[2026] Senior Machine Learning Engineer (Systems), Embodied AI/NPCs, ML Platform - PhD Early Career

What this role involves

Roblox is hiring a Senior Machine Learning Engineer (PhD Early Career) to join either the Creator Services Machine Intelligence Team or the ML Platform Team. The role involves building data pipelines, training novel architectures, optimizing real-time inference, and developing AI platform components or distributed inference systems. Candidates must have or be pursuing a Ph.D. in Computer Science.

Skills this posting asks for

• machine learning
• deep learning
• data pipelines
• model training
• inference optimization
• distributed systems
• gpu architectures
• ai platform
• model registry
• pipeline orchestration
• llm serving
• recommender systems
• performance optimization
• continuous batching
• speculative decoding
• quantization

Requirements

• Level: senior

From the employer’s posting

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.&nbsp; <span…