Principal Machine Learning Engineer - Image/Video/3D Understanding

As a Principal Machine Learning Engineer, you'll be building deep learning models and algorithms to solve computer vision, image, video, 3D understanding problems across Roblox. The mission of the applied machine learning team is to build advanced machine learning solutions to solve problems across Roblox. The team is currently working on advanced recommendation systems and computer vision models. With daily active users growing at a record rate, we are looking for experienced machine learning engineers who are passionate about designing and building deep learning solutions to power Roblox's products.

You Will:

• Lead the research, design, and development of deep learning models for visual understanding, including but not limited to image/video/3D scene analysis and understanding.
• Lead the research, design, and development of deep learning models for text understanding, including but not limited to question/answering, intent classification, query understanding, sentiment analysis.
• Implement and apply state of the art text/visual/multi-modal understanding models that will power Roblox search, recommendations, content quality, etc
• Define project roadmaps, milestones, and key results to achieve visual understanding goals.
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to identify computer vision needs and develop solutions.
• Balance researching new technologies with a practical approach to realize the research efforts into the Roblox products
• Interface with the industry and communities where applicable and be ambassador for Roblox.
• Work in our San Mateo office.
• Reporting to the Senior Manager of Personalization.

You Have:

• 7+ year experience in designing and building deep learning solutions to solve computer vision problems. Capable of breaking down product requirements into iterative deliverable stages. Experience in launching computer vision models into production.
• MS or PhD degree in Computer Vision, Deep Learning, or a related field. You have solid fundamentals in Computer Vision and Deep Learning.

You Are:

• • A Leader: You have initiated and facilitated challenging technical decisions across multiple teams and organizations. You are empathetic, and find common understanding.
  • User oriented: While deeply technical, you always start with the needs of the user, whether they are Roblox users or internal engineers.
  • Versatile: You're a jack of all trades and you have mastered several languages and technologies already; you can easily adapt to any situation.
  • Creative: You take a creative and strategic approach to solving hard problems. You simplify the complex. You bring in fresh ideas from new places.