Roblox

Senior / Principal Data Scientist - Discovery

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

H1B sponsorship available$307k-$374kDetected 9 hours ago

PythonSQLMachine LearningSparkAirflowData EngineeringData ScienceStatisticsA/B TestingProduct ManagementProduct StrategyProblem Solving

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.
The Discovery Experiences team is the technical heartbeat of this ecosystem.

You will use data to inform, drive, and accelerate innovations via deep-dive insights and ML prototypes.
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.
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.
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.
The Data Science & Analytics organization's mission is to increase our speed, frequency and acumen of making decisions at scale by instilling a data-influenced approach to building products.
We own the surfaces-Home, Search, Matchmaking, and Notifications-that determine how users navigate the metaverse.
As a Data Scientist, you will own the ranking initiatives that power these canvases.

Advanced degree (Masters or PhD) in a quantitative field (Statistics, CS, Physics, Applied Math, or Economics).
10+ years of experience (or 6+ with a PhD) in Data Science, Economics, or ML Engineering, specifically within large-scale recommendation systems or UGC content platforms.
Ability to distill high-dimensional problems into succinct, actionable narratives for non-technical executive audiences.

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.

This listing is sourced directly from Roblox's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.