Data Scientist Intern - Economics (Summer 2023)

San Mateo, CA, United States

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Roblox

Roblox is the ultimate virtual universe that lets you create, share experiences with friends, and be anything you can imagine. Join millions of people and discover an infinite variety of immersive experiences created by a global community!

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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.

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.

Our vision at Roblox 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. We build the tools and platform that empower our community to bring any experience that they can imagine to life, running the marketplace that enables these developers and creators to turn their creativity and invention into healthy businesses.

A career at Roblox means you'll be working to shape the future of human interaction, to expand a compelling virtual marketplace, to solve unique technical challenges at scale, and to help create safer, more civil shared experiences for everyone.

Why a Data Science Internship at Roblox?

In 2021 & 2020 we were honored to be one of the Top 100 Internship Programs in the US. In 2019, we were honored to be recognized as a Certified Great Place to Work®. We've fostered a company culture that empowers people to do the most defining work of their career in an environment that's made up of the most passionate, and team-oriented people you'll ever meet.

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, causal inference, economics, statistical modeling and machine learning. Aligned and partnering with product verticals, we use this extensive toolbelt 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.

You Will:

  • Help understand customer demand through development and estimation of demand models
  • Contribute to development of rigorous frameworks to measure marketplace health
  • Understand community incentives and recommend new mechanisms to advance marketplace health
  • Help understand monetary dynamics and incentives on Roblox
  • Accelerate product development through your understanding of the underlying data and your ability to partner with product and technical leaders to provide insights that enhance growth
  • Access raw data, and then transform it, analyze it, and render it in a compelling way--all using a custom analytics tool kit built from state-of-the-art open-source libraries

You Are:

  • A PhD candidate (completing at least third year) in Economics, Statistics, Applied Math, Physics, or other technical field
  • A specialist in an applied technical field relevant to marketplace design and optimization (e.g., empirical industrial organization, multi-sided platform economics, mechanism design, applied microeconomics, or causal machine learning) or policy evaluation (e.g., macroeconomics, monetary policy)
  • Highly proficient in a scripting language (Python, R)
  • Proficient in big data query / processing languages and tools such as SQL, Hive, Spark or Airflow
  • Passionate about applying scientific rigor to advance a dynamic consumer product
  • Willing to work full-time and onsite

Location: San Mateo, CA

Duration: 12 Weeks (May or June start)

Please note for Intern opportunities the Salary range listed below is hourly.

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

$60—$64 USD

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$60—$64 USD

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. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Tags: Airflow Big Data Causal inference Economics Engineering Industrial Machine Learning Mathematics Open Source PhD Physics Python R Spark SQL Statistical modeling Statistics

Perks/benefits: Career development Equity Flex hours Flex vacation Health care Startup environment Unlimited paid time off

Region: North America
Country: United States
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Category: Data Science Jobs

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