Senior/Principal Machine Learning Engineer, Roblox

Voice Safety

$289.5-338.3k

All full-time employees are also eligible for equity compensation

Senior and Expert level

San Francisco Bay Area

More information about location

3 days a week in office (San Mateo, CA)

Online gaming and entertainment platform

Open for applications

Online gaming and entertainment platform

1001+ employees

B2CGamingEntertainmentCommunity

Open for applications

$289.5-338.3k

All full-time employees are also eligible for equity compensation

Senior and Expert level

San Francisco Bay Area

More information about location

3 days a week in office (San Mateo, CA)

1001+ employees

B2CGamingEntertainmentCommunity

Company mission

To connect a billion people with optimism and civility.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Over 7 years of experience in designing and building deep learning solutions for speech and language modeling. Capable of breaking down product requirements into iterative deliverable stages. Experience in launching computer vision models into production
MS or PhD degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Speech and Language Modeling, Deep Learning, or a related field
Resourceful: You're adaptable in any situation and can always find a path forward
Analytical: Excited to investigate large, ambiguous problems, and quantify the problems and the solutions
User Oriented: You always start with the needs of the user, whether they are Roblox users or internal engineers before architecting a solution
Team Oriented: You lift up your peers and find ways to make the team stronger. You are a sought-after mentor. You foster a culture of technical excellence
Mission Oriented: You stay laser-focused on the mission and are versatile, creative, and strategic to achieve it. You think long-term, and find ways to deliver short-term value on the way to get there

What the job involves

Safety and Civility is Roblox's #1 priority and our mission is to protect our community
As a Senior/Principal Machine Learning Engineer on the Voice Safety team, you’ll build systems that monitor real-time user interactions — including voice chat, in-experience communications, developer APIs, video, and more
We build world-class speech recognition and NLP models to keep conversations safe
Roblox’s voice safety systems currently process hundreds of thousands of hours of active voice data each day, flagging users for profanity, hate speech, personal information (PII), and other abuses within seconds to help ensure the platform remains safe and civil at all times
Build end-to-end ML systems to detect and address problematic voice communication and content on Roblox
Drive the evolution of our speech moderation into a scalable, adaptable system that supports dozens of customer teams with unique needs
Develop innovative detection approaches in a rapidly evolving landscape
Use a data-driven lens to think creatively, strategically, and adversarially to identify opportunities
Shape the team's roadmap and technical direction
Drive execution, establish strong technical foundations, and mentor junior engineers
Partner with Moderation Operations, PM, Data, and stakeholders across Roblox

Our take

Online gaming may be a well-established space, but Roblox has distinguished itself as a leader by empowering its community to build, share, and profit from their own creations, turning game development into an accessible, rewarding ecosystem for millions of users.

In addition to standard games, the platform offers virtual worlds and other experiences to explore and interact with. Its platform provides an online ecosystem for millions to create, socialize, chat, and explore immersive experiences with friends. In fact, in the US its used by two-thirds of children aged 9 to 12.

While the platform does face scrutiny over users safety (particularly given its young audience) the company's efforts to strengthen parental controls and open dialogue through initiatives like its new Parents Council signal a growing commitment to addressing these challenges. At the same time, its financial performance and creator-focused investments underscore a business in very strong health. With record payouts to developers, an expanding older player base, and a platform that increasingly rewards creative talent, Roblox's trajectory remains one of innovation and impressive growth.

Freddie

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

25% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (3.8)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)

Jan 2021

$520m

SERIES H

Feb 2020

$150m

SERIES G

Total funding: $922.8m

Company HQ

South San Mateo, San Mateo, CA

Leadership

David Baszucki

(Founder & CEO)

Studied Electrical Engineering at Stanford before founding Knowledge Revolution in 1990, where they spent 9 years as CEO. They worked as VP of MSC.Software for 2 years, and started Roblox in 2005.

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