Roblox
Senior Software Engineer, Safety Foundation
San Mateo, CA, United States · Senior · Full-time
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odds of building a lasting career here
Sponsors, but it's cap-subject — you still face the weighted lottery (~61% per draw at Level IV). Good if you win; have a cap-exempt backup on your list.
Lottery odds assume a STEM candidate.
Personalize to your clock →H-1B wage level
the lottery is wage-weighted — each level is one more entry
$24,437 more — $221,187 — moves this role to Level IV and 4 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $221,187 would place this position at wage Level IV. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Software Developers" for prevailing-wage purposes.
DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Software Developers (15-1252) · San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.
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Green-card follow-through: 79%
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About the role
- Our vision is to reimagine the way people come together, from anywhere in the world, and on any device.
- We systematically detect, remove, and prevent problematic content and behavior, and we make Roblox accounts secure and free from compromise.
- We cover a broad area of the tech spectrum, including machine learning, classifiers for 3D models, experimentation, automation, detection workflows, and AI-powered text filters.
Responsibilities
- 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.
Nice to have
- Contribute to the architecture & development of the Safety Platform - the backbone that powers safety across Roblox.
- Take ownership of projects from concept to deployment, ensuring high quality, reliability, and scalability.
- 5+ years of experience building & operating backend services and/or distributed systems
- Proficient in Go or a similar compiled language (Go strongly preferred)
- Experience with or strong interest in building developer platforms
- Experience with CQRS, Event Sourcing, NoSQL tech such as Cassandra, DynamoDB is a plus
- BA/BS in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field - or equivalent experience
Compensation
- $196,750 - $243,290 USD
- 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.
- Annual Salary Range
Benefits
- All full-time employees are also eligible for equity compensation and for benefits as described on this page.
Company info
- At Roblox, we strive to connect a billion people with optimism and civility, and the Safety organization's mission is to become the leader in civil immersive online communities.
Visa & Work Authorization
- 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.
This listing is sourced directly from Roblox's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.