Senior Data Scientist, Social Sharing

San Mateo, CA, United States

$220K/yr

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– 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.

You will be joining the Data Science and Analytics (DSA) team at Roblox and work with Moments and Social Sharing. Moments is Roblox’s native content sharing and discovery product, enabling users to capture, share, and engage with short-form videos and screenshots from their in-experience gameplay. This product will fundamentally shift how millions of users discover, engage with, and share Roblox experiences. The Sharing domain is at the heart of this transformation, driving both user-generated content supply and social discovery, and is a key lever for platform growth, engagement, and monetization.

You will:

Work with senior ICs to develop and execute data-driven product strategies for Moments within Social Sharing , partnering closely with Product, Engineering, and Design.
Own and evolve the metrics, analytics, and reporting infrastructure for Moments and Sharing on engagement and monetization.
Develop and maintain robust data pipelines and dashboards to support product health monitoring and deep-dive research.
Design and analyze experiments (A/B tests, quasi-experiments) to measure the impact of new features, ranking algorithms, and distribution changes.
Drive insights into user behavior, content supply/demand, and the effectiveness of sharing features in driving discovery and platform values, and track success for Moments.
Contribute to the long-term vision for social content sharing and impact to overall Roblox ecosystem, such as creator, safety, content discovery, etc.
You will also have the opportunity to work with cross-functional social DSA and product teams, including connections, communications and communities.

You have:

5+ years of industry experience in data science, analytics, or a related field, ideally with experience in social products, content sharing, or consumer platforms.
Advanced degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Applied Math, Engineering, or a related discipline.
Strong technical skills in SQL, Python (or R), and experience with big data frameworks (e.g., Spark, Hive).
Experience designing and analyzing experiments, with a solid grasp of causal inference and measurement best practices.
Proven ability to translate complex data into actionable insights for product and engineering teams.
Excellent communication skills, with a track record of influencing product direction through data storytelling and cross-functional collaboration.
Passion for building social products that drive meaningful connections and engagement.
Prior work on creator ecosystems (Bonus)
Experience with content recommendation, feed ranking, or personalization systems (Bonus)
Familiarity with safety, moderation, or user-generated content challenges at scale. (Bonus)

For roles that are based at our headquarters in San Mateo, CA: The starting base pay for this position is as shown below. The actual base pay is dependent upon a variety of job-related factors such as professional background, training, work experience, location, business needs and market demand. Therefore, in some circumstances, the actual salary could fall outside of this expected range. This pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. All full-time employees are also eligible for equity compensation and for benefits as described on this page.

Annual Salary Range

$220,300—$262,380 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.

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