Data Analyst - Product Analytics

Epic Games; Montreal; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic team at a leading gaming company as a Data Analyst, where your analytical skills will drive key decisions for Fortnite's monetization strategies. In this role, you'll transform complex data into actionable insights, collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance player experiences through effective cosmetic strategies. With a focus on data visualization and reporting, you'll play a vital role in shaping the future of gaming. This innovative firm offers a vibrant work environment and comprehensive benefits, making it an exciting opportunity for those passionate about games and analytics.

Benefits

100% coverage for benefits for employees and dependents

Supplemental medical, dental, and vision coverage

Retirement savings plan with employer match

Employee assistance program (EAP)

Mental well-being program with free therapy

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience as a Data Analyst or Business Intelligence Analyst.
• Strong skills in SQL and data visualization tools.
• Experience in gaming ecosystems preferred.

Responsibilities

• Analyze data to support decision-making for Fortnite cosmetics.
• Develop and maintain dashboards and reporting standards.
• Collaborate with teams to identify data needs and deliver insights.

Skills

Data Analysis

SQL

Data Visualization

Spark (Scala or PySpark)

Communication Skills

Business Intelligence

Telemetry Instrumentation

Tableau

Github

Airflow

Education

Bachelor's Degree in a related field

Tools

SQL

Spark

Tableau

Github

Airflow

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 Data Analyst to join the Product Analytics team focused on Fortnite. Your role will focus on the collection, interpretation, visualization, and analysis of our data to help drive and support our decision-making with a particular focus on cosmetics and monetization. The position's primary objective is to transform complex data into reporting that allows stakeholders to understand the data and draw actionable conclusions. In this role, you will take the initiative and work autonomously in a fast-paced environment. Your insights will shape how players access the content they love while building a sustainable business model for Fortnite.

In this role, you will

• Partner with product, design, game development, art, and engineering counterparts to identify opportunities to give players the most value possible out of our cosmetics and use data to develop metrics and insights that shape the execution of our cosmetic strategy.
• Developing and maintaining standards for dashboards and reporting initiatives. This includes making sure data is visualized appropriately, creating consistent standards, and confirming that all data are accurate
• Working with key stakeholders to identify needs and report outputs to answer questions and drive decisions clearly
• Documenting requirements, developing, and delivering both written reports with analysis and charts on a dashboard
• Working with engineering and QA to consistently monitor and improve our data
• Perform data analysis using data querying tools such as SQL and Spark

What we're looking for

• At least 3 years of professional experience as a Business Intelligence or Statistical Data Analyst
• Demonstrated understanding of both contemporary video games and analytics best practices
• Passion for games, analytics, and sharing data with others
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Experience working with development teams to instrument telemetry
• Experience writing efficient and scalable SQL over billions of rows; it is a plus if you are familiar with distributed computing using Spark (Scala or PySpark)
• Demonstrated skills in visualizing data (ideally using Tableau)
• Comfort with supporting operational processes, including Code version control (Github or similar), Orchestration (Airflow)
• Ability to prioritize, work with multiple departments, and deliver at a high speed
• Prior experience in gaming ecosystems and/or monetization preferred

EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE

We pay 100% for benefits for both employees and dependents and offer coverage for supplemental medical, dental, vision, critical illness, telemedicine, Life and AD&D, long term disability insurance as well as weekly indemnity (short term disability) and a retirement savings plan with a competitive employer match. In addition to the EAP (employee assistance program), we also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents.