Roblox - Senior Data Scientist, Analytical Data Product Engine

Data Scientist is needed in San Mateo, United States.

Client: Roblox

Location: San Mateo, CA

Contract: undefined

Job Description

Every day, tens of millions of people come to Roblox to explore, create, play, learn, and connect with friends in 3D immersive digital experiences created by a global community of developers and creators. Roblox is building tools and a platform to empower this community to bring their imaginative experiences to life, aiming to connect a billion people with optimism and civility. A career at Roblox means shaping the future of human interaction and creating safer, more civil shared experiences for everyone.

The Data Science & Analytics organization at Roblox aims to enhance decision-making capabilities at scale through a data-influenced approach. This role will be part of the Analytical Data Product team, closely collaborating with Product Managers, Engineers, and other partners to develop analytical data products and machine learning models that drive growth efficiency. You will report to Senior Data Science leadership.

Requirements

• You Have:
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in analytical engineering, data engineering, or a similar role.
• An advanced or equivalent degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related discipline.
• Experience with SQL, Spark, Python, Airflow, and modern data stacks and data visualization.
• Experience with data mining, warehousing, and building ETL pipelines.
• Experience in the systems domain and/or gaming industry is a strong plus.
• You Are:
• Passionate about leveraging data solutions to drive decisions and optimize business performance.
• Striving to write elegant and maintainable code, with clear documentation and comfortable with learning new technologies.
• Strong product mindset and data intuition, keen to apply analytical and data engineering skills to translate business problems into scalable engineering solutions.
• An expert at transforming data with SQL and scripting languages such as Python or R. Experienced in automating efforts and working with large data volumes in distributed systems using frameworks like Spark, Hadoop, or Flink.
• Motivated by impact, finding satisfaction in being able to point to direct contributions made to an organization while recognizing trade-offs between research/experimentation and productionization.
• A strong communicator, able to present analyses in meaningful ways and engage in discussions about findings, explaining technical concepts to non-technical audiences.

Other Information

Roblox provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment without regard to any characteristic protected by laws. The company also offers reasonable accommodations to candidates with qualifying disabilities or religious beliefs during the recruiting process.

Roles based in an office are onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional presence on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted).

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