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# Data Scientist, Marketplace Economics

- **Company:** Roblox
- **Location:** San Mateo, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $263,670 - $322,820
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** R (Programming Language), Python (Programming Language), SQL Databases, Information Technology, User Generated Content, Roblox, Marketplace
- **Published:** November 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://careers.roblox.com/jobs/8303926?gh_jid=8303926

## About the Role

* 6+ years of industry or research experience in Data Science or Economics, specifically within large-scale UGC content platforms, pricing, marketplace mechanism design, or creator economies.
 * Deep Methodological Expertise in quantitative methodologies, causal inference (observational and experimental), and modern data stack tools (Python, R, SQL), alongside a deep theoretical understanding of econometrics and mechanism design.
 * Marketplace Intuition with a proven track record of working with large-scale transactional or platform data to analyze micro-level user behavior and isolate its impact on long-term outcomes and platform health.
 * Executive Communication & Leadership skills to distill high-dimensional economic problems into succinct, actionable narratives for non-technical executive audiences.
 * An Advanced Degree (Master's or PhD) in Economics, Econometrics, Quantitative Finance, Statistics, Operations Research, Physics, Computer Science, or a related quantitative field.

## Description

We are looking for a Senior Data Scientist to lead the methodological and strategic foundations for our Creator Economics systems. Roblox operates multiple two-sided marketplaces, from the Avatar Marketplace to in-experience economies. You will build the economic systems and measurement frameworks that inform how value flows through the platform, such as building price optimization systems, designing new rev-share models, and establishing the economics for new UGC category launches. You will serve as a technical leader driving the roadmap for our most critical developer and creator touchpoints.

Why Marketplace Economics?

 * Real-world scale: Power millions of daily economic interactions across a complex, two-sided marketplace where millions of creators meet over 100 million daily active users.
 * Complex markets, rich signals: Design economic systems and measurement frameworks that account for the nuances of a two-sided marketplace, social network effects, long-term user attachment, and supply response.
 * Strategic ownership: Lead projects from scratch, translating ambiguous business and policy questions into rigorous quantitative frameworks that directly influence high-stakes company decisions on the economics of our Marketplace.
 * Impact meets innovation: Partner with Product and Engineering to shape the future of the Roblox economy, building measurement solutions that optimize for long-term ecosystem health and growth.

You will:

 * Design Economic Systems: Drive the structural design of creator and curator incentives, including formulating revenue-share models that foster a thriving, balanced ecosystem.
 * Master Pricing & Supply Response: Architect models that evaluate price elasticity, marketplace clearing rates, and predict how creators (supply) respond to pricing shifts and new economic policies.
 * Spearhead UGC Category Launches: Lead the quantitative strategy for introducing new User-Generated Content (UGC) categories, establishing the foundational economics and incentive structures needed to spark market liquidity.
 * Apply Deep Causal Inference: Build rigorous observational and experimental causal inference solutions to isolate the true impact of market interventions on creator success and platform economics.
 * Drive Strategy: Partner with product and engineering leaders as a primary scientific advocate, providing unbiased measurement and insights to accelerate innovation and strategic prioritization.