Senior Data Scientist - Engine Security

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.

WHY DATA SCIENCE & ANALYTICS?

The Data Science & Analytics organization's mission is to increase our speed, frequency and acumen of making decisions at scale by instilling a data-influenced approach to building products. We cover a wide area of the data spectrum including analytical data engineering, product analytics, experimentation, causal inference, statistical modeling and machine learning. Aligned and partnering with product verticals, we use this extensive tool belt to discover new opportunities and unmet use cases, influence and shape the product roadmap and prioritization, build data products and measure impact on our community of players and developers.

WHY ENGINE SECURITY?

The Engine Security team in the Engine group protects Roblox users and experiences from malicious behavior by safeguarding the engine and detecting exploit use. We build the core technology that ensures and enforces fairness across users. As a Senior Data Scientist, you’ll partner with engineers, data engineers, technical program managers, and leaders across the company in our efforts to continually improve the quality and performance of such efforts. Your work will touch every part of Engine Security, including Anti-cheat efforts from exploit prevention to denial of service attacks. You will define KPI’s and measure the impact of key features and improvements, while discovering areas of opportunity through analysis, experimentation, and causal inference.

You Will:

• Understand and build data insights about exploiters, security vulnerabilities, and the broader malicious-actor community.
• Create and assess methodologies on evaluating regrettable versus non-regrettable player loss.
• Measure and assess impact of individual product launches and broader impact of Engine Security and Anti-cheat efforts across the Roblox ecosystem.
• Elevate data telemetry and experimentation best practices within the Engine Security team.
• Navigate ambiguity and collaborate with partners across various organizations including the rest of Engine, Trust and Safety, and Growth.

You Have:

• 4+ years of industry or relevant experience, preferably with background in game engine, security, anti-cheat, infra, system performance, engineering or systems engineering, etc.
• 2+ years of experience using big data query/processing languages such as SQL, Hive or Spark to transform/manipulate very large datasets
• 2+ years of experience in one or more scripting languages such as Python or R
• Advanced or equivalent degree in Computer Science, Applied Math, Physics, Engineering, Statistics, Security, Operations Research or other technical field
• Strong data engineering background or experience, such as data ETL and telemetry logging
• 2+ years of industry or applicable experience in analytics focused on enhancing engineering platforms or operations
• Passion to communicate analytics results and data storytelling to influence engineering teams and leaders. You enjoy applying first-principles reasoning to solve complex problems

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.

Roles that are based in our San Mateo, CA Headquarters are in-office Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional in-office on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted).

You’ll Love: 

• Industry-leading compensation package
• Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage
• A rewarding 401k program
• Flexible vacation policy (varies by exemption status)
• Roflex - Flexible and supportive work policy 
• Roblox Admin badge for your avatar
• At Roblox HQ: 
• Free catered lunches five times a week and several fully stocked kitchens with unlimited snacks
• Onsite fitness center and fitness program credit
• Annual CalTrain Go Pass

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 for all candidates during the interview process.