Senior Software Engineer - Core AI

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.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will work on challenging problems leveraging Generative AI for content creation. In addition safety of the content produced via AI techniques and by conventional means extremely important. We are looking for engineers to lead the vision of generative AI at Roblox while ensuring a high level of civility of content and interactions on the platform.

You Will:

• Develop and implement state-of-the-art ML models
• Work cross-functionally with product teams to integrate the ML models into Roblox
• Work with data engineers to collect and preprocess large-scale datasets for model training
• Stay up-to-date with the latest research in ML and related fields, and apply this knowledge to improve the model performance

You Have:

• 3+ years experience in developing machine learning models, preferably in image, video, audio or 3D representations.
• Strong programming skills in Python and experience with deep learning frameworks such as Pytorch or TensorFlow.
• Experience in shipping ML features in production environments, including low powered devices
• Strong understanding of state-of-the-art deep learning network architectures and primitives.
• Excellent cross-functional skills, partnering with organization leaders, driving to a conclusion.
• Technical depth in one or more of the following areas: diffusion models, ML applied to safety, ML applications for game content creation.
• Experience developing ML applications for working with 3D models and familiarity with the techniques in animation, rigging, skinning, caging, etc..

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.Annual Salary Range$218,540—$283,780 USD

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
• 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.