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Engineering Manager, Application Security

Roblox is hiring an Engineering Manager, Application Security in San Mateo, United States. It pays $295k-$345k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Roblox.

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  • Little AI ●○○○ is how Level rates this role: aI is not part of the work.
  • Roblox mentions visa sponsorship in this posting.
  • Tools and skills the posting cites include CI/CD, application security and leadership.
  • Level classifies it as a senior role.
  • Level lists 268 other open roles at Roblox.

AI in this role

Lead an application security engineering team at Roblox to drive secure development lifecycle practices.

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Every day, tens of millions of people come to Roblox to explore, create, play, learn, and connect with friends in 3D immersive digital experiences– all created by our global community of developers and creators.

At Roblox, we’re building the tools and platform that empower our community to bring any experience that they can imagine to life. Our vision is to reimagine the way people come together, from anywhere in the world, and on any device. We’re on a mission to connect a billion people with optimism and civility, and looking for amazing talent to help us get there.

A career at Roblox means you’ll be working to shape the future of human interaction, solving unique technical challenges at scale, and helping to create safer, more civil shared experiences for everyone.

Join Roblox as an Engineering Manager of Application Security and lead a team responsible for improving the security of our products, services, and development ecosystem.

In this role, you will drive security across the software lifecycle, partnering with engineering teams to identify risks, improve secure development practices, and build scalable solutions that protect Roblox at scale. You will balance hands-on security work with longer-term investments in automation, tooling, and developer enablement.

You will work closely with engineering, infrastructure, and security teams to reduce risk while enabling teams to move quickly and safely. This role reports to the Senior Manager of Application Security and is based in San Mateo with a hybrid schedule.

You Have:

  • 8+ years of experience in Information Security
  • 2+ years of experience managing engineers
  • Strong background in Application Security or Product Security
  • Experience driving security programs across the software development lifecycle
  • Solid understanding of common vulnerabilities (e.g., OWASP Top 10) and secure coding practices
  • Experience working closely with engineering teams in modern environments (cloud, microservices, CI/CD)
  • Proven ability to lead projects from strategy through execution
  • Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills

You Will:

  • Lead and grow a team of Application Security engineers
  • Drive security initiatives across Roblox’s software development lifecycle
  • Partner with engineering teams to identify and reduce security risks
  • Establish and improve security practices, including reviews, testing, and secure design
  • Build and scale security solutions through automation and developer tooling
  • Mentor engineers and support their growth and performance
  • Drive cross-functional efforts that improve security while maintaining developer velocity

For roles that are based at our headquarters in San Mateo, CA: The starting base pay for this position is as shown below. The actual base pay is dependent upon a variety of job-related factors such as professional background, training, work experience, location, business needs and market demand. Therefore, in some circumstances, the actual salary could fall outside of this expected range. This pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. All full-time employees are also eligible for equity compensation and for benefits as described on this page.

Annual Salary Range$295,250—$345,040 USD

Roles that are based in an office are onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional presence on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted).

Roblox provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Roblox also provides reasonable accommodations to candidates with qualifying disabilities or religious beliefs during the recruiting process.

For US based roles only, please note the Company may not be able to employ candidates for this role who have United States work authorization related to certain U.S. visa categories, or support future H-1B sponsorship at this time.

How we rate this

Engineering Manager, Application Security at Roblox rates 10 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

  1. ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
  2. ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
  3. ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
  4. ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

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  2. Tell me about a project where leadership was part of your work. What did you do?
  3. Tell me about a project where cloud security was part of your work. What did you do?
  4. Tell me about a project where owasp was part of your work. What did you do?
  5. Walk me through how you've used CI/CD in your day-to-day work.

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