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Distinguished Engineer, Machine Learning - Discovery

San Mateo, CA, United States💼 Full-time💰 $419,390–$419,390🗓 2026-09-25 → 2026-10-02

Core

Own technical vision and execution for machine learning initiatives powering search and recommendation systems to connect users with content at scale.

Role type

Distinguished Engineer / Technical Director (Machine Learning)

Builds

Large-scale search and recommendation systems, embedding-based retrieval, transformers, and LLM-based workflows for Roblox.

Domain

Internet / Recommendation Systems / Generative AI

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Large-scale search and recommendation systems, large-scale ML models (billions of parameters), model architecture design, infrastructure for training and serving, iterative product delivery, cross-team technical leadership, generalist technical expertise.

Preferred skills

MS/PhD in Computer Science or related discipline.

Technologies

Transformers, LLMs, embedding-based retrieval.

Responsibilities

Set AI strategy and author specs for new features, build and evolve infrastructure for training and serving, co-design models and systems, lead engineers through technical direction, balance research with practical product realization.

Seniority

Distinguished Engineer / Technical Director, hands-on IC with strategic leadership.

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