager for Universal Apps and collaborate across the Safety organization to own end-to-end test strategies for high-stakes, 24/7 incident response systems and parent-facing safety features
• This role is a unique opportunity to shape the quality culture of a company-level mandate from the ground up
• Partner with Engineering and Product to define and maintain comprehensive, risk-based test coverage for Safety features and systems
• Own the end-to-end test strategy for Safety initiatives, including functional, regression, integration, and edge-case validation
• Leverage and expand internal automation frameworks to automate critical user flows and drive API-first validation strategies
• Identify high-impact automation opportunities and incorporate industry best practices to design robust, abuse-resistant test scenarios
• Develop, track, and report on quality metrics (e.g., defect trends, coverage gaps) to proactively surface release risks to stakeholders
• Apply AI/LLM-driven solutions to reduce manual QA toil and improve test maintenance efficiency

• 4+ years of QA experience in highly technical or backend-driven environments, including a strong understanding of test design techniques and risk-based testing
• Adversarial in your thinking: You naturally think like a “bad actor” to identify abuse-cases, bypass attempts, and edge cases in safety systems
• Hands-on experience with automation frameworks (UI and/or API) and a deep understanding of automation architecture and maintainability
• Strong root cause analysis capabilities with the ability to analyze logs and system behavior to debug complex issues
• An independent leader: You are comfortable being the first QA in an organization and have a vision for building a quality culture from scratch
• A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a similar technical field
• Data-driven: You use metrics and dashboards to influence engineering decisions and improve overall product health
• Strong technical proficiency in API testing (REST, JSON, Postman) and the ability to read and understand code
• You are: A strategic operator: You prioritize testing based on risk and impact rather than trying to “test everything”
• Excellent cross-functional communication skills, with a proven ability to articulate risk and quality trade-offs to stakeholders