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Software Engineer, Account Security

San Mateo, CAOnsiteFull Time$182,170–$227,370 /yrPosted 28 days agoVisa sponsorship available

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Required skills

  • Account Security
  • Software Engineering
  • user facing applications
  • services
  • GoLang
  • Python
  • C#
  • Javascript
  • Typescript
  • user safety

Nice to have

  • machine learning
  • classifiers
  • experimentation
  • automation
  • AI-powered filters
  • malware detection

Role summary

Roblox is seeking a Software Engineer for its Account Security team to protect users and creators from malicious actors. This role involves designing, implementing, and deploying features across the tech stack to prevent, detect, and mitigate account takeovers. The engineer will leverage technologies like machine learning, AI, and A/B testing, and contribute using languages such as GoLang, Python, Typescript, and Lua. The position requires 3+ years of experience in Software Engineering/Computer Science, proficiency in programming languages, and experience collaborating with product stakeholders. A strong commitment to user safety, data integrity, and compliance is essential. The role is based in San Mateo, CA, with a hybrid work model.

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 Software Engineer on Account Security, you will help protect Roblox users, creators, and the broader community from bad actors. We are an outcome oriented team that has the tremendous latitude to make changes across the Roblox technical stack to secure accounts. Past examples of work include work to model post-login suspicion, cryptographically bind user credentials to devices, malware detection, and work to detect and prevent asset laundering that typically is used to monetize ATOs.

You'll join Roblox's Safety organization, whose mission is to become the leader in civil immersive online communities by detecting, removing, and preventing problematic accounts, content, and behavior, and by keeping accounts secure and free from compromise. The team draws on a broad tech spectrum, including machine learning, classifiers, experimentation, automation, and AI-powered filters, partnering with product teams to shape the roadmap, build safety products, and measure impact on our community of users and developers.

You Will:

  • Own the design, implementation and landing of features to prevent, detect and mitigate account takeovers.
  • Collaborate cross-organizationally with partner teams in InfoSec, Economy, User, and the broader Roblox Safety org.
  • Help define how goals get accomplished and have real influence over product direction.
  • Instrument and analyze user interaction data (A/B tests, usage metrics) to inform design decisions and maximize product impact.
  • Own implementation end to end across the stack, contributing in GoLang, Python, Typescript and Lua as projects require, using AI tools wherever possible.
  • You Have:

  • 3+ years of experience in Software Engineering/Computer Science
  • Experience working on user facing applications or services
  • Proficiency in one or more programming languages such as GoLang, Python, C#, and Javascript.
  • Experience collaborating cross-functionally with Product stakeholders to define requirements and deliver technical solutions.
  • A strong commitment to designing, implementing, and maintaining systems that prioritize user safety, data integrity, and compliance with safety policies.
  • 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$182,170—$227,370 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.

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