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.
Roblox is seeking a highly skilled Ads Engineering Manager to lead the Ads Modeling Team, driving innovation in ad technologies and advancing the capabilities of our advertising platform. In this role, you'll oversee a team of talented engineers responsible for developing cutting-edge models and systems that optimize ad performance, relevancy, and engagement. This includes innovation in large models, user sequence modeling, representation learning, new ads engagement objective modeling, and many more advancements to the ML models that power ads ranking.
As an engineering leader, you will collaborate with product managers, data scientists, and stakeholders to deliver scalable, efficient solutions that enhance both advertiser ROI and user experience while maintaining Roblox's commitment to safety and ethical practices.
Roblox Ads is one of the company’s newest and fastest-growing teams, dedicated to revolutionizing advertising in the immersive metaverse. We strive to establish Roblox as the leading platform for immersive advertising, delivering transformative experiences that benefit advertisers, creators, and users alike.
You Will:
- Manage and grow the ML engineering team, providing technical vision and long-term roadmap.
- Design features and build large-scale machine learning models to improve ads prediction and ranking models
- Evaluate the technical tradeoffs of key decisions and technical roadmap
- Mentor and grow ML engineers to allow them to become experts in ads modeling and prediction.
You Have:
- M.S or PhD degree in Computer Science, Statistics or related field
- Strong understanding of ML approaches and algorithms, and their applications to advertising or recommendation
- Experience working with ML frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch or related frameworks
- 7+ years of machine learning experience in industry.
- 1-3 years of experience managing engineering teams focusing on advertising applications as TLM or EM or leading key projects as TL.
- Cross-functional collaborator and strong communicator
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
$338,270—$391,590 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 (varies by exemption status)
- 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.
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Roblox is an immersive gaming and creation platform that offers people millions of ways to be together, inviting its community to explore, create and share endless unique experiences. Our vision is to reimagine the way people come together — in a world that's safe, civil, and optimistic. To achieve this vision, we are building an innovative company that, together with the Roblox community, has the ability to strengthen our social fabric and support economic growth for people around the world.
Why Work With Us
Every day, Roblox employees tackle complex questions and drive incredible innovation. Join us in building the future of human connection and communication.
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We are requiring employees to be in the office three days a week – with core days being Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. On Mondays and Fridays, employees may choose to work remotely, although the office will still be open.
