Machine Learning Engineering Manager

About the company

• Roblox is building tools and a platform that empower a global community of developers and creators to bring immersive 3D experiences to life.

Responsibilities

• Own the vision, technical direction, and execution of machine learning solutions for the Multimodal Safety AI system.
• Lead and grow a high-performing team of ML engineers, mentoring and developing talent.
• Break down ambitious long-term goals into an actionable, iterative roadmap.
• Architect and guide the development of large-scale machine learning models.
• Drive alignment on complex technical decisions across multiple teams.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Data Science, Policy, Design, and Operations partners.
• Stay ahead of emerging trends in AI/ML and content moderation techniques.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience building large-scale machine learning systems in production environments.
• Proven track record of designing, developing, and launching ML models from scratch into production.
• 2+ years of hands-on experience with vision language models or other foundation model technologies.
• Expertise in solving complex ML modeling, data, and infrastructure challenges.
• Experience with modern microservice architectures and distributed systems programming paradigms.
• Strong product sense and ability to establish success metrics and strategic roadmaps.
• High emotional intelligence and mentoring skills.
• Hands-on ability to dive into code/architecture when needed.

Conditions

• Based in San Mateo, CA; onsite Tuesday–Thursday, optional Monday and Friday.
• Full-time employees are eligible for equity compensation and benefits.