Senior Data Scientist, Roblox
Trust & Safety, Content Safety
$295.5-359.2k
Salary may be modified in the future. Eligible for equity compensation
Office located in San Mateo, CA
Online gaming and entertainment platform
Job no longer available
Online gaming and entertainment platform
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$295.5-359.2k
Salary may be modified in the future. Eligible for equity compensation
Office located in San Mateo, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
To connect a billion people with optimism and civility.
Role
Who you are
- Passionate about data. You have the curiosity and enjoy learning new techniques and tools to extract value from data. You're up-to-date on the latest technologies across ML, AI, and data engineering, and are curious to learn more
- Excited about new challenges. You know how to pick the right tool for the scale and complexity of the problem and love architecting solutions to a diverse set of problems
- Engaged and insightful. You understand that analysis must be presented in meaningful ways and participate in spirited discussions about the findings. You are keen to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences and discuss appropriate tradeoffs
- Versatile. The problems we face in this area span a spectrum of products and technologies. You love working with big-picture data across multiple sources and can dive into a variety of technical setups with ease
- Bachelor or Advanced degree in Computer Science, Applied Math, Physics, Engineering, Statistics, Economics, or other technical field
- 6+ years of industry experience OR 2+ years of academic experience in addition to 4+ years of industry experience
- 4+ years of experience applying statistics and analysis
- 4+ years of experience using big data query/processing languages such as SQL, Hive, or Spark to transform/manipulate very large datasets
- 4+ years of experience in one or more scripting languages such as Python or R
- 4+ years of industry experience in analytics focused on improving the experience and safety of communication products
What the job involves
- As a Senior Data Scientist in the Trust & Safety organization, you will drive one of Roblox's most important initiatives: Content Safety. With our large and growing number of active users on Roblox, safety and civility remains our #1 priority, and we are always working to ensure our community is protected
- You will also collaborate and report directly to the Director, of Data Science on the Safety team
- Accelerate product development through your understanding of the underlying data and your ability to partner with product and technical leaders to provide insights that lead to the safest experiences for Roblox's sizable user base
- Investigate new ways to identify content on the Roblox platform that does not conform with our standards of safety and civility
- Develop modeling solutions to identify new behaviors and signals of malicious user behavior. Apply analytics results, model outputs, and data storytelling to influence product teams
- Collaborate with engineering teams to push detection systems toward real-time identification
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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