Roblox
Senior Security Software Engineer, Application Security
$269K–$326K
San Mateo, CA, United States · Senior · Full-time · Posted May 6, 2026
- Experience
- 6+ years in software engineering, application security, or security engineering.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent practical experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- For US-based roles, the company may be unable to employ candidates with work authorization related to certain U.S. visa categories or support future H-1B sponsorship at this time.
About the job
Builds and scales application security solutions embedded in Roblox’s developer workflows, CI/CD pipelines, and platforms.
What you'll do
- Integrate security controls, automation, and guardrails into CI/CD pipelines and developer workflows.
- Build and improve tooling and mechanisms for vulnerability management, abuse prevention, data-exfiltration prevention, and supply-chain security.
- Conduct architecture reviews and threat modeling, including for agentic and AI-assisted workflows; participate in AppSec on-call rotations.
What they ask for
- Strong coding skills in at least one language, such as Python, Go, C#, JavaScript, Rust, or C++.
- Experience building and scaling CI/CD security automation, including SAST, SCA, secrets detection, and fuzzing.
- Knowledge of application security fundamentals, cloud environments, modern architectures, and system security.
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent practical experience.
Nice to have
- Experience building security platforms, tools, or developer frameworks.
- Knowledge of cryptography, PKI, TLS, container security, Kubernetes, or supply-chain security.
Pay
$269,170 — $326,060 USD (base salary)
Tools
Python, Go, C#, JavaScript, Rust, C++, Kubernetes, Linux/Windows
AI focus
Design and implement security controls for agentic and AI-assisted workflows, including guardrails against prompt injection, data exfiltration, and misuse of developer and system privileges.
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