User Researcher
Roblox
$171,980 - $204,840 / year
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Description
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.
As a User Researcher on the Platform & Foundation Design team, reporting directly to the Director of Design Strategy & Operations, you will generate actionable qualitative and quantitative insights that shape the platform and tools that empower our players, creators, and builders to bring their craft and vision to life. Embedded directly on product teams, you will conduct generative and evaluative research centered on how players engage, how creators build and grow, and how builders bring their ideas to life across the platform. You will tackle high-priority features, solve complex problems, and help translate foundational platform systems into intuitive, trustworthy, and scalable experiences. Partnering closely with Product, Product Design, Engineering, and Data Science, you will ensure user needs directly inform platform decisions while driving mutual value across players, creators, and builders.
You will:
- Execute end-to-end mixed-methods research projects to understand how players, creators, and builders use Foundation UI and tools, translating abstract user behaviors into clear product feature recommendations.
- Conduct foundational research to uncover key user pain points, mental models, and behaviors across creators, players, and builders to guide long-term UX strategy.
- Work with cross-functional stakeholders in Design, Product, Policy, Legal, Engineering, and Data Science to facilitate research discussions and give concise feedback to inform feature roadmaps and product vision.
- Partner with Analytics and Data Science to combine qualitative insights with behavioral platform data, building a holistic view of user engagement across the platform.
- Work in close collaboration with cross-functional teams to evolve research processes and foster a culture of inclusion, collaboration, and innovation.
- Have opportunities to present your research findings and strategic implications clearly to Product Group leadership.
You have:
- 5+ years of professional career experience as a UX or product researcher.
- A Bachelor's, Master's or PhD in HCI, psychology, marketing research, sociology, anthropology, or other social science field with an emphasis on research, or equivalent work experience.
- Knowledge about a variety of research methods. Is comfortable with both qualitative and quantitative methodology and can identify the correct methodology for the question at hand. Preferably has experience using software vendors like Qualtrics, database analysis with SQL and can conduct statistical analyses in SPSS, R or Python.
- Engaged in collaboration and sharing work frequently, inviting feedback from peers and manager or supervisor
- Solutions and a tuned thought process that ensure research will adequately answer questions and even challenge if the questions being asked are the right ones.
- The ability to articulate and research findings clearly through verbal, written, and visual communication.
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.
Roles that are based in an office are onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional presence on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted).
Roblox provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Roblox also provides reasonable accommodations to candidates with qualifying disabilities or religious beliefs during the recruiting process.
For US based roles only, please note the Company may not be able to employ candidates for this role who have United States work authorization related to certain U.S. visa categories, or support future H-1B sponsorship at this time.
Benefits
- stock options
About this role
Roblox is seeking a User Researcher to join the Platform & Foundation Design team and help shape how tens of millions of daily users—players, creators, and builders—interact with the platform's core tools and systems. In this role, you'll conduct mixed-methods research projects that translate user behaviors into concrete product recommendations, working embedded within product teams to ensure user needs directly inform platform decisions. You'll balance generative research that uncovers pain points and mental models with evaluative work that tests solutions, while partnering closely with Product, Design, Engineering, Data Science, and Policy teams to move research insights into action.
The position requires at least five years of professional UX or product research experience and a background in a social science discipline—HCI, psychology, marketing research, sociology, anthropology, or equivalent demonstrated expertise. You should be comfortable designing and executing both qualitative and quantitative studies, ideally with hands-on experience in tools like Qualtrics, SQL, and statistical analysis software. Beyond methodology, the role values researchers who think critically about whether the right questions are being asked, communicate findings clearly across audiences, and actively seek feedback in a collaborative environment.
This is a full-time, in-office role based in San Mateo, California, with an expected base salary of $171,980 to $204,840 plus equity and benefits. You'll be on-site Tuesday through Thursday, with Monday and Friday optional.
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