Privacy & Security Counsel

Location: San Mateo, California, United States; hybrid attendance required Tuesday through Thursday. Optional office presence on Monday and Friday.

Company

Roblox builds a platform and tools for creating and sharing immersive 3D digital experiences.

What you will do

• Provide legal guidance on global data security and privacy laws, regulations, enforcement actions, and industry practices.
• Advise Detection and Response and Global Security teams throughout security incidents, including triage, containment, remediation, post-mortems, regulatory reporting, and customer notifications.
• Lead cross-functional cybersecurity legal initiatives involving AI and agentic-AI governance, new regulations, and incident-response improvements.
• Improve incident-response policies and playbooks to align with global privacy and security requirements.
• Partner with Application Security, GRC, Privacy Engineering, Global Security, and Infrastructure/Platform teams.
• Support corporate, employment, compliance, policy, regulatory, product, privacy, and commercial legal teams.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in data security, data privacy, data protection, and governance.
• Expertise in US and global data security and data protection laws and regulations, including GDPR, NIS2, CRA, CCPA, COPPA, CA SB 553, NIST CSF, and PCI.
• Experience working with Information Security teams and handling security incidents, breach reporting, and customer notifications.
• Active membership in at least one US state bar; California Bar admission is preferred.
• Experience as a senior individual contributor in a technology company, leading ambiguous and complex cross-functional programs.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms, microservices, observability, and incident-management tooling.

Nice to have

• In-house legal experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work from the San Mateo office with regular Tuesday–Thursday attendance.
• Full-time employees are eligible for equity compensation and company benefits.
• Work involves solving technical and legal challenges at scale and supporting safer shared digital experiences.
• Reasonable accommodations are available during the recruiting process for qualifying disabilities or religious beliefs.

Hiring process

• Employment eligibility may be affected by certain US visa categories.
• Future H-1B sponsorship may not be supported at this time.