Principal Data Scientist

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 You'll Do

Use your expert experience in data & analytics to advance Epic’s experimentation capabilities, drive rigorous product understanding, and deliver an outstanding experience to our players. You will be a member of Epic’s Core Analytics team, charged with developing the analytics capabilities and technology leveraged by our full ecosystem of products including Fortnite, Epic Games Store, and more.

In this role, you will

• Develop and socialize best practices for the use of analytics to improve the player experience across Epic, especially through A/B testing
• Build an experiment review and readout process to ensure high quality experiments and continuous learning
• Facilitate proactive analysis on ecosystem-wide growth & engagement challenges, partnering with specialist analytics leaders from around the company
• Socialize findings with product leaders and executives to ensure impact
• Partner with data programmers to ensure efficient architecture for analytics needs

What we're looking for

• Experience with scaled product experimentation programs where testing is on the critical path to delivering an outstanding user experience
• Experience partnering with product owners to land impact through rigorous, hypothesis-based analysis
• Proactive approach to analytics as a key function in product development
• Comfort with common statistical methods used in experimentation
• Comfort owning solutions end-to-end: designing metrics, building logging specs, developing pipelines, conducting analysis, building readouts, and continuously iterating

EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE

We pay 100% for benefits for both employees and dependents and offer coverage for supplemental medical, dental, vision, critical illness, telemedicine, Life and AD&D, long term disability insurance as well as weekly indemnity (short term disability) and a retirement savings plan with a competitive employer match. In addition to the EAP (employee assistance program), we also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents.

Pay Transparency Information

The expected annual base pay range(s) for this position are detailed below. Each base pay range is relevant only for individuals who are residents of or will be expected to work within the specified locale. Compensation varies based on a variety of factors, which include (but aren’t limited to) things such as skills and competencies, qualifications, knowledge, and experience. In addition to base pay, most employees are eligible to participate in Epic’s generous benefit plans and discretionary incentive programs (subject to the terms of those plans or programs).