Data Science and Security Expert

7 days ago


San Mateo, California, United States Roblox Full time

About Roblox

Every day, tens of millions of people come to explore, create, play, learn, and connect with friends in 3D immersive digital experiences– all created by our global community of developers and creators. Our mission is to connect a billion people with optimism and civility.

Data Science and Analytics Mission

We increase our speed, frequency, and acumen of making decisions at scale by instilling a data-influenced approach to building products. Our team covers a wide area of the data spectrum including analytical data engineering, product analytics, experimentation, causal inference, statistical modeling, and machine learning. We partner with product verticals 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 this Role?

This Senior Data Scientist role will work closely with engineers, data engineers, technical program managers, and leaders across the company in our efforts to continually improve the quality and performance of Engine Security 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.

Your Responsibilities

  • Understand and build data insights about exploiters, security vulnerabilities, and the broader malicious-actor community.
  • Create and assess methodologies for evaluating regrettable versus non-regrettable player loss.
  • Measure and assess the 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.

Requirements

  • 4+ years of industry or relevant experience preferably with background in game engine, security, anti-cheat, infra, system performance, engineering, or systems engineering.
  • 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 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.
  • Passion to communicate analytics results and data storytelling to influence engineering teams and leaders.

Benefits

  • Annual Salary: $239,080 - $310,270 USD
  • Industry-leading compensation package
  • Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Rewarding 401k program
  • Flexible vacation policy (varies by exemption status)
  • Roflex - Flexible and supportive work policy
  • Roblox Admin badge for your avatar
  • Free catered lunches five times a week
  • Several fully stocked kitchens with unlimited snacks
  • Onsite fitness center and fitness program credit
  • Annual CalTrain Go Pass

Equal Employment Opportunity

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.



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