Senior Data Scientist, Engine Infra

Roblox
San Mateo
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 221,380 - 263,670 annuallyFunction: Data Science & Machine LearningEducation: mastersSkills: ["Data storytelling","Cross-functional collaboration","Technical communication","Debugging","Reasoning"]

Own and evolve Engine Infra analytics for Roblox’s live game-server fleet, defining metrics and KPIs across efficiency, reliability, and player experience. Build scalable pipelines from RCC and engine telemetry to power dashboards and operational decision systems. Lead experiments and causal analyses for multiplexing, ARM64 bursting, regional capacity, and edge latency, partnering with cross-functional engineering and product teams to debug production issues and improve capacity and quality as Roblox scales.

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Roblox
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Senior Data Scientist, Engine Infra

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Job Summary

Own and evolve Engine Infra analytics for Roblox’s live game-server fleet, defining metrics and KPIs across efficiency, reliability, and player experience. Build scalable pipelines from RCC and engine telemetry to power dashboards and operational decision systems. Lead experiments and causal analyses for multiplexing, ARM64 bursting, regional capacity, and edge latency, partnering with cross-functional engineering and product teams to debug production issues and improve capacity and quality as Roblox scales.
Location: San Mateo
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Data Science & Machine Learning
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Define Engine Infra metrics, telemetry logging, and validation for the RCC fleet and edge compute, including KPIs for efficiency, reliability, and player experience.
  • •Process RCC and engine telemetry to build analytics pipelines and dashboards/decision systems that improve capacity utilization and keep multiplexed systems healthy.
  • •Lead channel tests, hardware A/Bs, and causal analyses for multiplexing, ARM64 bursting, regional capacity, and edge latency, including latency-sensitive cohorts.
  • •Partner with Engine Infra, Game Engine, Networking, Matchmaking, Infrastructure, Product, and TPMs to debug ambiguous production issues and identify new capacity/quality opportunities.
  • •Influence how Roblox runs live experiences on owned edge and cloud hardware to reduce edge latency and improve interactivity at scale.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 221,380 - 263,670 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •Advanced degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Engineering, or related fields focused on large-scale system analysis.
  • •4+ years as a Data Scientist with a track record working on high-volume telemetry and product quality optimization.
  • •Expertise processing massive, noisy datasets (e.g., crash logs or telemetry pings) and building scalable reporting pipelines.
  • •Experience using first-principles reasoning to debug complex, ambiguous system failures without clear causes.
  • •Experience presenting deep technical results to engineering leaders and using data storytelling to prioritize work and future investment.
Experience:TelemetryProduct qualityLarge-scale systemsCrash logsExperimentationCausal inference
Education:Master's
Skills:Data storytellingCross-functional collaborationTechnical communicationDebuggingReasoning
Languages:English

Eligibility

Visa:H1B

Company Brief

Roblox
Operates an online platform for user-generated games and virtual experiences, enabling creators to build, publish, and monetize interactive 3D experiences for a global community of players.
Industry: Gaming
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: San Mateo, United States
Founded: 2004
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