Staff Data Scientist Experimentation & Measurement
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Job Location:
San Diego, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 194600 - 291800
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
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.
Staff Data Scientist - Experimentation & Measurement
San Diego CA (Hybrid)
Overview:
As a Staff Data Scientist on the Decision Science team at PlayStation you will take a leading role in designing and interpreting experiments that evaluate the impact of key initiatives and programs. Youll help shape how millions of players around the world experience PlayStation by bringing statistical rigor clear measurement strategies and deep causal inference expertise to some of the most critical initiatives across the company. This highly visible role will advance our experimentation practices and ensure that data-driven insights inform the way we build market and evolve our products.
What Youll Be Doing:
- Design execute and interpret A/B tests and quasi-experiments and apply advanced causal inference methods when experimentation isnt feasible.
- Partner with cross-functional teams (product engineering marketing) to embed experimentation into development and iteration cycles and communicate results with the companys senior leadership.
- Mentor and guide other Data Scientists providing thought leadership and technical direction.
- Serve as a thought leader on best practices for hypothesis development metric selection test structure and results communication.
- Help define and contribute to centralized experimentation frameworks tools and documentation to scale best practices across the company.
- Independently extract transform and analyze data from complex systems using SQL Python and other analytics tools.
- Communicate findings clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders helping drive business decisions with rigor and clarity.
- Stay current on new methodologies in experimentation and causal analysis and bring fresh perspectives to the teams work.
- Your insights will directly influence how PlayStation builds markets and evolves products across our ecosystem.
Basic Requirements:
- Masters or PhD in Statistics Economics or Econometrics.
- 6 years of experience in a data science experimentation/causal inference-focused role (4 with PhD).
- Deep expertise in A/B testing and causal inference including quasi-experimental methods.
- Proficiency in SQL and Python for data extraction transformation and analysis.
- Broad and applied knowledge of statistical techniques.
- Experience with machine learning modeling is a plus.
- Proven ability to influence product and business decisions through clear actionable insights.
- Experience contributing to or developing experimentation frameworks best practices or internal tooling.
- Bonus: Passion for video games player communities or the gaming industry.
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Please note that the base pay range may vary in line with our hybrid working policy and individual base pay will be determined based on job-related factors which may include knowledge skills experience and location.
In addition this role is eligible for SIEs top-tier benefits package that includes medical dental vision matching 401(k) paid time off wellness program and coveted employee discounts for Sony products. This role also may be eligible for a bonus package. Clickhere to learn more.
The estimated base pay range for this role is listed below.
$194600 - $291800 USD
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
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