Roblox

Roblox

Data Scientist - PhD Intern

San Mateo, CA, United States · Intern · Internship

H1B sponsorship availableDetected 11 hours ago
PythonSQLMachine LearningSparkData AnalysisData EngineeringData ScienceStatisticsProduct ManagementProduct StrategyResearch

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Cap-exempt (no lottery)0
Sponsors this role100
Entry-level history0
PERM / green-card track0
Lottery odds40
Fits your clock70

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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.

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About the role

  • We cover a wide area of the data spectrum including analytical data engineering, product analytics, causal inference, economics, statistical modeling and machine learning.
  • For roles that are based at our headquarters in San Mateo, CA: The starting base pay for this position is as shown below.

Responsibilities

  • Experience in developing production solutions is a plus.

Requirements

  • Possessing or pursuing a PhD degree in a quantitative field such as Statistics, Applied Math, Computer Science, Economics, or Computational Social Science.
  • Proficiency in one or more programming languages (e.g.,SQL,Python or R)
  • Proficiency in big data query/processing languages and tools such as SQL, Hive, Spark, or Airflow.
  • Experience with ML modeling

Skills

  • Our vision is to reimagine the way people come together, from anywhere in the world, and on any device.

Compensation

  • For roles that are based at our headquarters in San Mateo, CA: The starting base pay for this position is as shown below.

Benefits

  • Collaborate with data scientists and engineers to research and develop advanced data analytics, causal inference, experiment design and machine learning solutions to power the business and product innovations.
  • At least 1 year of experience doing causal inference or machine learning or experiment design via research or prior internship.

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.

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