Product Engineer Jobs at Roblox with Visa Sponsorship
Product Engineer jobs at Roblox involve working across the full stack, from platform infrastructure to user-facing features, as the company builds its Product Engineering team around developers with these skills. The company has a consistent track record of sponsoring work visas for Product Engineers, supporting multiple visa types at different career stages.
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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.
Every day, Roblox users play over 7M experiences, make over 270M avatar updates, send 6+ billion chat messages and talk for 1+ million hours using voice. Safety is Roblox's top priority. As part of the Safety Group, the Content and Communications Safety team builds AI features and tools to automate review and moderation of all of these activities on the platform. Areas that the Content Safety Team works on include:
- Experience reviews
- The components that make up those experiences (textures, 3D meshes, models, scripts)
- Avatars, Avatar items
- Audio, Video
- Text chat and voice conversations
- Other content types
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
As a Senior Product Manager on the team, you will work closely with leadership, product, engineering, data science, and operations teams across Roblox. In addition, you will drive critical company-level KPIs that affect how Roblox keeps the platform safe and civil. As we bring new immersive features and content types to Roblox, you will be responsible for leading the product in one of the most challenging and vital roles at Roblox.
You will:
- Lead safety features focused on automation of content reviews by leveraging AI
- Stay one step ahead of malicious actors and their adversarial tactics
- Work across many modalities of Machine Learning (image, text, audio, video, 3D, code)
- Ensure our users have a great experience end to end when they are creating content on the platform
- Solve problems that are unique in the industry due to the large population of younger users on Roblox
- Prepare and manage product requirements from conception to launch
- Balance input from a wide variety of internal stakeholders and partners with potentially competing priorities and timelines
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
You have:
- 5+ years of experience in product development roles
- Experience in building and deploying AI-based solutions at a large scale and in real time
- Experience in Trust & Safety related functions or other areas with adversarial dynamics, preferably in a user generated content environment
- Understanding of social platforms (familiarity with game engines would be a plus)
- Extreme clarity in communication, ability to summarize complex situations in a few sentences and effectively articulate your vision to c-staff level executives, cross functional partners, and other key stakeholders
- Dynamic and flexible mindset, creating opportunity out of uncertainty and ambiguity
LOCATION
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.
INTRODUCTION
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.
Every day, Roblox users play over 7M experiences, make over 270M avatar updates, send 6+ billion chat messages and talk for 1+ million hours using voice. Safety is Roblox's top priority. As part of the Safety Group, the Content and Communications Safety team builds AI features and tools to automate review and moderation of all of these activities on the platform. Areas that the Content Safety Team works on include:
- Experience reviews
- The components that make up those experiences (textures, 3D meshes, models, scripts)
- Avatars, Avatar items
- Audio, Video
- Text chat and voice conversations
- Other content types
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
As a Senior Product Manager on the team, you will work closely with leadership, product, engineering, data science, and operations teams across Roblox. In addition, you will drive critical company-level KPIs that affect how Roblox keeps the platform safe and civil. As we bring new immersive features and content types to Roblox, you will be responsible for leading the product in one of the most challenging and vital roles at Roblox.
You will:
- Lead safety features focused on automation of content reviews by leveraging AI
- Stay one step ahead of malicious actors and their adversarial tactics
- Work across many modalities of Machine Learning (image, text, audio, video, 3D, code)
- Ensure our users have a great experience end to end when they are creating content on the platform
- Solve problems that are unique in the industry due to the large population of younger users on Roblox
- Prepare and manage product requirements from conception to launch
- Balance input from a wide variety of internal stakeholders and partners with potentially competing priorities and timelines
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
You have:
- 5+ years of experience in product development roles
- Experience in building and deploying AI-based solutions at a large scale and in real time
- Experience in Trust & Safety related functions or other areas with adversarial dynamics, preferably in a user generated content environment
- Understanding of social platforms (familiarity with game engines would be a plus)
- Extreme clarity in communication, ability to summarize complex situations in a few sentences and effectively articulate your vision to c-staff level executives, cross functional partners, and other key stakeholders
- Dynamic and flexible mindset, creating opportunity out of uncertainty and ambiguity
LOCATION
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.
