Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Safety - PhD

  • San Mateo, CA
  • Posted 1 day ago | Updated 1 hour ago

Overview

On Site
USD 208,320.00 - 238,520.00 per year
Full Time

Skills

Positive Attitude
Spectrum
3D Computer Graphics
Workflow
Artificial Intelligence
Roadmaps
SAFE
Reporting
Servers
Prototyping
Research
Computer Science
Computer Engineering
Mathematics
Computer Vision
Machine Learning (ML)
Estimating
Media
Fraud
Programming Languages
Training
Genetics

Job Details

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 SAFETY?

At Roblox, we strive to connect a billion people with optimism and civility, and the Safety organization's mission is to become the leader in civil immersive online communities. We systematically detect, remove, and prevent problematic accounts, content and behavior, and we make Roblox accounts secure and free from compromise. We cover a broad area of the tech spectrum, including machine learning, classifiers for 3D models, experimentation, automation, detection workflows, and AI-powered text filters. Aligned and partnering with product teams, we use this toolbelt to discover new opportunities, influence and shape the product roadmap and prioritization, build safety products, and measure the impact on our community of users and developers. In doing so, we keep Roblox safe, civil, and inclusive, and we foster positive relationships between people around the world.

WHY ACCOUNT IDENTITY?

Safety and Civility is Roblox's #1 priority and our mission is to keep Roblox secure from sophisticated bot attacks while also building in-depth understanding of our users. As an ML engineer on the Account Identity team, you will be working on multi-modal age estimation and alternate account detection. This area is both adversarial and complex due to Roblox's varied demographics. You'll be focused on building scalable and secure detection to ensure platform safety. You will report to the Senior Engineering Manager of the Account Identity Team.

Roblox presents a tremendous international laboratory for experiments at scale with users, data, client devices, and servers.

You Will:
  • Work closely with engineers to research and develop improvements to push our technology forward
  • Establish collaborations and perform research with leading faculty around the world
  • Perform hands-on research, including programming for experiments and prototypes
  • Publish and present research findings in top-tier peer-reviewed venues
  • Transfer technology into the product by shepherding it through engineering

You Have:
  • Possess or pursuing a PhD or equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics or a related field
  • 1-3 years of experience designing and building scalable Computer Vision machine learning solutions in an industry setting
  • Experience with facial recognition and/or deepfake detection is a plus. This includes work on liveness detection, age estimation, anti-spoofing, and synthetic media analysis for identity verification and fraud prevention
  • Experience in anti-abuse / integrity/security domain is a plus
  • Strong coding skills with proficiency in one or more programming languages and experience with building large-scale systems

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

$208,320-$238,520 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 for all candidates during the interview process.
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