Analytics Lead Gameplay
Analytics Lead Gameplay
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WHAT MAKES US EPIC
At the core of Epics success are talented passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative welcoming and creative environment. Whether its building awardwinning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences were always innovating.
Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users. Were constantly innovating to raise the bar of engine and game development.
ANALYTICS
What We Do
Our Data & Analytics teams build powerful stories and visuals that inform the games we make the technology we develop and business decisions that drive Epic.
What Youll Do
Epic Games is looking for a handson Analytics Lead to join the Gameplay Analytics team. Youll lead a small team of Data Analysts and apply mixed methods to own the endtoend life cycle of creating data assets reports and insights to impact the direction of efforts across Epics portfolio of products and ecosystems with a particular focus on Battle Royale. The successful candidate will have the ability to apply a range of data technologies statistical methods and visualization methods to influence development and product teams to manage a small team and to partner with stakeholders across all parts of the business.
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 of the strategy
- Work directly with engineering and data platform teams to properly scope and capture the data required to unlock insights and data models
- Transform raw data into data models production metrics reports and insights
- Continuously evaluate the effectiveness of metrics and to align them with longterm ecosystem growth
- Work with design product and analytics teams to quickly and rigorously design test and learn from experiments to improve our games
- Lead a small team of data analysts help mentor them and set the direction of our analytics approach
What were looking for
- At least 5 years of industry or relevant experience with proven interest in and knowledge of live service video games
- At least 2 years of experience managing a team of data professionals
- 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)
- 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 fullstack environment data file ingest ETL data storage interaction application development communication of results to storage systems code version control is a plus
EPIC JOB EPIC BENEFITS EPIC LIFE
We pay 100 for benefits for both employees and dependents and offer coverage for supplemental medical dental vision critical illness telemedicine Life and AD&D long term disability insurance as well as weekly indemnity (short term disability) and a retirement savings plan with a competitive employer match. In addition to the EAP (employee assistance program) we also offer a robust mental wellbeing program through Modern Health which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents.
ABOUT US
Epic Games spans across 25 countries with 46 studios and 4500 employees globally. For over 25 years weve been making awardwinning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epics awardwinning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build highfidelity 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 worldclass talent.
Like what you hear Come be a part of something Epic!
Epic Games deeply values diverse teams and an inclusive work culture and we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. Learn more about our Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy here.
Note to Recruitment Agencies: Epic does not accept any unsolicited resumes or approaches from any unauthorized third party (including recruitment or placement agencies) (i.e. a third party with whom we do not have a negotiated and validly executed agreement). We will not pay any fees to any unauthorized third party. Further details on these matters can be found here.
Employment Type
Full Time
