Roblox is looking to solve the problem of empowering its community to bring any experience to life, and to connect a billion people with optimism and civility, by building cutting-edge models to interpret and analyze content and improve core systems such as creation, search, recommendations, and trust & safety initiatives.
Requirements
- Expertise in one or more areas: computer vision, multimodal learning, 3D Graphics, or large-scale representation learning.
- Experience developing and training deep learning models using modern frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX).
- Proficiency in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, C++, Go, Java) and experience building and optimizing large-scale systems.
- A strong research track record, evidenced by multiple publications and presentations in top-tier, peer-reviewed venues.
- Possessing or pursuing a PhD in computer science, engineering, or a related field, with a thesis aligned to Roblox’s research areas.
Responsibilities
- Lead the research and development of deep learning models for visual content understanding and 3D content generation (image/video/3D scenes, avatars, and assets).
- Design and implement foundation models for visual and 3D-based creation, search, and recommendations, ensuring a high level of fidelity, relevance, and ranking.
- Break down complex product requirements into iterative deliverable stages, moving applied research into high-scale production systems.
- Implement innovative visual and multi-modal models that power core Roblox functions (e.g., world creation, avatar systems, search, and recommendations).
- Build high precision facial age estimation across demographics from ground up including various fraud detection techniques for a robust and safe user identity system.
Other
- Possessing or pursuing a PhD in computer science, engineering, or a related field, with a thesis aligned to Roblox’s research areas.
- 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.
- You may redact age, date of birth, and dates of attendance/graduation from your resume if you prefer.
