Roblox
Senior Data Scientist, Monetary Policy
$264K–$323K
San Mateo, CA, United States · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 9, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years of industry or research experience.
- Education
- Advanced Degree (MSc or PhD) in Economics, Econometrics, Quantitative Finance, Statistics, Operations Research, Physics, or a related quantitative field.
- 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
Build macroeconomic models, simulations, and monetary policies for Roblox’s virtual economy, informing strategic decisions about Robux, pricing, developer exchange, and platform sustainability.
What you'll do
- Model Robux supply, velocity, inflation, currency pricing, and Developer Exchange policies.
- Run counterfactual simulations to assess monetary policies, marketplace changes, and sink/faucet adjustments.
- Develop economic monitoring systems and communicate policy recommendations to Product and Finance leadership.
What they ask for
- Expertise in quantitative economic modeling, econometrics, forecasting, causal inference, and counterfactual simulation.
- Experience analyzing large-scale transactional or platform data and deriving macroeconomic insights from user behavior.
- Ability to lead ambiguous project areas and communicate complex findings to non-technical stakeholders.
- Advanced degree (MSc or PhD) in a quantitative field.
Pay
$263,670 — $322,820 USD (base salary)
Tools
VAR, state-space models, synthetic control, diff-in-diff, DSGE, agent-based modeling
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