Roblox
Senior Data Scientist, Engine Infra
$221K–$264K
San Mateo, CA, United States · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 24, 2026
- Experience
- 4+ years as a Data Scientist.
- Education
- Advanced degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Engineering, or a related field with a focus on large-scale system analysis.
- Visa sponsorship
- For US-based roles, the company may not be able to employ candidates with work authorization related to certain U.S. visa categories or support future H-1B sponsorship at this time.
About the job
Analyzes Engine Infra telemetry and experiments to improve game-server fleet efficiency, reliability, capacity, and player experience across Roblox edge and cloud infrastructure.
What you'll do
- Define and validate RCC fleet and edge-compute metrics, telemetry, and KPIs.
- Build analytics pipelines, dashboards, and decision systems from engine telemetry.
- Lead experiments and causal analyses, and partner with engineering and product teams to guide infrastructure decisions.
What they ask for
- Advanced degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Engineering, or a related field focused on large-scale system analysis.
- 4+ years as a Data Scientist, with a proven track record in high-volume telemetry and product quality optimization.
- Expertise processing massive, noisy datasets and building scalable reporting pipelines.
- Experience debugging complex system failures and presenting technical findings to Engineering leaders.
Nice to have
- Direct experience with game engines or systems performance.
- Experience in game development or real-time interactive systems; background or interest in memory management, OS-level interactions, or network stack optimization.
Pay
$221,380 — $263,670 USD (base salary)
Tools
RCC, ARM64
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