Senior Data Scientist

Job Description

ANALYTICS

What We Do

Use your expert experience in data & analytics to 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 Senior Data Scie ntist to help create the models that fuel our creator economy. The successful candidate will have excellent SQL knowledge, and enjoy combining machine learning skills with business acumen to provide the data and insights that will drive our continued success.

In this role, you will
• Work with creator ecosystem teams and key stakeholders from the metaverse economy team and analytics teams ensure available game data is applied for its best use to Epic by modeling player behavior to understand the long and short run impacts on our ecosystem
• Partner closely with the metaverse economy team to jointly build new and scalable models that will help guide the development of the metaverse economy

What we're looking for
• Demonstrated background in development of machine learning products
• Strong Python engineering knowledge
• Familiarity with supporting technical componentry including:
• Code version control (Github or similar)
• Orchestration (Airflow preferred)
• CI/CD (codeFresh, Jenkins or similar) & model (MLFlow or similar)
• Experience in a ''full-stack'' environment - data file ingest, ETL, data storage interaction in Python, Python application development, communication of result to storage systems, code version control
• Advanced statistical training and a thorough understanding of the associated strengths and weaknesses of different statistical approaches
• Experience with Spark (Scala or PySpark)
• Working knowledge of HiveQL
• Passion for games, analytics, and user generated content
• Familiarity with AWS infrastructure (particularly MWAA & EKS)
• Familiarity with virtualization for development (Docker preferred)
• Experience with data drift & quality monitoring and associated development
• Demonstrated experience with economic modeling & econometrics approaches

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.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r7mzm9-18-118-193-232-42 in your application.