[2026] Applied Scientist - PhD Intern

Roblox is hiring an Applied Scientist - PhD Intern for 2026. Join the Applied Science team working on machine learning problems at the center of Roblox's platform - recommendations, search, safety and moderation, computer vision for UGC avatars, and generative AI for creators. As a PhD intern you will design and run experiments, develop new ML models and algorithms, and publish or ship your work to production. Requirements: currently pursuing a PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Statistics, or a closely related quantitative field; strong background in deep learning, NLP, computer vision, or recommender systems; publications in top ML venues (NeurIPS, ICML, CVPR, ACL, KDD, etc.) a plus; strong Python and PyTorch or TensorFlow skills. Paid 12-week internship at the San Mateo headquarters.