PlayVS is building the infrastructure and official platform for high school esports. We work with game publishers and high school governing bodies to build and operate sanctioned leagues across the country. Our software products tie everything together, creating the world’s first full-stack sports platform. We believe in the power of esports -- the challenges we solve together on a daily basis are new, exciting, and relevant to creating a robust esports ecosystem. PlayVS is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA and rapidly expanding.

We are looking for a passionate Senior Analyst to join our team. As one of the first analysts at PlayVS, you’ll be involved in many aspects of our decision-making process, from brainstorming to launch. You’ll be combining your data and analytics skills to level up the business with insights while building a deep foundational understanding of our users, product, and growth strategy.

Here's what you'll get to do

Own the process of solving business problems from data to delivering solutions
Work closely with the team to put together disparate pieces of data, write queries, build out the data warehouse and create interactive dashboards
Communicate data methodology and results to a diverse set of stakeholders
Contribute to product features and strategic projects while delivering ad hoc analyses
Thrive in a fast-paced environment to answer critical questions with data or to make decisions in a short timeframe

Here's what we're looking for

Bachelor’s degree in Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, or a related technical field
Experience using experimentation to analyze the impact of new features (e.g., A/Bs, multivariate testing, switchbacks, casual impact, etc)
Experience in a diversity of tech startups with a consumer or marketplace product focus
Proficiency in writing SQL (e.g. window functions)
General understanding of relational and columnar based databases
Experience with BI Tools such as Tableau or Amplitude
Experience with data visualization best practices
Experience with customer data platforms such as Segment or mParticle
Experience handling unstructured data from internal and external sources
Demonstrated ability to think strategically about business, product, and technical challenges
Strong communication skills and user empathy, capable of pushing for the best solution with tact
Willingness and desire to learn and grow in order to push the team and our user experience to the next level

Bonus Points

Experience with Airflow or similar workflow management systems
Experience with predictive analytics and Python statistical modeling packages
You enjoy playing video games as much as us!