Director, Data Science — Discovery Experiences

SupportFinity™; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 374,000 - 430,000; Full time

Job summary

Roblox is seeking a Technical Director - Data Science (Discovery) to lead strategic data science initiatives across discovery experiences. Based at our San Mateo headquarters with a hybrid schedule, you’ll shape analytics, ML, and causal inference to improve user growth and engagement for a two‑sided platform serving a global community.

You’ll partner with product and engineering, mentor senior data scientists, design scalable experiments, and translate complex findings for non-technical

Qualifications

• Advanced degree and/or PhD in Statistics, Computer Science, Physics, Applied Math, Economics, or other related quantitative fields.
• 10+ years of industry experience in data science, economics, analytics, or machine learning engineering.
• 7+ years of experience using scripting languages (Python, R), and big data query/processing languages and tools such as SQL, Hive, Spark, and Airflow.
• Knowledge of ML and Deep Learning either via formal training or industry experience.
• Ability to apply creative first-principles reasoning to solve ambiguous problems.
• Experience developing large-scale recommendation systems as well as experience with content platforms, specifically user-generated content.

Responsibilities

• Develop foundational solutions to scale the hypothesis generation process across key user engagement touchpoints.
• Contribute directly to the development of ML solutions that power our discovery canvases alongside our sister engineering teams.
• Partner closely with Product and engineering leaders to inform, drive and accelerate innovations in discovery experiences via Insights, frameworks, causal inference solutions and machine learning prototypes.
• Leverage advanced causal inference methodologies to measure the effectiveness of various initiatives, ranging from Roblox events to social features susceptible to network effects.
• Conduct exploratory analysis to identify and advise XFN partners on opportunities for strategic investments.
• Design and implement experiments for new features and communicate results succinctly to non-technical audiences.

Skills

Python

R

SQL

Hive

Spark

Airflow

Machine Learning

Deep Learning

Causal Inference

Education

Advanced degree or PhD in statistics, CS, physics, applied math, economics, or related field

Job description

Roblox is seeking a Technical Director - Data Science (Discovery) to lead strategic data science initiatives across discovery experiences. Based at our San Mateo headquarters with a hybrid schedule, you’ll shape analytics, ML, and causal inference to improve user growth and engagement for a two‑sided platform serving a global community.

You’ll partner with product and engineering, mentor senior data scientists, design scalable experiments, and translate complex findings for non-technical