Staff Data Scientist – Experimentation Innovation & Research
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30+ days ago
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Job Summary
Why PlayStation
PlayStation isnt just the Best Place to Play its also the Best Place to Work. Today were recognized as a global leader in entertainment producing The PlayStation family of products and services including PlayStation5 PlayStation4 PlayStationVR PlayStationPlus acclaimed PlayStation software titles from PlayStation Studios and more.
PlayStation also strives to create an inclusive environment that empowers employees and embraces diversity. We welcome and encourage everyone who has a passion and curiosity for innovation technology and play to explore our open positions and join our growing global team.
The PlayStation brand falls under Sony Interactive Entertainment a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation.
As aStaff Data Scientist you will lead innovation in experimentation and causal inference helping shape the future of decision-making and product innovation at SIE. You will drive innovative research in experimentation methodologies while mentoring other team members. Youll be responsible for elevating our experimentation strategy fostering a culture of curiosity and rigor and helping cross-functional teams deliver player-first experiences through strong evidence-based decisions.
What Youll Be Doing:
- Drive innovation in experimentation research by shaping measurement frameworks and best practices and by developing new methodologies that enhance the quality speed and scalability of experiments.
- Advance experimentation infrastructure and tooling incorporating statistical and machine learning methods to refine analytical capabilities.
- Mentor and guide less-senior data scientists building expertise in experimentation and causal inference while providing technical direction to ensure rigor and impact.
- Partner with product managers and business leaders to identify high-impact experimentation opportunities and align them with PlayStations strategic goals.
- Act as a thought leader in experimentation and causal inference evangelizing best practices and fostering learning across teams.
- Contribute to research and prototyping of novel experimentation techniques that address complex real-world challenges such as user behavior variability and data limitations.
- Champion a data-driven culture by establishing experimentation standards ethical practices and reproducibility
- Represent the teams insights and innovations across the broader data science and product communities within PlayStation.
- Stay at the forefront of the field by monitoring emerging developments in experimentation causal inference and applied machine learning to continuously evolve capabilities.
What Were Looking For:
- Masters Degree or equivalent experience in Applied Math Economics Statistics Computer Science or related field. Ph.D. or equivalent experience preferred.
- Strong familiarity with the gaming industry and contemporary gaming experiences.
- 8 years of experience in data science including extensive hands-on work in experimentation with at least 2 years in a mentoring or technical leadership capacity.
- Proven track record of leading experimentation innovation and scaling frameworks within a dynamic business environment.
- Proficiency in SQL and statistical programming languages (e.g. R or Python) especially for causal inference experimental analysis and scalable modeling.
- Expertise in causal inference techniques and designing both randomized and quasi-experiments.
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate cross-functionally and influence data strategies that inform business and product decisions.
- Excellent communication and storytelling skills especially in conveying complex concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience working with modern data engineering and visualization tools (e.g. Airflow Git Tableau MicroStrategy).
- A strong sense of ownership and an inclusive leadership style that encourages collaboration and innovation.
Benefits:
- Discretionary bonus opportunity
- Hybrid Working (within Flexmodes)
- Private Medical Insurance
- Dental Scheme
- 25 days holiday per year
- On Site Gym
- Subsidised Café
- Free soft drinks
- On site bar
- Access to cycle garage and showers
Equal Opportunity Statement:
Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender (including gender identity gender expression and gender reassignment) race (including colour nationality ethnic or national origin) religion or belief marital or civil partnership status disability age sexual orientation pregnancy maternity or parental status trade union membership or membership in any other legally protected category.
We strive to create an inclusive environment empower employees and embrace diversity. We encourage everyone to respond.
PlayStation is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.
Required Experience:
Staff IC
Key Skills
- Laboratory Experience
- Bioinformatics
- Biochemistry
- Utility Locating
- Assays
- Research Experience
- Next Generation Sequencing
- Sensors
- Signal Processing
- Matlab
- Research & Development
- Molecular Biology
About Company
Explore the new generation PlayStation 4 and PS5 consoles - experience immersive gaming with thousands of hit games in every genre to rewrite the rules for what a PlayStation console can do.
