Senior ML Architect for Search & Discovery

Roblox

San Mateo (CA)

On-site

USD 419,000 - 458,000

Full time

2 days ago
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Job summary

Roblox is seeking a Distinguished Engineer/Technical Director for Discovery in our San Mateo, CA office. You will own the technical vision and execution for ML-based search and discovery initiatives, driving billion-user-scale content distribution and personalized experiences.

You will shape AI strategy, design scalable systems, and lead engineers while collaborating with product teams to deliver high-impact Roblox experiences. Equity compensation is offered along with full benefits.

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience delivering and improving large-scale search and recommendation systems.
  • Experience crafting and building large scale ML models with billions of parameters and launching them into production.
  • Ability to break down long-term product requirements into iterative deliverable stages.
  • Initiated and facilitated challenging technical decisions across multiple teams and organizations.
  • Deep technical expertise, user-focused approach across Roblox users and internal engineers.
  • Generalist with mastery of several languages and technologies.
  • Ability to tackle data or machine learning problems hands-on when needed.
  • Creative and strategic approach to solving hard problems; bring fresh ideas from new places.
  • BS in Computer Science or related discipline; MS/PhD are a definite plus.

Responsibilities

  • Own the technical direction and implementation for ML solutions powering search and recommendations.
  • Author specs for new features and set AI strategy across ranking and candidate generation.
  • Build and evolve infrastructure for training, serving, and evaluating ML models including Generative AI models.
  • Co-design models and systems with modelers, data and AI infra engineers, and product teams.
  • Lead other engineers by example and through technical direction as an IC; foster engineering excellence.
  • Become an authority on Roblox's technology stack and ensure best practices.
  • Collaborate with Roblox teams to align products with community and company priorities.
  • Balance exploring new technologies with practical execution to deliver Roblox products.

Skills

Large-scale ML models
Search & recommendation systems
Technical leadership
Model deployment to production
Cross-team decision making
Deep technical expertise
Generalist with multiple languages/te/
Data & ML problem solving
Creative & strategic thinking

Education

BS in Computer Science or related field
MS/PhD preferred

Job description

Roblox is seeking a Distinguished Engineer/Technical Director for Discovery in our San Mateo, CA office. You will own the technical vision and execution for ML-based search and discovery initiatives, driving billion-user-scale content distribution and personalized experiences.

You will shape AI strategy, design scalable systems, and lead engineers while collaborating with product teams to deliver high-impact Roblox experiences. Equity compensation is offered along with full benefits.

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