Senior Data Scientist, Roblox
Consumer Platform
$258.5-316.5k
+Equity
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
$258.5-316.5k
+Equity
Office located in San Mateo, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
To connect a billion people with optimism and civility.
Role
Who you are
- An advanced degree or equivalent experience in Statistics, Applied Math, Physics, Engineering, Computer Science, Economics, or a related quantitative field
- 5+ years of proven experience in a data science role, ideally with a focus on improving app quality and performance
- Strong data skills and experience working with large datasets, including telemetry logging, data pipeline development, dashboard design and dashboard implementation
- Deep knowledge and practical expertise in statistical methods, time series forecasting, causal inference techniques, and experimental design
- Ability to drive an area as an individual contributor and an inspiring leader
- Ability to apply creative, first-principles reasoning to take on ambiguous problems
- Strong communication skills to present analytics results and data storytelling effectively, influencing engineering teams and leaders
- A capable statistician. You understand the value of characterizing data by its distribution. Covariance, Bias, and Conditional Probability are concepts that you rely on every day
- An expert transforming data with SQL and a scripting language such as Python or R. You’re experienced in automating efforts and crunching massive volumes of data
- Experienced in developing models to draw insights from data. You use regression, data mining, and other statistical techniques to build new, scalable solutions to solve complicated business problems. You understand when to apply the appropriate methodology to improve impact pragmatically
What the job involves
- The Data Science & Analytics organization's mission is to increase our speed, frequency and acumen of making decisions at scale by instilling a data-influenced approach to building products
- We cover a wide area of the data spectrum including analytical data engineering, product analytics, experimentation, causal inference, statistical modeling and machine learning
- Aligned and partnering with product groups, we use this vast tool belt to discover new opportunities and unmet use cases, influence and craft the product roadmap and prioritization, build data products and measure the impact on our community of players and developers
- Conduct causal studies to understand how the impact of top growth drivers varies by platform and leverage these insights to craft and optimize platform-specific growth strategies
- Enhance insight into business outlooks at the platform level and establish platform-specific growth targets by incorporating external market research and competitive analysis
- Define and measure success metrics for app quality and performance, identifying which app quality and performance levers matter most to users and how they influence engagement and monetization
- Use A/B experiments and causal inference methods to evaluate the success of feature launches; Increase rigor in the product release process and cultivate the adoption of a performance-driven product development approach
- Access, transform, and analyze raw data, presenting actionable insights using a custom analytics toolkit built with innovative open-source libraries
- Operationalize and scale metrics monitoring by developing tools that enable quick data slicing, dicing, and root-cause analysis
- Navigate ambiguity and collaborate with cross-functional teams across User, Growth, Engine, and Creator organizations to drive impactful platform improvements
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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