Principal Data Analyst
Principal Data Analyst
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Job Description
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 Principal Data Analyst to join the Product Analytics team focused on Fortnite. Youll apply mixed methods to own the endtoend life cycle of creating data assets reports insights and predictive models to impact the direction of efforts across Epics portfolio of products and ecosystems with projects spanning across the Fortnite ecosystem. Your insights will shape the way players engage with content they love. 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 business leaders product design game development art and engineering counterparts to identify opportunities to broaden and deepen engagement across Fortnite
- Work directly with analytics engineering and data platform teams to properly scope and capture the data required to unlock insights
- Transform raw data into insights and production metrics reports and models
- Continuously evaluate the effectiveness of metrics and align them with longterm ecosystem growth
- Work with design product and analytics teams to quickly and rigorously design test and execute on experiments to improve the product
What were looking for
- At least 7 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
- Significant experience communicating findings and actions to executive teams
- Experience working with development teams to instrument telemetry
- Experience 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)
- Comfort with supporting operational processes including: Code version control (Github or similar) Orchestration (Airflow)
- Understanding of experimental design and A/B testing techniques
- Ability to learn and apply new technologies and modeling/statistical methods to deliver results
EPIC JOB EPIC BENEFITS EPIC LIFE
Our intent is to cover all things that are medically necessary and improve the quality of life. We pay 100 of the premiums for both you and your dependents. Our coverage includes Medical Dental a Vision HRA Long Term Disability Life Insurance & a 401k with competitive match. We also offer a robust mental wellbeing program through Modern Health which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents. Throughout the year we celebrate our employees with events and companywide paid breaks. We offer unlimited PTO and sick time and recognize individuals for 7 years of employment with a paid sabbatical.
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.
Required Experience:
Staff IC
Employment Type
Full Time
