Senior Data Scientist, Fortnite Ecosystem
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Job Summary
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 award-winning 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
Use your experience in data science & analytics to advance Fortnite and cultivate an ecosystem where games of all kinds can thrive. The successful candidate will possess exceptional technical capabilities a strong aptitude for product strategy and a deep understanding of live service ecosystems.
This Senior Data Scientist will partner closely with the Fortnite Ecosystem Growth team to drive strategy and evaluate initiatives across the Developer Economy IP Development Creator Relations and Genre Campaigns. Responsibilities include defining Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to measure and evaluate team initiatives developing data pipelines and Tableau reports and conducting in-depth analysis. The insights generated from this work will be critical for identifying opportunities setting strategic goals measuring progress and informing core product decisions.
In this role you will
- Partner with design and product management leaders to break down ambiguous problems identify key business opportunities and leverage data to establish essential metrics and deliver insights that will drive and shape the strategic direction.
- Transform raw data into data models production metrics scaled reporting and insights to improve user experience and engagement.
- Work closely with product marketing business and technology teams to ensure the seamless execution of initiatives. Coordinate with internal stakeholders to align on goals and priorities and facilitate collaboration across departments with clear communication.
What were looking for
- 7 years of industry or relevant experience with a good understanding of live service video games
- Strong product intuition and ability to shape strategy for a complex ecosystem
- Demonstrated background in influencing products by applying data and measurement to drive alignment
- Experience in data visualization (Tableau or similar)
- Experience with experimental design and a variety of causal inference methods
- Experience working with development teams to instrument data and ensure continued data quality
- 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)
- Familiarity with supporting technical componentry including code version control (Github) orchestration (Airflow or similar)
- Advanced statistical training and a thorough understanding of the associated strengths and weaknesses of different statistical approaches is a plus
- Passion for games analytics and content discovery platforms
ABOUT US
Epic Games spans across 25 countries with 46 studios and 4500 employees globally. For over 25 years weve 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. Epics 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.
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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.
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Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- Laboratory Experience
- Mammalian Cell Culture
- Biochemistry
- Assays
- Protein Purification
- Research Experience
- Next Generation Sequencing
- Research & Development
- cGMP
- Cell Culture
- Molecular Biology
- Flow Cytometry
About Company
Founded in 1991, Epic Games is a leading interactive entertainment company and provider of 3D engine technology. Epic operates Fortnite, one of the world’s largest games with over 350 million accounts and 2.5 billion friend connections. Epic also develops Unreal Engine, which powers t ... View more
