Job brief: Senior Privacy Engineer

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• Listed on Roblox's own job board. JoRoute does not take listings from job ads or recruiters.
• First seen by JoRoute 2026-11-07 (1 day ago); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-08.
• The apply link opens careers.roblox.com, the address Roblox's board gives for this job.
• No other listing with this title and place on this board in the last 90 days.
• No layoff notices (WARN) under this name in the state files JoRoute reads.

What the listing says · Employer's own words, not checked

• Pay: $224,310 to $271,710 a year
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: San Mateo, CA, United States · San Mateo, CA
• Posted: 2026-11-06

What the job asks · Employer's own words, not checked

Level: Senior. The title says "Senior".

Must have

• 5+ years of relevant professional experience in privacy engineering, privacy program management, or a related security/compliance discipline.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Information Security, or a similar technical field.

Main duties

• Shepherd and evolve the Privacy Review Program, designing consistent intake workflows, evaluation criteria, and documentation to systematically assess privac…
• Develop standards and guidelines that enable product teams to adopt privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) such as differential privacy, k-anonymity, data min…
• Act as the Privacy SME for policy-as-code, translating privacy requirements and regulatory obligations into automated, enforceable controls embedded directly…
• Partner cross-functionally with Regulatory Compliance, Trust & Safety, and Legal to align Privacy Review Program outcomes with broader compliance obligations…
• Drive privacy-by-design adoption across product and engineering organizations through self-service tooling, consultation, and scalable enablement programs.

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How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• Typical listed pay for engineer jobs in San Mateo, CA: $254k a year (215 listings, 2 employers). This listing pays about the same.
• Across Roblox's 251 open listings, 42% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How Roblox hires

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