Senior Safety Apps Engineer - AI Moderation Platform

Roblox; United States; On-site; USD 243,000 - 295,000; Full time

Job summary

Roblox is seeking a Senior Engineer for the Safety Applications pod to drive scalable, AI-centric tooling within Trust & Safety. You will own full-stack systems, lead cross-functional alignment, and push architectural innovation across the safety platform.

The role emphasizes building robust moderation primitives, leveraging advanced AI and agentic workflows, and mentoring engineers while partnering with leadership to set technical priorities.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in software development.
• Distributed Systems Architecture with high-throughput microservices.
• Experience designing safety-focused, compliant systems.

Responsibilities

• Architect and lead end-to-end safety tooling systems.
• Align with Operations, Product Managers, and partner pods.
• Define architectural direction and integrate AI methodologies (LLMs) into safety apps.
• Design and scale core primitives for moderation and workflows.
• Lead multi-quarter technical initiatives and mentor engineers.

Skills

Distributed systems

Full-stack engineering

AI/ML capabilities

Data-driven decision making

Python

Go (Golang)

React

Education

BS in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Golang

Python

React

Docker/Kubernetes

Job description

Roblox is seeking a Senior Engineer for the Safety Applications pod to drive scalable, AI-centric tooling within Trust & Safety. You will own full-stack systems, lead cross-functional alignment, and push architectural innovation across the safety platform.

The role emphasizes building robust moderation primitives, leveraging advanced AI and agentic workflows, and mentoring engineers while partnering with leadership to set technical priorities.