About the job
Every day, millions of individuals engage with Roblox to explore, create, play, learn, and connect with friends through immersive 3D digital experiences, all crafted by our vibrant global community of developers and creators.
At Roblox, we are dedicated to creating the tools and platform that empower our community to bring any experience they can envision to life. Our mission is to transform how people connect from anywhere in the world, across any device. We aim to unite a billion individuals with optimism and civility, and we are looking for extraordinary talent to help us achieve this vision.
Joining Roblox means you will play a key role in shaping the future of human interaction, tackling unique technical challenges at scale, and contributing to the creation of safer, more respectful shared experiences for all.
Why Choose Content Safety?
As the Lead Principal Machine Learning Engineer for Content Safety, you will define the future of proactive moderation, driving significant social impact through innovative machine learning solutions that address critical and complex safety challenges.
You will develop the 3-5 year technical strategy and architectural framework for how Roblox implements machine learning for content moderation. You will be responsible for the architectural and execution roadmap of large-scale ML systems that prevent harmful user-generated content from affecting our community.
Your work will involve a profound sense of responsibility as you proactively safeguard our community in a thoughtful and fair manner, balancing user freedom with platform civility. Your contributions will ensure Roblox remains one of the safest environments on the internet for our expansive community of over 100 million daily active users.
Your Responsibilities:
- Establish and Drive the Technical Vision: Lead the development of the multi-year technical vision, architectural strategy, and implementation for machine learning solutions in Content Safety, ensuring these systems detect and mitigate harmful content at scale effectively.
- Strategic Collaboration: Partner with executive-level leaders in Product, Data Science, Policy, and Operations to outline and prioritize the strategic machine learning roadmap, influencing product strategy and demonstrating the impact of ML on user trust and safety.

