Senior Software Engineer, Content Safety

WHY SAFETY?

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. 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 SAFETY?

Safety and Civility is Roblox's #1 priority and our mission is to protect our community. As a Senior Software Engineer on Content Safety, you'll ensure that millions of daily user-generated content across Roblox is safe and civil. You’ll work on some of the most challenging problems we face as you drive the transformation of our experience safety efforts into a scale-oriented, near-real-time problem, in an adversarial context. This requires an understanding of code, 3D content, player behavior, and more, working at Roblox scale (billions of engagement hours).

The ideal candidate is creative, flexible across the stack, and proactive in advancing our mission of keeping users safe. Since engineering drives most of the team’s roadmap, we value initiative and problem-solving.

You Will:

• Build high-scale machine learning systems to detect and address problematic content on Roblox. 
• Develop new detection approaches in a rapidly evolving landscape. Use a data-driven lens to think creatively, strategically, and adversarially to identify opportunities. 
• Contribute to the team's roadmap and technical foundations. Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineers.
• Partner with Moderation Operations, PM, Data, and stakeholders across Roblox. 

You Have:

• 4+ years of experience building and shipping high-scale backend systems to production. Experience with machine learning is a plus
• 4+ years of experience working on multi-person codebases, including open-source or personal projects
• Passion for delivering products end-to-end, from ideation through implementation, with laser focus on the end goal while being empathetic with cross-functional stakeholders

You Are:

• Resourceful: You're adaptable in any situation and can always find a path forward. 
• 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. You are a sought-after mentor. You foster a culture of technical excellence.
• Mission Oriented: You stay laser-focused on the mission and are versatile, creative, and strategic to achieve it. You think long-term, and find ways to deliver short-term value on the way to get there.