Data Science Lead (Gamedev)

TL;DR

Data Science Lead (Gamedev): Lead a team to create data assets, reports, and insights impacting Epic’s shooter games like Battle Royale with an accent on metrics, experimentation, and data modeling. Focus on partnering with game dev teams, designing A/B tests, and ensuring scalable data pipelines for live service games.

Multiple locations in North America (including NYC)

New York City Base Pay Range $181,477 — $266,166 USD

Company

hirify.global builds award-winning games and Unreal Engine technology used across industries like gaming, media, and automotive.

What you will do

• Partner with design, game dev, and product teams to identify data opportunities and develop metrics shaping game strategy.
• Scope and capture data with programming and platform teams to build models and insights.
• Transform raw data into production metrics, reports, and actionable insights.
• Evaluate and align metrics with long-term ecosystem growth.
• Design, test, and learn from experiments to improve games.
• Lead and mentor a small team of data scientists and analysts.

Requirements

• At least 5 years industry experience with live service video games.
• At least 2 years managing data professionals.
• Strong product intuition and experience influencing products with data.
• Worked with dev teams to instrument data and maintain quality.
• Efficient scalable SQL over billions of rows; Python analytics.
• Experimental design and A/B testing.

Nice to have

• Spark (Scala or PySpark).
• Advanced statistical training.
• Full-stack data environment: ingest, ETL, storage, app dev, version control.
• Operational tools: Github, Airflow, AI coding tools.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, welcoming, creative environment focused on innovation.
• Generous benefit plans and discretionary incentives.
• Diverse, inclusive teams; Equal Opportunity employer.
• Global presence with 46 studios across 25 countries.