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[2027] Data Scientist - PhD Intern
Roblox Corporation · 🇺🇸 San Mateo, CA, United States
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 197 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 48 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Roblox Corporation paid sponsored hires in similar roles25 certified filings for “Senior Data Scientist” (Data Scientists) in CA: $209k–$301k, median $249k. Most were filed at wage level IV (44%) — 4 lottery entries, ≈61% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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The US Department of Labor certified 197 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 48 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
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. At Roblox, we’re building the tools and platform that empower our community to bring any experience that they can imagine to life. Our vision is to reimagine the way people come together, from anywhere in the world, and on any device. We’re on a mission to connect a billion people with optimism and civility, and looking for amazing talent to help us get there. A career at Roblox means you’ll be working to shape the future of human interaction, solving unique technical challenges at scale, and helping to create safer, more civil shared experiences for everyone. The Data Science & Analytics organization's mission is to increase our speed, frequency and acumen of making decisions at scale by instilling a data-influenced approach to building products. We cover a wide area of the data spectrum including analytical data engineering, product analytics, causal inference, economics, statistical modeling and machine learning. Aligned and partnering with product verticals, we use this extensive toolbelt to discover new opportunities and unmet use cases, influence and shape the product roadmap and prioritization, build data products and measure impact on our community of players and developers. Teams Hiring for this role: • Foundation AI: Our AI evaluation team focuses on generating high-quality models and consistently improving our evaluation models. • Safety: Managing account relationships and the real-time morphing of linguistic mapping. • Economy: Drive creator success and growth by exploring marketplace structure and pricing. • Engine: This team is dedicated to enhancing Roblox's overall stability and performance, enabling all its functionalities. • Social: Analyze user engagement to identify areas for enhancing the user experience and delivering greater value. • Consumer/Growth: Optimize our user’s experience and provide them with UX and content to maximize intention and engagement on the platform. • Creator/Ads and Brands: Understand the long term value and contribution Creators have to the health of Roblox’s ecosystem You Will: • Collaborate with data scientists and engineers to research and develop advanced data analytics, causal inference, experiment design and machine learning solutions to power the business and product innovations. • Conduct in-depth research to address complex data-related challenges. • Work on projects that have a real impact on our products, services, and business strategy. • Apply your work to expedite product innovations, including in-experience experiments, friend recommendations, and dynamic resource allocation for experience servers • Present your findings and recommendations to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. You Have: • Possessing or pursuing a PhD degree in a quantitative field such as Statistics, Applied Math, Computer Science, Economics, or Computational Social Science. • At least 1 year of experience doing causal inference or machine learning or experiment design via research or prior internship. • Proficiency in one or more programming languages (e.g.,SQL,Python or R) • Proficiency in big data query/processing languages and tools such as SQL, Hive, Spark, or Airflow. • Passion for applying scientific rigor to advance dynamic consumer products. • Experience in developing production solutions is a plus. • Experience with ML modeling You may redact age, date of birth, and dates of attendance/graduation from your resume if you prefer. For roles that are based at our headquarters in San Mateo, CA: The starting base pay for this position is as shown below.