About the role
Principal Software Engineer on the Safety Foundation team at Roblox. Responsible for being the hands-on tech lead, setting technical direction, and building a scalable, cost-efficient platform to handle 10x traffic growth. Drives AI-first transformation, builds developer experience for safety integration, and partners with multiple teams to ensure robust safety infrastructure.
Requirements
10+ years building large-scale backend/distributed systems with shipped products. 4+ years as tech lead. Proficiency in Go or similar compiled language. Experience with NoSQL databases like DynamoDB or Cassandra. Interest in AI/ML platform integration. BA/BS in CS or equivalent. Must be a hands-on leader, platform thinker, comfortable with ambiguity, and team player.
About the company
Roblox
Roblox is a global online platform and storefront for user-generated games and experiences. It allows creators to publish their own games and users to play a wide variety of user-created content across multiple devices. Roblox offers a safe, creative, and immersive environment for people to imagine, create, and share experiences with others.
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