Principal Machine Learning Engineer, Roblox

• 8+ years of experience in software development
• 5+ years of experience building and shipping products to production
• 5+ years of experience identifying and driving solutions to difficult problems that span multiple teams and require deep technical expertise
• 5+ years of demonstrated ability developing systems at scale
• Proven experience shipping ML models in production
• 5+ years experience using big data query/processing languages and tools such as SQL, Hive, Spark and Airflow
• Graduate degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Applied Math, Physics, Engineering, Statistics, or other technical field is a plus
• A Technical Leader: You have initiated and facilitated challenging technical solutions. Your technical expertise influences product direction. You nurture a culture of technical excellence
• Versatile: You're a generalist and you are comfortable with several languages and technologies already; you are adaptable in any situation. You are resourceful, and take a creative and strategic approach to solving hard problems
• 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

• As a Principal ML Engineer on Critical Harms, you’ll build systems to identify and address some of the highest-risk and most critical problems we face, including rare events with sparse data such as predatory behavior, child endangerment, extremism, fraud
• Safety and Civility is Roblox's #1 priority, and our mission is to protect our community
• Build systems to detect and address problematic behavior on Roblox. You will work on building and serving ML models to detect unsafe behavior, content and communication at scale
• Define new investigation tool and lead generation model to help our investigation team, keep up to date with new threat on the platform
• Help define the team's roadmap and long-term strategy towards keeping content and features on Roblox safe
• Shape how the next generation of internet users interacts safely in the metaverse

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 401k
• Flexible vacation policy
• Roflex - Flexible and supportive work policy
• Roblox Admin badge for your avatar
• Free catered lunches five times a week and several fully stocked kitchens with unlimited snacks
• Onsite fitness center and fitness program credit
• Annual CalTrain Go Pass

Total funding: $922.8m

While online gaming is no longer a revolutionary concept, Roblox has established itself as a leader in the industry by creating a gaming toolbox that encourages quality game creation, which it pays developers for.