Director of Engineering, Economy ML
Core
Lead and scale the Economy ML organization to build AI systems powering personalization, search, pricing, recommendations, and virtual item intelligence across Roblox's 3D immersive platform.
Role type
Director of Engineering, Economy ML
Builds
ML and AI systems for personalization, search, pricing, recommendations, and virtual item intelligence across Roblox Economy surfaces.
Domain
Gaming / Virtual Economy / Machine Learning
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
ML systems architecture, recommendation systems, marketplace/e-commerce ML, Generative AI, LLMs, multi-modal models, distributed training, high-throughput inference, cross-functional leadership, technical strategy, hiring and team building
Preferred skills
Foundation model architectures, semantic retrieval, transformers, multi-task learning, retrieval systems
Technologies
Transformers, LLMs, multi-modal models, foundation models, retrieval systems
Responsibilities
Define long-term strategy for Economy ML across modeling, recommendations, search, pricing, and content intelligence; Build and scale a high-performing ML engineering organization; Partner across teams to advance shared AI technologies and infrastructure; Lead investments in next-generation ML systems including large-scale recommendation models and GenAI workflows; Establish scalable ML development practices; Mentor engineering leaders and cultivate technical culture; Balance innovation and execution for product impact and platform investments.
Seniority
Director, hands-on IC with significant leadership experience
