Data Scientist Intern

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Job Description

The Lightspeed Tech Center, an R&D department under Lightspeed Studios (developers of PUBG Mobile), seeks a Data Scientist Intern. This role involves researching cutting-edge machine learning, deep learning, and data mining algorithms using game data to enhance online AI serving. Responsibilities include in-depth statistical analysis, user behavior mining, sentiment analysis, and improving data analysis pipelines. The ideal candidate has a strong grasp of statistical models, machine learning principles, and programming, with a preference for those with research, NLP, or big data experience.
Must have:
  • Research state-of-the-art machine learning, deep learning, social-network data mining, and recommendation algorithms.
  • Design, evaluate, and improve core algorithms and strategies for online AI serving.
  • Perform in-depth statistical analysis from large-scale data.
  • Mine user behavior and attributes, building user portraits.
  • Conduct sentiment analysis, topic modeling, and summarization on massive user comments.
  • Identify user pain points through massive data and propose strategies for user retention.
  • Improve data analysis pipelines using distributed computation platforms.
  • Develop efficient and reliable data mining solutions.
  • Research AI agents for upgrading existing working pipelines.
  • Strong understanding of statistical models and machine learning principles.
  • Familiarity with machine learning, deep learning, and recommendation algorithms (clustering, classification).
  • Proficiency in at least one programming language.
  • Familiarity with basic data structures and algorithms.
Good to have:
  • Research experience such as academic publications.
  • NLP experience such as sentiment analysis, text summary, LLM fine-tune, AI agents.
  • Familiarity with causal inference or optimization algorithms.
  • Big data experience, familiar with distributed computation frameworks like Hadoop, Spark, Hive.
  • Strong logical thinking ability, communication ability, business understanding, and familiarity with game situations.

Job Details

Business Unit

LIGHTSPEED STUDIOS is made up of passionate players who advance the art & science of game development through great stories, great gameplay, and advanced technology. We are focused on bringing next generation experiences to gamers who want to enjoy them anywhere, anytime, across multiple genres and devices.

About the Hiring Team

Lightspeed Tech Center is a R&D department under Lightspeed Studios which develop PUBG Mobile and other high-quality games. Our Tech Center leads the research, exploration, and discovery of innovative technologies and provides technical services for all games during all phases of life cycle, including engine, audio, QA, AI, next generation game, technical cooperation, etc.

What the Role Entails

Research on state-of-the-art machine learning, deep learning, social-network data mining and recommendation algorithms with game data, help design, evaluate and improve the core algorithm and strategy for online AI serving.

Response for in-depth statistical analysis from large-scale data, mining for user behavior and attributes, building user portraits.

Conduct sentiment analysis, topic modeling and summarization on massive user comments.

Identify user pain points through massive data and proposing strategies improving user retention.

Improving data analysis pipelines, combining business requirements and data, by using distributed computation platform, develop efficient and reliable data mining solutions.

Research on AI agents for upgrading existing working pipeline.

Who We Look For

A strong understanding of statistical models, related machine learning principles, and experience working on data mining related projects.

Familiar with machine learning, deep learning and recommendation algorithms such as clustering and classification, grasping and having deep understanding in at least one of them.

Strong self-driven ability, team cooperation ability, anti-pressure ability and studious candidates is preferred.

Proficient in at least one programming language, familiar with basic data structures and algorithms.

Prefer candidates with research experience such as academic publications.

Prefer candidates with NLP experience such as sentimen analysis, text summary, LLM fine-tune, AI agents.

Prefer candidates familiar with causal inference or optimization algorithms.

Prefer candidates having big data experience, and familiar with distributed computation framework such as Hadoop, spark, hive and etc.

Prefer candidates with strong logical thinking ability, communication ability and business understanding, and familiar with game situations.

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