At Epic Games, we're always innovating and pushing the boundaries of what's possible in the world of mobile apps. As a leader in the gaming industry, we're on the lookout for talented data scientists who can help us unlock the full potential of our AI-powered monetization strategies.

What Makes Us Epic?

Our team is built around creative, passionate people who are dedicated to creating award-winning games and engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences. Whether it's building powerful analytics tools or crafting game-changing AI models, we're constantly striving to do right by our community and users.

Analytics in Action

As a Senior Data Scientist on our Product Analytics team focused on Fortnite, you'll be responsible for applying mixed methods to create data assets, reports, insights, and predictive models that impact the direction of efforts across Epic's portfolio of products and ecosystems. With a focus on cosmetics and monetization, your work will shape the way players access content they love while building a sustainable business model for Fortnite.

In this role, you'll:

  • Partner with product, design, game development, art, and engineering counterparts to identify opportunities to give players the most value possible out of our cosmetics and use data to develop metrics and insights that shape the execution of our cosmetic strategy.
  • 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 long-term ecosystem growth.
  • Work with design, product, and analytics teams to quickly and rigorously design, test, and execute on experiments to improve the product.

What We're Looking For

To succeed in this role, you'll need:

  • At least 5 years of industry or relevant experience, with a 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.
  • Experience working with development teams to instrument telemetry.
  • Experience writing efficient and scalable SQL over billions of rows; experience with distributed computing using Spark (Scala or PySpark) is a plus.
  • Comfort with supporting operational processes, including code version control (Github or similar), orchestration (Airflow), and data visualization (Tableau or similar).
  • Understanding of experimental design and A/B testing techniques.
  • Ability to learn and apply new technologies and modeling/statistical methods to deliver results.

Epic Benefits

As part of our team, you'll enjoy a range of benefits, including:

  • 100% paid benefits for employees and dependents.
  • Coverage for supplemental medical, dental, vision, critical illness, telemedicine, Life and AD&D, long-term disability insurance, and weekly indemnity (short-term disability).
  • A retirement savings plan with a competitive employer match.

About Us

Epic Games is a global leader in the gaming industry, spanning 25 countries with 46 studios and over 4,500 employees. For over 25 years, we've 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.

Like what you hear? Come be a part of something epic!

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