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Data Scientist - PhD Intern
San Mateo, CA, United States
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USD 66/hour — pay source
Hourly Pay Range $66—$66 USD Roles that are based in an office are onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional presence on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted).
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Before you apply
- New graduates
- For current students
Job title: [2027] Data Scientist - PhD Intern
- Work authorization
- No visa sponsorship
What you’ll work on
Full postingResearch and develop causal inference, experiment design and ML solutions
Conduct in-depth research on complex data challenges
Apply analysis to in-experience experiments, friend recommendations and server allocation
Present findings and recommendations to technical and non-technical stakeholders
From the employer’s posting
Collaborate with data scientists and engineers to research and develop advanced data analytics, causal inference, experiment design and machine learning solutions
Conduct in-depth research to address complex data-related challenges.
Apply your work to expedite product innovations, including in-experience experiments, friend recommendations, and dynamic resource allocation for experience servers
Present your findings and recommendations to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Education & alternatives
You Have: - Possessing or pursuing a PhD degree in a quantitative field such as Statistics, Applied Math, Computer Science, Economics, or Computational Social Science. - At least 1 year of experience doing causal inference or machine learning or experiment design via research or prior internship.
Posting record
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- First seen by us
- Oct 13, 202622 days ago
- Recorded sightings
- 49
- Last seen by us
- Nov 4, 2026
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How this job compares
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Day 22
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Roblox is hiring
26 open jobs
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- Python
- R
- SQL
- Hive
- Spark
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Where the posting names them
- At least 1 year of experience doing causal inference or machine learning or experiment design via research or prior internship. - Proficiency in one or more programming languages (e.g.,SQL,Python or R) - Proficiency in big data query/processing languages and tools such as SQL, Hive, Spark, or Airflow.
- Proficiency in one or more programming languages (e.g.,SQL,Python or R) - Proficiency in big data query/processing languages and tools such as SQL, Hive, Spark, or Airflow. - Passion for applying scientific rigor to advance dynamic consumer products.
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About the role
We file this job under Data Scientist, by the work the posting describes.
Data scientists use statistics and models to answer harder questions, such as whether a change worked, what demand will look like next quarter, or which customers are likely to leave.
Postings usually ask for Python or R, SQL, statistics, experiment design and common machine learning methods.
Unlike an ML engineer, a data scientist's main output is often an analysis or a first model, not software running inside a product.
US government figures for data scientists
- Median yearly pay, May 2025
- $120,230
- Expected change, 2025 to 2035
- 34.6% more jobsagainst 3.5% for all jobs
Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025) and Employment Projections (2025 to 2035). Occupation code 15-2051.
Job description
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.
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.
Teams Hiring for this role:
- Foundation AI: Our AI evaluation team focuses on generating high-quality models and consistently improving our evaluation models.
- Economy: Drive creator success and growth by exploring marketplace structure and pricing.
- Growth: Optimize our user’s experience and provide them with UX and content to maximize intention and engagement on the platform.
- Ads and Brands: Understand the long term value and contribution Creators have to the health of Roblox’s ecosystem
You Will:
- Collaborate with data scientists and engineers to research and develop advanced data analytics, causal inference, experiment design and machine learning solutions to power the business and product innovations.
- Conduct in-depth research to address complex data-related challenges.
- Work on projects that have a real impact on our products, services, and business strategy.
- Apply your work to expedite product innovations, including in-experience experiments, friend recommendations, and dynamic resource allocation for experience servers
- Present your findings and recommendations to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
You Have:
- Possessing or pursuing a PhD degree in a quantitative field such as Statistics, Applied Math, Computer Science, Economics, or Computational Social Science.
- At least 1 year of experience doing causal inference or machine learning or experiment design via research or prior internship.
- Proficiency in one or more programming languages (e.g.,SQL,Python or R)
- Proficiency in big data query/processing languages and tools such as SQL, Hive, Spark, or Airflow.
- Passion for applying scientific rigor to advance dynamic consumer products.
- Experience in developing production solutions is a plus.
- Experience with ML modeling
You may redact age, date of birth, and dates of attendance/graduation from your resume if you prefer.
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 hourly rate could fall outside of this expected range. This pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. Please note that not all benefits shown on this page are applicable to internship opportunities.
Hourly Pay Range
$66—$66 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 to candidates with qualifying disabilities or religious beliefs during the recruiting process.
For US based roles only, please note the Company may not be able to employ candidates for this role who have United States work authorization related to certain U.S. visa categories, or support future H-1B sponsorship at this time.
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- Pay
Hourly Pay Range $66—$66 USD Roles that are based in an office are onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional presence on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted).
- Location & working pattern
San Mateo, CA, United States
Working pattern and location restrictions need checking in the full posting.
- Work authorization
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. For US based roles only, please note the Company may not be able to employ candidates for this role who have United States work authorization related to certain U.S. visa categories, or support future H-1B sponsorship at this time.