Data Scientist

Electronic Arts is seeking a Data Scientist for their Sports Security Data team in Madrid. This role involves developing models to ensure fair gameplay by identifying and resolving security and game integrity issues. The Data Scientist will analyze large datasets, automate solutions, design metrics, detect fraudulent patterns, and translate security questions into data insights, working within a global security team to maintain the security posture of EA Sports products.

Must Have

• Understand data behind game features, user behaviors, and security.
• Analyze large datasets and automate solutions.
• Design and improve game security metrics.
• Detect fraudulent accounts and anomalous behavior.
• Solve scientific problems and create new methods.
• Translate security questions into data insights.
• Set up security alerting mechanisms.
• Postgraduate degree or 2+ years in ML/analytics.
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Proficiency in Python programming.
• Experience building statistical and machine learning models.

Good to Have

• Familiarity with statistics, modeling, and data visualization.
• Experience with online gaming and cheating issues.
• Experience with Tableau, Looker, or Matplotlib.
• Familiarity with Hadoop, Spark, or Splunk.
• Familiarity with AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Some experience in software development or data engineering.
• Familiarity with security concepts.

Perks & Benefits

• Healthcare coverage
• Mental well-being support
• Retirement savings
• Paid time off
• Family leaves
• Complimentary games
• Opportunities for growth

General Information

Role ID: 211746

Worker Type: Regular Employee

Studio/Department: EA Studios - SPORTS

Work Model: Hybrid

Description & Requirements

Electronic Arts creates next-level entertainment experiences that inspire players and fans around the world. Here, everyone is part of the story. Part of a community that connects across the globe. A place where creativity thrives, new perspectives are invited, and ideas matter. A team where everyone makes play happen.

Hybrid Work Model: 3 days a week in the office.

The Sports Security team ensures that all EA Sports products are developed with the security and gameplay integrity of our players as a top priority. We partner with both platform development teams and game studios to ensure that security and game integrity issues are identified and resolved throughout the application and service lifecycle.

You will be a member of the Sports Security Data team reporting to the Lead Data Scientist. You will work with the team in developing excellent models to keep our games fair, fun, and free of cheaters.

Your Responsibilities:

As a Data Scientist on our Sports Security Data team, you will be a part of a global security team and will work with game and central tech development teams to:

• Work with team members across multiple disciplines to understand the data behind game features, user behaviors, the security landscape, and our goals.
• Analyze data from several large sources, then automate solutions using scheduled processes, models, and alerts.
• Work with partners to design and improve metrics that guide our decisions by summarizing the state of game security.
• Detect patterns associated with fraudulent accounts and anomalous behavior.
• Solve scientific problems and create new methods independently.
• Translate requirements and security questions into data insights.
• Set up alerting mechanisms so our leadership is always aware of the security posture.

Your Qualifications:

• Postgraduate degree, with specialization in machine learning, artificial intelligence, statistics, or related fields, or 2+ years of equivalent work experience in applied machine learning and analytics.
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases.

• Proficiency in Python programming.
• Familiarity with statistics, modeling, and data visualization.
• Experience with online gaming and an interest in addressing cheating issues.
• Experience building statistical and machine learning models, applying techniques such as regression, classification, clustering, and anomaly detection.
• Experience with Visualization tools and libraries such as Tableau, Looker, or Matplotlib.
• Familiarity with Big Data tools such as Hadoop, Spark, or Splunk.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP or Azure.
• Some experience to software development or data engineering.
• Analyze business problems or research questions, identify relevant data points, and extract meaningful insights.
• Experience or familiarity with security concepts, including network/software security, security data, and attack vectors.

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About Electronic Arts

We’re proud to have an extensive portfolio of games and experiences, locations around the world, and opportunities across EA. We value adaptability, resilience, creativity, and curiosity. From leadership that brings out your potential, to creating space for learning and experimenting, we empower you to do great work and pursue opportunities for growth.

We adopt a holistic approach to our benefits programs, emphasizing physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support a balanced life. Our packages are tailored to meet local needs and may include healthcare coverage, mental well-being support, retirement savings, paid time off, family leaves, complimentary games, and more. We nurture environments where our teams can always bring their best to what they do.

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