Roblox · 2 weeks ago
Senior Software Engineer, User Safety
San Mateo, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$242K/yr - $294K/yr
6+ years expRoblox is a platform that empowers a global community to create and share immersive digital experiences. The Senior Software Engineer on the User Safety Team will build large-scale systems to prevent abusive behavior and enhance user safety while collaborating with product managers and mentoring junior engineers.
3D TechnologyGamingMetaverseOnline GamesSoftwareVideo Games
Responsibilities
Build large-scale (up to 1M QPS) distributed services for delivering interventions and consequences to users, including warnings, nudges, timeouts, account bans, and educational modules, along with propagating these interventions to alt accounts
Apply the latest ML and LLM technologies to augment moderation
Work on a large greenfield effort to increase trust and transparency in Roblox’s moderation
Work on powerful APIs to enable creators to keep their experiences safe
Help shape the team’s roadmap and technical foundations towards keeping users on Roblox safe
Work with a tightly-knit, high-performing, diverse, and energetic cross-functional product engineering team with a strong sense of camaraderie
Mentor junior engineers to develop their skills and abilities as a tech lead
Qualification
Required
6+ years of experience with large scale infrastructure and distributed systems
Strong ability to thrive in an ambiguous problem space
Proven ability to work closely with cross-functional partners (product, design, data, research) to drive clear business impact
Desire to mentor and grow other engineers
Extensive experience in a modern programming language such as Golang
Experience with modern microservice architectures
Experience with applying LLMs to hard problems
Experience (or at least strong interest) in the Trust & Safety domain
An ownership and growth mindset
Benefits
Equity compensation
Benefits as described on this page
Company
Roblox
Roblox is an online gaming and entertainment platform that offers a shared digital experience that brings people together through play.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$874.45MKey Investors
Andreessen HorowitzAltos Ventures
2024-10-01Post Ipo Equity
2022-04-12Series Unknown· $17.71M
2021-08-11Series Unknown
Leadership Team
David Baszucki
Founder and CEO
Michael Guthrie
CFO
Recent News
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