Roblox
Senior Engineering Manager, Search and Discovery
$345K–$399K
San Mateo, CA, United States · Manager · Full-time · Posted Mar 30, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years of management experience and 8+ years of experience building machine learning systems.
- Education
- A BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- For US-based roles, the company may be unable to employ candidates whose work authorization relates to certain U.S. visa categories or support future H-1B sponsorship at this time.
About the job
Leads the Search & Discovery ML team in developing and delivering machine learning models that connect Roblox users with relevant games, items, and social experiences.
What you'll do
- Lead, grow, mentor, and coach a team of machine learning engineers.
- Set the long-term strategy for home page ML models and collaborate with platform, data science, and product teams on model delivery.
- Oversee ML development from end to end and manage cross-functional projects, communicating progress and risks to stakeholders.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of management experience and 8+ years building machine learning systems.
- Experience hiring, managing, and mentoring senior machine learning engineers and technical leaders.
- Knowledge of machine learning architecture, algorithms, lifecycle, and data requirements for training, serving, and monitoring models.
- Bachelor’s, master’s, or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
Nice to have
- Experience with SoTA ML models and solutions.
- Experience applying advanced ML solutions to product problems.
Pay
$345,040 — $399,420 USD (base salary)
Tools
machine learning
AI focus
Leads development of search and recommendation ML, with the role describing future work in multimodal, agentic, and generative discovery.
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