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Salary: USD 230,980 - 267,390 / annual
Roblox is seeking a Principal Client Platform Engineer to serve as the technical architect of the company's global endpoint ecosystem. Reporting to the Client Services Manager, you will define long-term strategy for how the fleet scales, secures, and evolves. This role goes beyond day-to-day management—you will establish architectural standards, drive automation-first platform design, and ensure thousands of builders have secure, reliable tools.
Key responsibilities include:
- Standardize global security and management strategy for the entire fleet of macOS, Windows, Linux, Android, iOS, and ChromeOS devices to ensure peak performance and compliance.
- Evolve the deployment pipeline, driving automated rollout of patches, OS upgrades, and complex certificate lifecycles across all endpoints.
- Lead hardening of endpoint security posture in partnership with InfoSec, architecting automated remediation workflows and deploying advanced observability tools like CrowdStrike and Kolide.
- Design and scale internally owned systems within the hybrid environment.
- Lead complex platform initiatives from architecture through global deployment and operational maturity.
- Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders across Corporate Engineering, Security, Engineering, and People Ops to align technical roadmaps with company goals.
- Navigate and resolve high-level ambiguity, transforming vague technical requirements into scalable engineering solutions.
- Serve as a technical escalation point, diagnosing deep-level architectural failures in hardware, software, and enterprise networking.
- Participate in the team's on-call rotation, providing senior-level response for critical system availability and high-priority security incidents.
Roblox is building the tools and platform that empower a global community of developers and creators to bring immersive 3D experiences to life. The company's vision is to reimagine how people come together from anywhere in the world on any device, with a mission to connect a billion people with optimism and civility.
Office presence is Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional presence on Monday and Friday.
REQUIREMENTS:
- 10+ years of experience in endpoint engineering, systems architecture, or infrastructure engineering.
- Proven experience securing and managing global fleets of 5,000+ devices.
- Deep expertise with endpoint management platforms such as Jamf Pro, Workspace ONE, Google Endpoint Management, Fleet, or Microsoft Intune.
- Strong programming ability in Python, Bash, Go, or Ruby with a focus on automation and systems integration.
- Experience implementing Infrastructure-as-Code and GitOps-based configuration management.
- Advanced knowledge of Identity and Access Management and Zero Trust architecture across Okta, Google Workspace, and Entra ID.
- Strong understanding of PKI, certificate lifecycle management, and enterprise networking security.
- Demonstrated ability to lead large technical initiatives and influence cross-functional stakeholders.
- Security-focused architect passionate about solving complex endpoint challenges at scale.
- Comfortable working through ambiguity with ability to provide technical clarity and direction in fast-paced environment.
- Metrics-driven and customer-centric, using data to validate effectiveness of security controls.
- Collaborative engineer who builds strong relationships with cross-functional partners and mentors junior and senior team members.
