Analytics Lead (Gameplay)

Epic Games; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading gaming company in Toronto seeks an experienced Analytics Lead to manage data analysts, transform raw data into actionable insights, and partner closely with product and design teams. Candidates should have at least 5 years in the industry and strong experience in SQL and Python. The role emphasizes the use of data to influence game development and product strategy, offering a robust benefits package including full medical and retirement savings plan.

Benefits

100% benefits coverage for employees and dependents

Supplemental medical, dental, vision

Retirement savings plan with employer match

Mental health support programs

Qualifications

• 5+ years of industry experience, with an interest in live service video games.
• 2+ years of experience managing a team of data professionals.
• Strong background in using data to influence product decisions.

Responsibilities

• Partner with design and development teams to identify opportunities.
• Transform raw data into data models and production metrics.
• Lead and mentor a team of data analysts.

Skills

Data technologies

Statistical methods

Data visualization

SQL

Python

A/B testing

Leadership

Tools

Spark (Scala or PySpark)

Airflow

GitHub

Job description

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 hands-on Analytics Lead to join the Gameplay Analytics team. You’ll lead a small team of Data Analysts and apply mixed methods to own the end-to-end lifecycle of creating data assets, reports, and insights to impact the direction of efforts across Epic’s portfolio of products and ecosystems, with a particular focus on Battle Royale. The successful candidate will have the ability to apply a range of data technologies, statistical methods, and visualization techniques to influence development and product teams, manage a small team, and partner with stakeholders across all parts of the business.

In this role, you will

1. Partner with design, game development, and product management teams to identify opportunities for our first-party Games and the business, and use data to develop metrics and insights that shape strategy execution.
2. Work directly with engineering and data platform teams to properly scope and capture the data required to unlock insights and develop data models.
3. Transform raw data into data models, production metrics, reports, and insights.
4. Continuously evaluate the effectiveness of metrics and align them with long-term ecosystem growth.
5. Collaborate with design, product, and analytics teams to design, test, and learn from experiments to improve our games.
6. Lead a small team of data analysts, mentor them, and set the direction of our analytics approach.

What we're looking for

• At least 5 years of industry or relevant experience, with proven interest in and knowledge of live service video games.
• At least 2 years of experience managing a team of data professionals.
• Strong product intuition and a demonstrated ability to influence products by applying data and measurement to drive alignment.
• Experience working with development teams to instrument data and ensure data quality.
• Experience with writing efficient and scalable SQL over billions of rows; familiarity with distributed computing using Spark (Scala or PySpark) is a plus.
• Development experience in the Python analytics ecosystem.
• Familiarity with supporting operational processes such as code version control (e.g., Github) and orchestration tools (e.g., Airflow).
• Understanding of experimental design and A/B testing techniques.
• Advanced statistical training and a thorough understanding of various statistical approaches' strengths and weaknesses are a plus.
• Experience in a full-stack environment—data ingestion, ETL, data storage, application development, and communication of results—is advantageous.

EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE

We pay 100% for benefits for both employees and dependents and offer coverage for medical, dental, vision, critical illness, telemedicine, Life and AD&D, long-term disability insurance, weekly indemnity (short-term disability), and a retirement savings plan with a competitive employer match. Additionally, we provide a mental well-being program through Modern Health, offering free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents.

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