Roblox

Roblox

Senior Data Scientist, Monetary Policy

San Mateo, CA, United States · Senior · Full-time

H1B sponsorship available$264k-$323kDetected 14 hours ago
Machine LearningData EngineeringData ScienceStatisticsA/B TestingProduct ManagementProduct StrategyForecastingResearchLeadershipCommunication

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odds of building a lasting career here

64Sponsors, lottery-bound
Cap-exempt (no lottery)0
Sponsors this role100
Entry-level history0
PERM / green-card track0
Lottery odds (Level IV)94
Fits your clock70

Sponsors, but it's cap-subject — you still face the weighted lottery (~61% per draw at Level IV). Good if you win; have a cap-exempt backup on your list.

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H-1B wage level

the lottery is wage-weighted — each level is one more entry

Level IV · 4×
Level I$110,3861 entry
Level II$142,4382 entries
Level III$174,5123 entries
Level IV$206,5654 entries

This range already reaches Level IV — the maximum four lottery entries.

DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Data Scientists (15-2051) · San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.

Employer immigration record

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Green-card filing pattern in this occupation

Context, not a finding about this posting: of this employer's 4 green-card filings in this occupation, 100% were for a worker who already held the job.

Green-card follow-through: 79%

Of 38 labor certifications old enough to have been used, 8 expired without the employer filing the next step. Median time from filing to decision: 496 days.100% of their filings were for a worker who already held the job.Only certifications past the 180-day window are counted — recent ones cannot have expired yet.

Files H-1B transfers

70 transfer filings in the last year, covering 70 workers. Median labor-condition decision: 7 days. An employer that already files transfers is one that can take over an existing H-1B.

Sourced from Department of Labor LCA, PERM and prevailing-wage disclosure data. Employer matching is by name, so figures may be split across an employer's legal entities. Absence of a filing means none appears in our copy of the data, not that none exists.

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About the role

  • Our vision is to reimagine the way people come together, from anywhere in the world, and on any device.
  • We cover a wide area of the data spectrum, including analytical data engineering, product analytics, experimentation, causal inference, statistical modeling, and machine learning.
  • You are: - A systems thinker. - Curious and truth seeking. - A deep collaborator.

Responsibilities

  • 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.
  • Analyze sink and faucet dynamics across the platform to balance liquidity, optimize developer economy mechanics, and prevent systemic economic imbalances.
  • Partner closely with Product and Finance leadership to translate complex economic data into actionable policy recommendations and sustainable growth strategies.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead project areas from scratch, translating ambiguous business and policy questions into rigorous quantitative frameworks and iterative research deliverables.

Requirements

  • An Advanced Degree (MSc or PhD) in Economics, Econometrics, Quantitative Finance, Statistics, Operations Research, Physics, or a related quantitative field.

Compensation

  • $263,670 - $322,820 USD

Benefits

  • Develop, build, and refine macroeconomic models to forecast and monitor Robux money supply, velocity, inflation/deflation dynamics, and overall virtual economy health.
  • Establish robust economic indicators and monitoring systems to track real-time macro-health metrics, liquidity risks, and structural shifts in user behavior.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • 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.
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