Senior Data Scientist - Discovery

Overview

Senior Data Scientist on the Discovery Experiences team, owning ranking initiatives that power Roblox's Home, Search, Matchmaking and Notifications surfaces, and serving as a high-visibility IC leader who reports to the Senior Director of Data Science.

What you'll do

• Lead the development of ML solutions and ranking frameworks that power discovery canvases, solving for long-term ecosystem health and user retention.
• Act as the primary scientific advisor to Product and Engineering leaders, using deep-dive insights and ML prototypes to inform, drive and accelerate innovations.
• Leverage advanced causal inference methodologies to measure the effectiveness of platform initiatives, such as social features or site-wide events, that are susceptible to complex network effects.
• Develop frameworks to scale the hypothesis generation process so experimentation velocity matches platform growth.
• Apply first-principles reasoning to ambiguous problems, such as balancing visibility of established top-tier experiences with discovery of new, niche UGC content.

What you'll need

• Advanced degree (Masters or PhD) in a quantitative field (Statistics, CS, Physics, Applied Math, or Economics).
• 4+ years of experience (or 2+ with a PhD) in Data Science, Economics, or ML Engineering, specifically within large-scale recommendation systems or UGC content platforms.
• Expert in the modern data stack (Python, R, SQL, Hive, Spark, Airflow).
• Deep theoretical and practical understanding of Deep Learning.
• Ability to design sophisticated experiments that account for the nuances of a two-sided marketplace and social network effects.
• Ability to distill high-dimensional problems into succinct, actionable narratives for non-technical executive audiences.

Details

• Location: San Mateo, CA, United States (headquarters).
• Roles based in the office are onsite Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, with optional presence on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted).
• Annual base salary range $193,170 to $263,670 USD; eligible for equity compensation and benefits.
• For US-based roles only, the Company may not be able to employ candidates who have United States work authorization related to certain U.S. visa categories, or support future H-1B sponsorship at this time.