Principal Security Software Engineer, Application Security

Overview

Principal Security Software Engineer on the Application Security team, leading the Security Design and Review pod. Works with engineering teams early in their processes to provide secure design solutions and establish security standards, driving company-wide security initiatives across diverse tech stacks.

What you'll do

• Lead company-wide security initiatives to address critical security challenges.
• Build and nurture cross-company relationships to achieve security objectives.
• Provide guidance on product security processes and standards.
• Define and expand partnerships with key engineering teams across Roblox.
• Apply critical thinking and analytical skills to develop security protocols and communicate effectively with stakeholders.
• Research and evaluate new technologies to enhance the company's security posture.
• Identify potential threats and vulnerabilities in our systems and data, and help develop and implement solutions to safeguard them.
• Enable cross-functional teams to implement security solutions aligned with Trust-by-Design principles.
• Contribute to security education and awareness programs by partnering across teams to build and promote shared understanding of security practices.
• Shape strategies to automate and scale application and product security efforts.
• Design and secure autonomous agentic workflows.
• Test application code following the OWASP Testing Methodology.
• Mentor and guide other security engineers.

What you'll need

• 8+ years of professional experience in cybersecurity, with a deep background in application security, data encryption, and compliance with security standards, as well as knowledge of network and cloud security.
• Expertise in explaining complex security challenges and solutions to both technical and non-technical leadership.
• Proven ability to build strong relationships and influence principal engineers across teams.
• Experience in software and infrastructure architecture with a focus on security.
• Extensive experience with common code and network vulnerabilities, their impacts, and remediation strategies.
• Background in writing code in at least one programming language, such as Python, Golang, or C#, and a scripting language like Bash or Python.
• Applied knowledge of cryptography, PKI, TLS, and practical implementations.
• Experience with threat modeling and Secure Software Development Life Cycles.
• Experience operationalizing security best practices in large-scale internet environments.
• Familiarity with network and server hardware, as well as Linux and Windows security.
• Familiarity with secure deployment patterns for AI agents, including isolation strategies (sandboxing, microVMs), secrets protection, and audit/logging for agent capabilities.
• Familiarity with enabling safe AI adoption at scale, balancing security, developer productivity, and organizational risk.

Details

• Location: San Mateo, CA, United States (headquarters).
• Office presence: onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional presence on Monday and Friday.
• Employment is full-time; eligible for equity compensation and benefits.
• Annual base salary range: $326,060 to $385,050 USD.
• US-based roles only: 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.