Senior Data Scientist, Edge Compute & Telemetry

Roblox Corporation; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 221,000 - 264,000; Full time

Job summary

Roblox Corporation in San Mateo, CA is hiring a Data Scientist for Engine Infra to own metrics, telemetry, and performance across the RCC fleet and edge compute at scale.

You will design experiments, apply causal inference, build analytics pipelines, and partner with Engine Infra, Game Engine, Networking, and TPM teams to improve efficiency and latency while shaping Roblox’s infrastructure for the next generation of live experiences.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in CS, statistics, engineering, or related field.
• 4+ years as a Data Scientist with telemetry experience.
• Experience processing large noisy datasets and building scalable pipelines.
• First-principles debugging of complex system failures.
• Experience presenting results to engineering leaders and data storytelling.

Responsibilities

• Define Engine Infra metrics, telemetry, and KPI ownership for RCC fleet and edge compute.
• Access and process raw telemetry, build analytics pipelines, and deliver dashboards.
• Design experiments and apply causal inference to performance trade-offs.
• Collaborate with Engine Infra, Game Engine, Networking, and TPM teams.
• Shape Roblox infrastructure strategy for edge and cloud capacity and latency.

Skills

Telemetry processing

Data storytelling

Experiment design

Causal inference

Data pipelines

Cross-functional collab

Education

Advanced degree in CS/Statistics/Engineering

Job description

Roblox Corporation in San Mateo, CA is hiring a Data Scientist for Engine Infra to own metrics, telemetry, and performance across the RCC fleet and edge compute at scale.

You will design experiments, apply causal inference, build analytics pipelines, and partner with Engine Infra, Game Engine, Networking, and TPM teams to improve efficiency and latency while shaping Roblox’s infrastructure for the next generation of live experiences.