Tips for Finding Product Engineer Jobs at Roblox
Align your portfolio to Roblox's platform scale
Roblox evaluates Product Engineers on systems-level thinking. Before applying, make sure your portfolio demonstrates experience building or scaling consumer-facing platforms, not just feature work. Projects showing distributed systems design or real-time infrastructure are especially relevant.
Clarify your visa type early in recruiting
Roblox sponsors several visa categories, and each has different filing timelines and employer obligations. Tell your recruiter your current status and work authorization expiry upfront so they can route your offer through the right process without delays.
Prepare your credentials for specialty occupation review
USCIS requires that H-1B petitions demonstrate a direct connection between your degree field and the Product Engineer role. Gather transcripts, credential evaluations for foreign degrees, and any supplemental coursework documentation before your offer letter arrives.
Time your OPT extension around Roblox's hiring cycles
Roblox runs primary engineering hiring pushes in the fall and early spring. If you're on F-1 OPT with limited time remaining, target those windows and file your STEM OPT extension with your Designated School Official as early as 90 days before your OPT expires.
Use Migrate Mate to filter Roblox openings by visa type
Not every Product Engineer listing at Roblox surfaces the same sponsorship eligibility. Use Migrate Mate to browse current openings filtered by the specific visa categories Roblox supports, so you're applying to roles where your status is already a match.
Understand how PERM affects your long-term path
If Roblox pursues an EB-2 or EB-3 Green Card for you, the PERM labor certification process requires DOL to certify no qualified U.S. workers were available. That process can take a year or more before an I-140 petition is even filed, so factor that into your timeline.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Roblox sponsor H-1B visas for Product Engineers?
Yes, Roblox sponsors H-1B visas for Product Engineers and has done so consistently across its engineering org. Because the H-1B is subject to an annual lottery with a cap of 85,000 slots, timing matters. Roblox typically coordinates with immigration counsel to file cap-subject petitions by the April 1 USCIS deadline, so your offer and petition prep need to be in place well before then.
How do I apply for Product Engineer jobs at Roblox?
Applications go through Roblox's careers page, where Product Engineer roles are listed under the Engineering function. You can also find and filter current Roblox openings by visa type on Migrate Mate, which helps confirm sponsorship eligibility before you invest time in the application. Roblox's interview process typically involves a technical screen, coding rounds, and a system design interview.
Which visa types does Roblox commonly sponsor for Product Engineers?
Roblox sponsors H-1B, H-1B1 visa, E-3 visa, TN visa, and F-1 OPT for Product Engineers at the nonimmigrant level, plus EB-2 and EB-3 immigrant visa categories for employees on a Green Card path. H-1B1 visa is available to Chilean and Singaporean nationals, while E-3 visa applies exclusively to Australian citizens. TN visa is available to Canadian and Mexican nationals in qualifying professional categories.
What qualifications does Roblox expect for Product Engineer roles?
Roblox Product Engineer roles generally require a bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a closely related field. Practical experience with large-scale distributed systems, real-time platforms, or game engine architecture carries significant weight. For H-1B purposes, your degree field needs to directly correspond to the role's duties, so a generalist background without relevant coursework can complicate the specialty occupation determination.
How long does the visa sponsorship process take once I have a Roblox offer?
Timeline depends on your visa type. H-1B cap-subject cases follow a fixed annual cycle: lottery registration opens in March, and work authorization can begin October 1 if selected. E-3 and TN visas can be processed at a consulate in two to four weeks. USCIS premium processing for H-1B is available for a fee and reduces adjudication to 15 business days, which Roblox's legal team can request if your start date is time-sensitive.