Staff Data Scientist - Riot Data Products, Fandom & Experiences

Key Skills

C Programming, C++, Cloud computing, Data science techniques, Java Programming, Machine learning techniques, MATLAB Programming, Python Programming, PyTorch, R Programming, Scala Programming, SQL, TensorFlow

Job Description

As a Staff Data Scientist in this Initiative, you can work on a diverse set of problems. Help build a safe and inclusive gaming experience through Natural Language Processing. Create a recommendation engine that delights eSports fans with their favorite team updates. Or use evolving machine learning techniques to defend the competitive integrity of our games against cheaters. No matter what you choose to focus on, you will work with engineers, scientists, and game designers across the company. You will report to the Senior Data Science manager within the Initiative.

Responsibilities:

• You willuse machine learning to build products or inform decisions that directly improve the player or fan experience.
• By becoming a Subject Matter Expert in your domain, you willhelp establish the strategic product vision
• You willwork with partners across the organization, gathering requirements, designing project plans, determining approaches, and defining success criteria
• You willimprove our data science practice by identifying novel techniques and technical approaches
• You willmentor and advise data scientists in and technical best practices

Required Qualifications:

• Ph.D. in Machine Learning, AI, Statistics, Math, or related Computer Science/Quantitative field, or equivalent experience(i.e., M.Sc. with over three years of relevant experience, or B.Sc. with over six years of relevant experience, etc.)
• Proficiency in Python and SQL.
• Expert using machine learning frameworks such as scikit-learn or Spark MLlib
• Experience developing and deploying machine learning models at scale.
• Effective at storytelling with data to a diverse and non-technical audience.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience with Apache big-data platforms such as Spark and Airflow.
• Familiar with the AWS cloud.
• Experience working in an Agile environment

Our Perks:

We offer medical, dental, and vision plans that cover you, your spouse/domestic partner, and children. Life insurance, parental leave, plus short-term and long-term disability coverage are also available. Riot will support your retirement benefits with a company match, and double down on your donations of time and money to non-profit charitable organizations. Balance between work and personal life is encouraged with open paid time off, and a play fund so you can broaden and deepen your personal relationship with games.