Senior Machine Learning Engineer - PhD Early Career

1 Month ago • All levels • Research Development • $192,890 PA - $255,200 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

Roblox is seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer with a PhD for early career positions. The role involves working on a massive international laboratory for experiments at scale, focusing on areas like System and Model Optimization for LLMs (speculative decoding, continuous batching, quantization), Content Creation (3D graphics, animation, physical simulation, AI generation), Search & Recommendation Systems, Content Safety & Moderation, and 3D AI & Generation. Responsibilities include researching and developing improvements, collaborating with faculty, performing hands-on research with programming for experiments and prototypes, publishing research findings, and transferring technology into products.
Must have:
  • PhD or pursuing PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or Math.
  • Strong coding skills in one or more languages.
  • Experience with building large-scale systems.
  • Published and presented peer-reviewed articles in top-tier venues.
Good to have:
  • Optimization techniques for LLMs.
  • 3D graphics and geometry synthesis.
  • AI generation and machine learning applications.
  • Scalable AI solutions for moderation.
Perks:
  • Equity compensation
  • Benefits package

Job Details

Every day, tens of millions of people come to Roblox to explore, create, play, learn, and connect with friends in 3D immersive digital experiences– all created by our global community of developers and creators. 

At Roblox, we’re building the tools and platform that empower our community to bring any experience that they can imagine to life. Our vision is to reimagine the way people come together, from anywhere in the world, and on any device. We’re on a mission to connect a billion people with optimism and civility, and looking for amazing talent to help us get there. 

A career at Roblox means you’ll be working to shape the future of human interaction, solving unique technical challenges at scale, and helping to create safer, more civil shared experiences for everyone.

Roblox presents a tremendous international laboratory for experiments at scale with users, data, client devices, and servers. We're looking for experts to focus on the following areas:

  • System and Model Optimization: Optimization techniques for LLMs, such as speculative decoding, continuous batching, quantization, etc.
  • Content Creation: Focus on 3D graphics and geometry synthesis and processing, animation and physical simulation, emphasis on AI gen and machine learning with applications on geometry, procedural generation and code synthesis and editing, including performance and related topics
  • Search & Recommendation Systems: Advance personalization, user engagement, and content discovery through cutting-edge machine learning.
  • Content Safety & Moderation: Build scalable AI solutions for real-time moderation and detection systems.
  • 3D AI & Generation: Innovate 3D modeling, geometry synthesis, and real-world simulations using AI.
  • And more!

You Will:

  • Work closely with engineers to research and develop improvements to push our technology forward
  • Establish collaborations and perform research with leading faculty around the world
  • Perform hands-on research, including programming for experiments and prototypes
  • Publish and present research findings in top-tier peer-reviewed venues
  • Transfer technology into the product by shepherding it through engineering

You Have:

  • Possess or pursuing a PhD or equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics or a related field
  • Strong coding skills with proficiency in one or more programming languages and experience with building large-scale systems
  • Published and presented peer-reviewed articles in top-tier venues

Apply now to be considered for anticipated positions.

You may redact age, date of birth, and dates of attendance/graduation from your resume if you prefer.

For roles that are based at our headquarters in San Mateo, CA: The starting base pay for this position is as shown below. The actual base pay is dependent upon a variety of job-related factors such as professional background, training, work experience, location, business needs and market demand. Therefore, in some circumstances, the actual salary could fall outside of this expected range. This pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. All full-time employees are also eligible for equity compensation and for benefits as described on this page.

Annual Salary Range
$192,890$255,200 USD

Roles that are based in our San Mateo, CA Headquarters are in-office Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional in-office on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted).

Roblox provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Roblox also provides reasonable accommodations for all candidates during the interview process.

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