ROBLOX Corporation

Senior Software Engineer, Content Suitability

ROBLOX Corporation$196K — $243K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in building large-scale distributed backend systems.
  • 5+ years of delivering production software for significant applications.
  • Proficiency in Go, Java, C#, or similar OOP languages with solid design principles.
  • Strong collaboration skills and a drive to see projects through.
  • Curiosity and proactivity in learning new technologies.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering.

Responsibilities

  • Contribute to the design and development of the high-throughput Content Policy Platform.
  • Collaborate with machine learning engineers to enhance automated content review systems.
  • Manage projects from conception to deployment, ensuring reliability and scalability.
  • Ensure compliance with regional policies across millions of experiences.
  • Support creators in adapting content to meet local customs and regulations.

Benefits

  • Eligibility for equity compensation.
  • Comprehensive health, wellness, and lifestyle benefits.
  • Flexible work environment with hybrid options.
  • Collaborative and innovative company culture.
  • Opportunities for professional growth and development.
Full Job Description
A career at Roblox means you9ll 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.

WHY SAFETY?

At Roblox, we strive to connect a billion people with optimism and civility, and the Safety organization9s mission is to become the leader in civil immersive online communities. We systematically and proactively detect, remove, and prevent problematic content and behavior, and we make Roblox accounts secure and free from compromise. We also keep the platform compliant for changing regulations and growth markets. We cover a broad area of the tech spectrum, including machine learning, experimentation, automation, highly scalable distributed backend systems, detection workflows, and AI-powered text filters. Aligned and partnering with product teams, we use this tool belt to discover new opportunities, influence and shape the product roadmap and prioritization, build safety products, and measure the impact on our community of users and developers. In doing so, we keep Roblox safe, civil, and inclusive, and we foster positive relationships between people around the world.

WHY CONTENT SUITABILITY?

Join the Content Suitability team and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of content on Roblox. Our team is at the forefront of building tools and systems that enable creators to launch diverse, age-appropriate experiences. By helping developers bring content like the 18+ launch to a global audience, we ensure Roblox remains a platform for people of all ages. Our work is deeply rooted in cutting-edge machine learning, where we develop and deploy sophisticated ML models essential for automated content review and policy enforcement.

This isn9t just about good governance; it9s about ensuring our creators can successfully launch their games everywhere. We help them seamlessly adapt content to local customs and regulations, preventing restrictions and ensuring a global reach for their work. Our efforts ensure the Roblox platform remains compliant with evolving regulations across all markets. This safeguards our diverse user base and, critically, prevents the platform from being restricted in key regions. You9ll also contribute to our Content Policy Platform, empowering teams across Roblox to add and manage content access policies that are vital to our platform9s integrity and safety.

You Will:
  • Contribute to the architecture and development of our Content Policy Platform, a high-throughput service handling millions of requests per second for content access decisions across the Roblox platform.
  • Work hand-in-hand with ML engineers, directly contributing to the development, productionization, and ongoing enhancement of machine learning models. These models play a critical role in automatically reviewing Content Maturity questionnaires and detecting regional policy violations at scale across millions of experiences.
  • Take ownership of projects from concept to deployment, ensuring high quality, reliability, and scalability.

You Have:
  • 5+ years building highly available, large-scale distributed backend systems.
  • 5+ years delivering and maintaining production software for large-scale applications.
  • Proficient in Go, Java, C#, or similar OOP languages with strong design principles.
  • Excellent cross-team collaborator with a drive to complete projects.
  • Curious and proactive in learning new technologies and growing technical skills.
  • Bachelor9s in Computer Science or Computer Engineering

You Are:
  • A Technical Leader: You have initiated and facilitated challenging technical solutions. Your technical expertise influences product direction. You nurture a culture of technical excellence.
  • Versatile: You9re a generalist and you are comfortable with several languages and technologies already; you are adaptable in any situation. You are resourceful, and take a creative and strategic approach to solving hard problems.
  • Analytical: Excited to investigate large, ambiguous problems, and quantify the problems and the solutions.
  • User Oriented: You always start with the needs of the user, whether they are Roblox users or internal engineers before architecting a solution.
  • Team Oriented: You lift up your peers and find ways to make the team stronger.


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

$196,750-$243,290 USD

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

About ROBLOX Corporation

Roblox Corporation is a video game company that operates a massively multiplayer online game platform. The platform allows users to create and play games in a virtual world, with a focus on user-generated content. Roblox was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in San Mateo, California. The company has grown rapidly in recent years, and now has over 100 million monthly active users. In 2021, Roblox went public through a direct listing on the New York Stock Exchange.
Learn more about ROBLOX Corporation
Size
960 employees
Market Cap
$15.6 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$242.8 million
Founded
2004
Revenue
$727 million
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