Senior Recruiter, Roblox
Early Career - AI/ML PhD
$159.3-200.6k
+Equity
More information about location
3-5 days a week in office (San Mateo, CA)
Online gaming and entertainment platform
Be an early applicant
Online gaming and entertainment platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$159.3-200.6k
+Equity
More information about location
3-5 days a week in office (San Mateo, CA)
1001+ employees
Company mission
To connect a billion people with optimism and civility.
Role
Who you are
- Progressive experience with 6+ years of full-lifecycle technical recruiting experience in a fast-paced environment, with a focused track record in Technical or University Recruiting
- Proven ability to manage high-volume pipelines, delivering quality results while championing a best-in-class candidate experience
- Capability to use data to drive decisions; strong proficiency in understanding recruiting data models, measuring ROI, and influencing strategy, ideally within a globally-recognized tech company (e.g., AI/ML, SaaS, Gaming, or similar competitive sectors)
- Experience acting as a strategic thought partner to technical leadership — bringing structured insights on global AI/ML talent dynamics and shaping long-term hiring strategies
- A strong track record of influencing stakeholders and solving complex recruiting challenges with creativity and innovation
- Ability to travel up to 25% to college campuses for various recruiting events (career fairs, info sessions, conferences) - contingent on health regulations
- 1+ year of demonstrated success hiring talent as research scientists, ML engineers, applied AI practitioners, and data leaders in highly competitive markets experience recruiting (bonus)
- Deep familiarity with the academic landscape and research trends in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Systems (bonus)
- Experience in mid to large scale early career recruiting programs (bonus)
- ML/AI Events and Conference strategy and engagement preferred (bonus)
- Experience managing an internship program preferred (bonus)
What the job involves
- As the Senior Recruiter - AI/ML PhD on the Early Careers Recruiting team, you will be a driver for cultivating and converting the next generation of exceptional AI/ML technical talent
- We’re looking for a PhD Recruiting expert to support Roblox’s ML and AI engineering growth as well as create and scale programs that are not just operationally excellent, but are a competitive differentiator, modeling the caliber of talent acquisition found at the world's most ambitious technology and AI companies
- Own the end-to-end technical recruiting pipeline for PhD AI/ML roles including full-time and internships, helping to define the process as a scalable, distributed system that must maintain a high quality bar under extreme volume
- Partner with engineering and data leaders to define role scopes, assess capability gaps, and shape hiring strategy across emerging domains like generative AI, LLMs, NLP, computer vision, and infrastructure automation
- Relentlessly monitor recruiting health metrics to translate complex data into actionable insights and strategic recommendations with hiring partners
- Act as a talent business partner to executive leadership, hiring managers, and cross-functional teams (PBPs, People Analytics, Engineering) to forecast needs, secure resources, and influence hiring velocity and quality
- Design, implement, and continuously refine scalable, end-to-end PhD hiring programs that deliver an outstanding, human-centered candidate experience from first touchpoint through conversion and onboarding
- Partner with leaders and cross functional partners to execute the PhD strategy including ML conferences, campus strategy, academic collaborations, and creative outreach strategies
- Serve as a subject matter expert on AI/ML PhD market trends and innovative sourcing techniques
- Ensure that operational excellence is at the forefront of our process - influencing and improving processes to help the team work smarter, faster, and at scale
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
25% employee growth in 12 months
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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