WHAT MAKES US EPIC?
At the core of Epic’s success are talented, passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment. Whether it’s building award-winning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences, we’re always innovating.
Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users. We’re 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 You'll Do
Epic Games is looking for a Data Scientist to join the Analytics team. You’ll apply mixed methods to own the end-to-end life cycle of creating data assets, reports and insights to impact the direction of efforts across Epic’s portfolio of products and ecosystems. The successful candidate will have the ability to apply a range of data technologies, statistical methods, and visualization methods to influence development and product teams.
In this role, you will
- Partner with design and product management counterparts to identify opportunities for the business and use data to develop metrics and insights that shape the execution of the strategy
- Work with development and data platform teams to capture the data required to unlock insights and models
- Transform raw data into insights and production metrics, reports, and models
- Continuously evaluate the effectiveness of metrics and to align them with long-term ecosystem growth
- Work with product and analytics teams to quickly and rigorously design, test, and learn from experiments to improve the product
What we're looking for
- At least 3 years of industry or relevant experience
- Strong product intuition and the ability to shape strategy for a complex ecosystem
- Understanding of experimental design and A/B testing techniques
- Demonstrated background in influencing products by applying data and measurement to drive alignment
- Experience with working with development teams to instrument data and ensure continued data quality
- Experience in data visualization (Tableau or similar)
- Experience with writing efficient SQL on distributed computing using Spark (Scala or PySpark)
- Familiarity with supporting technical componentry including: Code version control (Github or similar), Orchestration (Airflow preferred), Model tracking (MLFlow or similar)
- Experience in a “full-stack” environment - data file ingest, ETL, data storage interaction, application development, communication of results to storage systems, code version control
- Advanced statistical training and a thorough understanding of the associated strengths and weaknesses of different statistical approaches is a plus
- Development experience in Python ML/analytics ecosystem is a plus
EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE
Our intent is to cover all things that are medically necessary and improve the quality of life. We pay 100% of the premiums for both you and your dependents. Our coverage includes Medical, Dental, a Vision HRA, Long Term Disability, Life Insurance & a 401k with competitive match. We also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents. Throughout the year we celebrate our employees with events and company-wide paid breaks. We offer unlimited PTO and sick time and recognize individuals for 7 years of employment with a paid sabbatical.
ABOUT US
Epic Games spans across 19 countries with 55 studios and 4,500+ employees globally. 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. Epic’s 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.
Like what you hear? Come be a part of something Epic!
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.
Note to Recruitment Agencies: Epic does not accept any unsolicited resumes or approaches from any unauthorized third party (including recruitment or placement agencies) (i.e., a third party with whom we do not have a negotiated and validly executed agreement). We will not pay any fees to any unauthorized third party. Further details on these matters can be found here.
