ABOUT THIS POSITION
Digital Extremes is currently seeking a Senior Data Scientist to join our team. You will be working with passionate, highly intelligent game developing ninjas to mine the data to uncover opportunities, drive initiatives and support decisions. As a passionate gamer, you will have experience in the gaming industry as well as demonstrated success presenting complex research data (both qualitative and quantitative) in a clear and compelling manner that inspires action. As an ideal candidate, you will also have experience with free to play games.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Collaborate closely with the Data team improving internal processes.
- Help marketing and development teams to identify trends and opportunities.
- Develop advanced learning algorithms and statistical models to solve critical problems and help deliver incredible player experiences.
- Architect, implement, deploy, and maintain data science intensive applications.
- Synthesize data from various sources and extract useful information that will lead to improving the player experience, player retention, game design and effective marketing strategies.
- Extract and organize data into a reliable user-friendly form and present it to the interested and affected parties on the team.
- Follow up with additional analysis once initiatives have begun to determine success or need for continued improvements.
- Assist in designing and building business intelligence tools for data mining and reporting.
- Suggest improvements in tools and techniques to help scale the team.
- Conduct ad hoc data analysis based on current team needs and management priorities.
- Mentor other Data scientists with the team.
REQUIREMENTS
- Excellent organizational, communication and interpersonal skills
- Bachelor’s degree in a technical or quantitative discipline (Mathematics, Economics, Statistics, Computer Science, MIS, other)
- Minimum 3 years of tried and true statistical analysis and data mining experience
- A passion for video games and understanding of gaming culture
- Experience in the gaming industry, specifically Free to Play gaming is a plus
- In-depth knowledge of Postgres SQL, Mongo DB, Python Notebooks
- Experience in defining/designing/building/managing a data warehouse is a plus
- Strong quantitative analysis techniques and qualitative methods, as well as predictive modelling
- Demonstrated success presenting complex research data (both qualitative and quantitative) in a clear and compelling manner that inspires action
- Excellent organizational, communication and interpersonal skills
- Self-starter who can manage their time effectively and has the interest of integrating into a team of passionate, highly intelligent game developing ninjas
ABOUT DIGITAL EXTREMES
Founded in 1993 by James Schmalz, Digital Extremes ranks as one of the world’s top independent video game development studios. Originating with the co-creation of Epic Games’ multi-million unit selling Unreal® franchise including Unreal and Unreal Tournament, Digital Extremes went on to develop Dark Sector®, BioShock® for the PlayStation®3, the BioShock 2 multiplayer campaign, and The Darkness® II. The studio has reached its greatest critical and commercial success with the free-to-play action game, Warframe®, boasting a global community of 50 million registered players on PC, PS4™, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch™. For more information about Digital Extremes, visit our website.
WHY WORK AT DIGITAL EXTREMES
Our culture is centered on providing great opportunities to our employees so that everyone feels they are making a meaningful impact. Developing new and existing talent is our long-term focus. We are honored that our work environment has been consistently recognized as one of “Canada’s Top 100 Employers”. We summon you to join our elite team!
The rewards of a career with Digital Extremes include:
- Competitive salary with bonus opportunities
- Excellent benefits and paid time off
- Matching RRSP plan
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Professional development and career support
- Fitness and parking/transit subsidies
- Daily lunches prepared onsite by our in-studio Executive Chef and professional kitchen staff
- All-day snacks and drinks, sleep pods, massage chairs, cold brew, dog therapy days and more
JOIN US
Digital Extremes is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We welcome and encourage applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the recruitment process. We thank you for your interest, however, only those candidates selected for the next steps in the hiring process will be contacted.
