Data Scientist, Gameplay (R25587)

Key Skills

Apache Airflow, Data science techniques, Data Visualization, Design, Effective communication skills, ETL frameworks, Product Management, PySpark, Scala Programming, SPARK Programming

Job Description

What You'll Do

Epic Games is looking for a Data Scientist to join the Gameplay Analytics team. You’ll apply mixed methods to own the end-to-end life cycle of creating data assets, reports, insights, and predictive models to impact the direction of efforts across Epic’s portfolio of products and ecosystems, with a particular focus on our First Party Games. The successful candidate will have the ability to apply a range of data technologies, statistical, machine learning methods, and visualization methods to influence development and product teams.

In this role, you will

• Partner with design, game development, and product management counterparts to identify opportunities for our First Party Games and the business and use data to develop metrics and insights that shape the execution of the strategy
• Work directly with programming and data platform teams to properly scope and capture the data required to unlock insights and models
• Transform raw data into insights and production metrics, reports, and models
• Continuously evaluate the effectiveness of metrics and to align them with long-term ecosystem growth
• Work with design, product, and analytics teams to quickly and rigorously design, test, and learn from experiments to improve the product

What we're looking for

• At least 3 years of industry or relevant experience, with proven interest in and knowledge of live service video games
• Strong product intuition and demonstrated background in influencing products by applying data and measurement to drive alignment
• Experience with working with development teams to instrument data and ensure continued data quality
• Experience with writing efficient and scalable SQL over billions of rows; it is a plus if you are familiar with distributed computing using Spark (Scala or PySpark)
• Experience in data visualization (Tableau or similar)
• Development experience in Python analytics ecosystem
• Familiarity with supporting operational processes including: Code version control (Github or similar), Orchestration (Airflow)
• Understanding of experimental design and A/B testing techniques
• Advanced statistical training and a thorough understanding of the associated strengths and weaknesses of different statistical approaches is a plus
• Experience in a “full-stack” environment - data file ingest, ETL, data storage interaction, application development, communication of results to storage systems, code version control is a plus

This role is open to multiple locations in North America (including NYC).

Pay Transparency Information

The expected annual base pay range(s) for this position are detailed below. Each base pay range is relevant only for individuals who are residents of or will be expected to work within the specified locale. Compensation varies based on a variety of factors, which include (but aren’t limited to) things such as skills and competencies, qualifications, knowledge, and experience. In addition to base pay, most employees are eligible to participate in Epic’s generous benefit plans and discretionary incentive programs (subject to the terms of those plans or programs).

New York City Base Pay Range

$141,006—$206,000 USD

ABOUT US

Epic Games spans across 25 countries with 46 studios and 4,500+ employees globally. For over 25 years, we've been making award-winning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epic's award-winning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build high-fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and VR, it is also a tool being embraced by content creators across a variety of industries such as media and entertainment, automotive, and architectural design. As we continue to build our Engine technology and develop remarkable games, we strive to build teams of world-class talent.