• Location
  • San Mateo, CA
  • Last Published
  • Dec. 5, 2024
  • Sector
  • Entertainment
  • Functions
  • Product
  • Legal

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.

As Product Counsel, you will act as a key advisor and first point of legal contact to support our product and engineering teams in building the future of the Roblox platform. Our mission as Product Counsel is to become product experts and to provide thoughtful and effective legal advice to help our business teams succeed. To accomplish this, we work closely with other members of the legal team and collaborate with a wide range of cross-functional teams to identify risks while maintaining a keen sense of business judgment.

This role is dedicated to providing strategic legal advice to our Safety team. The role requires application of complex, evolving legal frameworks to new and innovative products and services. This is a great opportunity to join a growing legal team, learn about interesting new technologies and business models, and work on novel issues in an exciting, fast-paced environment.

You will:

  • Act as a trusted advisor to Roblox product, engineering, and operations teams as well as company leadership throughout the product and process development lifecycle to ensure healthy product launches.
  • Ensure compliance with US and international laws and regulations including those concerning content regulation, communications, online safety, consumer protection, and advertising.
  • Coordinate advice with cross-functional partners, including product, marketing, trust & safety, product policy, and other internal and external legal counsel.
  • Develop internal playbooks, training, and policies to raise awareness of online safety issues internally with product and engineering teams.
  • Stay on top of the latest developments in a constantly evolving legal landscape and develop deep expertise in Roblox’s products.
  • Build positive and influential relationships company-wide through trusted advising, knowledge-sharing and training.

You have:

  • 5+ years of relevant legal experience, preferably a combination of law firm and in-house experience at a consumer-facing technology company.
  • A license to practice law in a US jurisdiction.
  • Experience counseling UGC platforms or social media platforms with a focus on content moderation, online safety, and intermediary liability issues, with knowledge of the EU’s DSA, UK OSA, CDA Section 230.
  • Strong business-oriented judgment and the ability to analyze problems, propose solutions, and provide advice that is creative, practical, and legally acceptable, taking into account the needs and objectives of the business.
  • The ability to manage a diverse and complex workload while maintaining priorities and proactively investigating and identifying issues.
  • The desire to work on a small but growing team, and a track record of collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders to overcome sophisticated challenges.
  • Previous experience counseling a Safety team in the tech industry.
  • Previous experience counseling kids safety and/or privacy issues.
  • Prior experience working with product policy or trust and safety organizations to develop internal and external policies.
  • Outstanding communication abilities, with proven experience in cross-functional collaboration and consensus building.
  • A track record of educating internal stakeholders, translating complex concepts, and advising on risk mitigation strategies.

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.

Annual Salary Range $240,060—$283,220 USD

Roles that are based in our San Mateo, CA Headquarters are in-office Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional in-office on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted).

You’ll Love:

  • Industry-leading compensation package
  • Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • A rewarding 401k program
  • Flexible vacation policy (varies by exemption status)
  • Roflex - Flexible and supportive work policy
  • Roblox Admin badge for your avatar
  • At Roblox HQ:
    • Free catered lunches five times a week and several fully stocked kitchens with unlimited snacks
    • Onsite fitness center and fitness program credit
    • Annual CalTrain Go Pass

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 for all candidates during the interview process.