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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.
The Marketplace team at Roblox is reimagining how the Roblox community discovers, interacts with, and personalizes avatar content. From search and recommendation systems to cutting-edge models for understanding text and visual content, our mission is to drive discovery and personalization for avatar bodies, clothing, accessories, outfits, and beyond. Our work impacts both users and creators, ensuring that the Marketplace serves the diverse needs of the Roblox ecosystem.
The focus areas for this team include: recommender systems, search systems, personalization, multimodal models, content understanding, and computer vision.
You Will:
- Build end-to-end machine learning solutions for search, recommendation, and content understanding by working backward from product needs.
- Design, implement, and optimize deep learning models that drive discovery and personalization across the Marketplace.
- Explore novel modeling approaches for ranking, retrieval, multimodal content understanding, and query understanding.
- Develop robust and scalable production systems to serve high-scale search and recommendation requests.
You Have:
- Possess or pursuing a Ph.D. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Data Science, or a similar technical degree.
- Proficiency in one or more programming languages such as Go, Node.js, Ruby, Python, C++, Lua, Swift, C#, or Java
- Expertise in areas such as recommender systems, search technologies, personalization strategies, or advanced content understanding techniques
- Experience with state-of-the-art techniques in deep learning, including LLMs, multimodal models, NLP, or computer vision.
- Excel at building and working on end-to-end ML systems, from data analysis and ML modeling to production pipelines.
- Published and presented peer-reviewed articles in top-tier venues.
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.
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.
Roblox Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Roblox and has not been reviewed or approved by Roblox.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity grants and a discounted stock purchase plan are central to pay packages, and equity is positioned as a meaningful part of total compensation. Program materials describe regular refresh grants that keep equity active and accessible across eligible roles.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage are paired with dedicated mental‑health sessions and other proactive health resources. Family‑building benefits further reinforce depth beyond standard plans.
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Retirement Support — A strong employer 401(k) match and long‑term wealth programs are emphasized. These elements complement cash and equity to support financial security.
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