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Salary: USD 326,060 - 385,050 / annual
Roblox is a global platform where tens of millions of people explore, create, play, learn, and connect in 3D immersive digital experiences. The company operates a global-scale network across multiple data centers and public clouds serving millions of users.
As a Principal Network Security Engineer on the Network Security pod, you will shape and implement Roblox's network security strategy and controls. You'll have significant impact collaborating with the Information Security team and cross-functional infrastructure engineering teams to secure networks, protect services and platforms, and address the broad threat landscape at scale.
Key responsibilities:
- Identify security vulnerabilities and gaps in network infrastructure; propose solutions and drive engineering effort for implementation in partnership with infrastructure teams
- Design, develop, and optimize novel solutions and systems using software engineering skills and system thinking to protect Roblox's networks from external threats and internal risks
- Provide design reviews and guidelines from a network security perspective for Roblox's tools, services, and platforms
You will work in a collaborative environment with a self-driving mindset, comfortable with ambiguity, and eager to solve hard problems. The role is based in San Mateo with hybrid flexibility: onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional presence on Monday and Friday.
REQUIREMENTS:
- 8+ years of relevant professional experience
- Programming proficiency: able to write high-performance code for large-scale distributed services with at least one programming language such as Golang or C++; eager to learn new languages and technologies
- Hands-on experience designing and building production-level services in networking and security fields, such as L4/L7 network proxies, load balancers, IDS/IPS, firewalls
- In-depth knowledge of network routing and protocols (TCP/UDP, DHCP, DNS, etc.), attack vectors, techniques, and remediations
- Experience with advanced packet processing technologies and frameworks such as DPDK and eBPF is a plus
