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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. \nA 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.\nAs a Senior Software Engineer within the Creator Organization, you will develop innovative full-stack solutions that define the future of Roblox’s Content Understanding Platform. This platform processes billions of pieces of content-spanning 3D models, audio files, text, video, and entire experiences-extracting structured information about their meaning, context, and relationships. The Content Understanding Team uses cutting-edge ML/AI models and highly scalable backend platforms to generate meta-data that in turn supports power search, discovery, and moderation across Roblox. Your contributions will enable seamless asset discovery, automate moderation at scale, and drive transformative generative AI tools that reshape how millions of creators and users engage with Roblox.\nYou Will:\nSolve full-stack challenges to improve how AI, creators, and users describe and get along with content, including images, 3D models, audio, text, and video.\nCraft and build scalable pipelines for evaluating, and deploying machine learning models to support content annotation and discovery.\nDevelop robust backend systems to power real-time search, discovery, and powerful generative AI features.\nBlend innovation with practicality, applying the latest AI research to build impactful, production-ready solutions.\nCollaborate with engineers, product managers, and multi-functional teams to deliver bold technical projects.\nYou Have:\n6+ years of strong programming skills in at least two languages (Python, C#, C++, Java) and a willingness to learn others as needed.\nExposure to front end technologies and frameworks such as React or Angular.\nPractical experience crafting and scaling backend systems in cloud environments.\nConfirmed expertise across the stack, including backend development to deploying ML models in production environments.\nFamiliarity with image or 3D object understanding, ideally within gaming or content creation industries.\nA “get stuff done” mentality with a readiness to solve challenges and take on tasks beyond your comfort zone to get results.\nA great foundation in computer vision, AI, or related fields.\nYou Are\nExperience with large-scale search systems, generative AI, or semantic content understanding.\nExperience with modern deep learning frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow) and end-to-end ML workflows.\nKnowledge of 3D geometry or asset workflows.\nFor roles that are based at our headquarters in San Mateo, CA: The starting base pay for this position is as shown below. 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