[2026] Software Engineer, Security - Early Career
at Roblox
San Mateo, United States
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.
The engineers at Roblox are working on the hardest problems in tech today -- distributed systems, real-time communication, 3D co-experience, massive data processing, social networking, rendering, physics, and more. As a Security Engineer, you will be part of the Security team and help shape the future of how we secure Roblox with respect and empathy for the community.
You Are
- Required: Pursued or pursuing an undergraduate degree in computer science, engineering or a related field with a focus on or deep interest in information sciences and studies, information assurance, information technology, or cybersecurity
- Familiar with cybersecurity from school, internships, capture the flag competitions or other cybersecurity competitions, or previous jobs
- Proficient in one or more programming languages such as GoLang, Python, Rust
- Understanding of at least one of the following: application security, data security & privacy, network security, detection engineering, cloud security concepts, identity and access management, infrastructure hardening and security, detective controls, or industry best practices across many fields of security
- Interest in cryptography and threat modeling
You Will
- Identify and address security risks that Roblox faces
- Design, code, test, and debug features and ship code to production
- Build and manage software and systems that protect all layers of the Roblox stack
- Report to one of our teams within the Information Security group
- Work with cross-functional partners on implementing security best practices
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Please note the Company may not be able to employ candidates who have United States work authorization related to certain U.S. visa categories, or support future H-1B sponsorship at this time. You may redact age, date of birth, and dates of attendance/graduation from your resume if you prefer.
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.
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.