Senior Data Scientist - User Growth at Roblox

San Mateo, California, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

13 Jan, 26

Salary

316480.0

Posted On

15 Oct, 25

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Data Science, Statistics, Causal Inference, Experimental Design, SQL, R, Python, Data Visualization, Time-Series Forecasting, Gaming Industry, Multi-Sided Marketplaces, Communication, Analytical Roadmap, User Engagement, Product Analytics, Statistical Modeling

Industry

Software Development

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. 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 USER GROWTH? As a Senior Data Scientist in our User Growth group, you will be at the forefront of driving our understanding of user engagement across markets. By leveraging your expertise in data science, statistics, and causal inference, you will play a crucial role in enhancing user growth strategies with deep market . You will collaborate cross-functionally to drive actionability and develop analytics frameworks and tooling solutions to inform our business outlook. You Will: Lead central user engagement strategy, drive the analytical roadmap to expand engagement breadth and depth across international markets Develop and refine user metrics to increase engagement and inform product-led growth strategies in strategic countries Own the analytical roadmap for evaluating regional growth outreach initiatives and product strategies Enhance and standardize data tooling and frameworks, particularly around business foresight building at regional level to enable reliable and actionable insights Work closely with leadership to deliver clear, data-driven insights on company metrics movements and their key drivers to inform decision-making You Have: An advanced degree in a quantitative field such as Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, or a related discipline. Minimum of 5 years of experience in a data science role, with a focus on marketing science and campaign evaluation. Strong knowledge and practical application of statistical methods, causal inference techniques, and experimental design. Experience working with large datasets and proficiency in SQL, R/Python, and data visualization tools. Experience developing time-series forecasts, leveraging models such as Prophet. Experience in the gaming industry and/or multi-sided marketplaces. Familiarity with key insights and communicating succinctly to Director+ leadership. 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 $258,500—$316,480 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.

Responsibilities

As a Senior Data Scientist in the User Growth group, you will lead the user engagement strategy and drive the analytical roadmap to enhance user growth strategies. You will collaborate cross-functionally to develop analytics frameworks and tooling solutions to inform business decisions.