Senior Software Engineer, Privacy Infrastructure

Roblox; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 288,000 - 346,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity compensation

Benefits described on page

Job summary

Roblox in San Mateo, CA is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Privacy Infrastructure team to design and build large-scale systems that protect user data across Roblox’s platform. You will tackle distributed systems challenges, deliver reliable infrastructure, and collaborate with engineering teams to enable safe data access.

You have 7+ years as a software engineer, expertise in Python or Golang, and strong system design and data-management skills.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of proven experience as a software engineer.
• Expertise in Python or Golang;
• Strong understanding of system design, reliability, scalability, and data management principles.
• Interest in applying engineering to data protection and privacy challenges.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and scale reliable infrastructure and platform solutions that protect user data and support Roblox's global platform.
• Develop foundational capabilities for emerging technologies, focusing on safe data access.
• Partner with engineering teams to integrate scalable data protection into systems and workflows.
• Drive technical strategy and architecture for cross-cutting privacy, data, and security challenges.

Skills

Python

Golang

System design

Reliability

Job description

Every day, tens of millions of people come to Roblox to explore, create, play, learn, and connect with friends in 3D immersive digital experiences– all created by our global community of developers and creators.

At Roblox, we’re building the tools and platform that empower our community to bring any experience that they can imagine to life. Our vision is to reimagine the way people come together, from anywhere in the world, and on any device. We’re on a mission to connect a billion people with optimism and civility, and looking for amazing talent to help us get there.

A career at Roblox means you’ll be working to shape the future of human interaction, solving unique technical challenges at scale, and helping to create safer, more civil shared experiences for everyone.

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Privacy Infrastructure team, you’ll design and build large-scale systems that operate across Roblox’s platform and data ecosystem. You’ll tackle complex distributed systems challenges, develop reliable and scalable infrastructure, and work across engineering teams to deliver foundational capabilities that serve millions of users.

This is an opportunity to take on high-impact technical problems at Roblox scale while helping shape the next generation of our infrastructure.

You Will

• Design, build, and scale reliable infrastructure and platform solutions that protect user data and support the needs of a global platform.
• Develop foundational capabilities for emerging technologies, including agentic AI workflows, with a focus on safe and responsible data access.
• Partner with engineering teams across Roblox to integrate scalable data protection capabilities into their systems and development workflows
• Drive technical strategy and architecture for complex, cross-cutting challenges spanning data, infrastructure, privacy, and security.

You Have

• 7+ years of proven experience as a software engineer.
• Expertise in Python or Golang;
• Strong understanding of system design, reliability, scalability, and data management principles.
• Interest in applying your engineering expertise to data protection and privacy challenges; prior domain experience is a plus, but not required.

You Are

• Collaborative: You thrive in a team environment and work well with cross-functional partners.
• Ambitious: You are motivated to build flawless, secure experiences for millions of users.
• Comfortable with Ambiguity: You can navigate evolving requirements, make sound technical decisions, and create clarity in complex problem spaces.

For roles that are based at our headquarters in San Mateo, CA: The starting base pay for this position is as shown below. The actual base pay is dependent upon a variety of job-related factors such as professional background, training, work experience, location, business needs and market demand. Therefore, in some circumstances, the actual salary could fall outside of this expected range. This pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. All full-time employees are also eligible for equity compensation and for benefits as described on this page.

Annual Salary Range

$287,840—$345,620 USD

Roles that are based in an office are onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional presence on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted).

Roblox provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Roblox also provides reasonable accommodations to candidates with qualifying disabilities or religious beliefs during the recruiting process.

For US based roles only, please note the Company may not be able to employ candidates for this role who have United States work authorization related to certain U.S. visa categories, or support future H-1B sponsorship at this time.