Senior Data Scientist - Growth Measurement

Roblox Corporation; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 264,000 - 323,000; Full time

Job summary

Roblox in San Mateo, CA seeks a Senior Data Scientist for Growth Measurement to design measurement frameworks and quantify growth initiatives across products and marketing. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop data-driven strategies and build scalable analytics, translating results into actionable recommendations for product and growth leaders.

Ideal candidates have an advanced degree in a quantitative field and at least 2 years in growth data science, with strong

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in a quantitative field (Statistics, Economics, CS or related).
• 2+ years in a data science role with growth/measurement focus.
• Strong knowledge of statistical methods, causal inference, and experimental design.
• Experience with large datasets; proficient in SQL, Python/R, and data visualization tools.
• Experience in gaming or multisided marketplaces is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Conduct analyses and develop measurement frameworks for growth efforts using advanced statistics and causal inference.
• Collaborate with marketing, product, and engineering to build data-driven solutions.
• Contribute to robust data infrastructure to support user growth.
• Communicate insights and recommendations to cross-functional partners clearly.

Skills

Statistics

Causal inference

Experiment design

SQL

Python

R

Data visualization

Communication

Education

Advanced degree in quantitative field

Tools

Spark

Hadoop

Flink

Job description

Senior Data Scientist - Growth Measurement

San Mateo, CA, United States Data Science & Analytics ID: 36616

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.

WHY DATA SCIENCE & ANALYTICS?

The Data Science & Analytics organization's mission is to increase our speed, frequency and acumen of making decisions at scale by instilling a data-influenced approach to building products. We cover a wide area of the data spectrum including analytical data engineering, product analytics, experimentation, causal inference, statistical modeling and machine learning. Aligned and partnering with product verticals, we use this extensive tool belt to discover new opportunities and unmet use cases, influence and shape the product roadmap and prioritization, build data products and measure impact on our community of players and developers.

WHY GROWTH MEASUREMENT?

In this role, you will leverage your expertise in data science, statistics, and causal inference to develop measurement framework and product to deepen our quantitative understanding of growth efforts, which includes but not limited to performance marketing efficacy, attribution modeling and incrementality measurement. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop and implement data-driven products and strategies that maximize the impact of our growth initiatives. You will also report to Senior Data Science leadership on the team.

You Will:

• Conduct comprehensive analyses and develop measurement framework for growth efforts using advanced statistical methods and causal inference methodologies
• Collaborate with marketing, product, and engineering teams to find opportunities for improvement and build data-driven solutions.
• Contribute to the development of a robust data infrastructure to support user growth.
• Communicate insights and discuss recommendations with cross function partners translating complex technical concepts into actionable insights.
• Partner with different product teams to optimize user growth strategies through insights, strategy, and leadership.

You Have:

• An advanced degree in a quantitative field such as Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in a data science role, with a focus on growth or measurement.
• Strong knowledge and practical application of statistical methods, causal inference techniques, and experimental design.
• Experience working with large datasets and proficiency in SQL, R/Python, and data visualization tools.
• Experience in the gaming industry and/or multisided marketplaces.

You Are:

• Passionate for leveraging data to drive decisions and optimize business performance.
• A strong communicator. You understand that analysis must be presented in meaningful ways and engage in spirited discussions about the findings. You have the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences and discuss appropriate tradeoffs.
• An expert at transforming data with SQL and a scripting language such as Python or R. You're experienced in automating efforts and crunching massive volumes of data in distributed systems using frameworks such as Spark, Hadoop or Flink.

Annual Salary Range

$263,670 - $322,820 USD

Roles that are based in an office are onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional presence 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 to candidates with qualifying disabilities or religious beliefs during the recruiting process.

For US based roles only, please note the Company may not be able to employ candidates for this role who have United States work authorization related to certain U.S. visa categories, or support future H-1B sponsorship at this time.