ROBLOX Corporation

Principal Model Optimization Engineer

ROBLOX Corporation$295K — $345K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 6+ years of professional experience in system design for performant systems
  • Significant experience debugging GPUs including reading GPU profiles and Xid errors
  • Proficient in advanced tools like CUDA, Triton, TensorRT for model execution
  • Experience with model optimization techniques for large language models (LLMs)
  • Strong passion for performance optimization and innovation in model efficiency
  • Advocate for generalization and consistent delivery of model performance improvements
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Data Science, or related field

Responsibilities

  • Optimize machine learning models for GPU performance in training and inference
  • Conduct performance profiling analysis to identify pipeline bottlenecks and propose improvements
  • Develop best practices and tools for model optimization and deployment
  • Collaborate with data scientists and software engineers for optimized model integration
  • Partner across organizations to build user-friendly tooling and visualizations for ML

Benefits

  • Eligible for equity compensation
  • Flexible in-office work schedule (onsite Tuesday through Thursday)
  • Comprehensive employee benefits package
Full Job Description
ML Platform @ Roblox today supports hundreds of ML use cases and billions of inferences per day across Discovery, Safety, Engine, and much more. As a Model Optimization engineer on ML Platform, you will be responsible for digging deep into model internals to optimize performance, for both training and inference. We are looking for accomplished engineers to help us maximize performance of our platform.

You Will:
  • Optimize machine learning models for performance on GPU architectures, focusing on both training and inference workflows.
  • Conduct low-level performance profiling analysis to identify bottlenecks in existing machine learning pipelines and propose actionable improvements.
  • Contribute to the development of best practices and tooling for model optimization and deployment.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including data scientists and software engineers, to integrate and deploy optimized models into production environments.
  • Partner across organizations to build tooling, interfaces, and visualizations that make the ML[redacted] a delight to use.

You Have:
  • 6+ years of professional experience and a tool chest of system design experience upon which to draw to build performant systems for all of Roblox.
  • Have significant experience debugging GPUs - reading GPU profiles, debugging Xid errors, etc.
  • Proficient in advanced tools and frameworks (e.g., CUDA, Triton, TensorRT) to enhance model execution speed and reduce latency.
  • Experience with model optimization techniques for LLMs, such as speculative decoding, continuous batching, quantization, etc.
  • A performance nut; you love pushing the limits of what's possible, whether it's squeezing every last ounce of efficiency from a GPU, fine-tuning algorithms for peak speed, or innovating new techniques to enhance model performance
  • A generalization advocate: you're passionate about building tools and frameworks that consistently deliver improvements in model performance.
  • Passionate about supporting internal partners (data scientists and ML Engineers) to meet and understand their needs.
  • A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Data Science, or a similar technical field.


For roles that are based at our headquarters in San Mateo, CA: The starting base pay for this position is as shown below. The actual base pay is dependent upon a variety of job-related factors such as professional background, training, work experience, location, business needs and market demand. Therefore, in some circumstances, the actual salary could fall outside of this expected range. This pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. All full-time employees are also eligible for equity compensation and for benefits as described on this page.

Annual Salary Range

$295,250-$345,040 USD

Roles that are based in an office are onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional presence on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted).

About ROBLOX Corporation

Roblox Corporation is a video game company that operates a massively multiplayer online game platform. The platform allows users to create and play games in a virtual world, with a focus on user-generated content. Roblox was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in San Mateo, California. The company has grown rapidly in recent years, and now has over 100 million monthly active users. In 2021, Roblox went public through a direct listing on the New York Stock Exchange.
Learn more about ROBLOX Corporation
Size
960 employees
Market Cap
$15.6 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$242.8 million
Founded
2004
Revenue
$727 million
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