Senior Data Scientist

Product Madness ??; Montreal; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the gaming sector seeks a Senior Data Scientist to join their Montreal team. As the first data scientist for a new game, you will design analytics that shape the project's data environment. The position demands collaboration with engineers and stakeholders while leveraging statistical methods to drive insights.

Qualifications

• Experience in data science or related field, preferably in gaming.
• Familiarity with A/B testing and telemetry requirements.

Responsibilities

• Develop telemetry and data analytics for game development.
• Collaborate with engineers to ensure data requirements are met.
• Analyze A/B testing results to communicate findings.

Skills

Statistical Analysis

Data Visualization

SQL

Python

R

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's/Master's/PhD in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, or Physics

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As the first data scientist on a new game, your scope will be larger than usual for a data scientist. You will be responsible early on for the development of telemetry, data, analytics and data science, working closely with engineers, product managers and stakeholders to help them make decisions on the game's development. Your work will shape our data environment and methods for future data analysts and data scientists with the possibility to make a huge impact on the success of our title.

What You'll Do

• Use inferential and descriptive statistics to interpret data and provide answers to business questions.
• Apply complex transformations to cleanse and shape data sets.
• Collaborate with data engineering and application engineers to develop telemetry requirements and validate implementation.
• Use effective visualization techniques to present findings
• Understands business problems and translates them into analytical requirements and tasks
• Write moderately complex to advanced SQL in addition to other programming languages to understand source system data and identify potential issues with it
• Analyze the results of A/B tests on new features and communicate them to a non-technical audience
• Collaborate with other BI teams on the implementation of Data Science and Big Data projects
  
  

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor's/Master's/PhD degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, or Physics, preferred
• Data science (or related) experience in gaming, ideally social casino
• Experienced with either Python or R, for statistical analysis and visualization, and with SQL for data manipulation and extraction
• Moderate levels of ambiguity by bringing clarity to the problem and communicating plans toward a solution with both technical and non-technical people
• Direct project work of others, able to provide technical mentorship
• Communication - able to talk, write, and listen effectively with business peers and collaborate with junior members.
  
  

Why Product Madness?

As part of the Aristocrat family, we share their mission of bringing joy to life through the power of play, with a world-class team who creates top-grossing, leading titles in the social casino genre, including Heart of Vegas, Lightning Link, Cashman Casino.

With 800 team members across the globe, Product Madness is headquartered in London, with offices in Barcelona, Gdańsk, Lviv, Montreal and a remote team spanning the USA, making us a truly global powerhouse.

We live by our People First principle. Regardless of where, when, or how they work, our team members have opportunities to elevate their careers, and grow alongside us. We take pride in fostering an inclusive culture, where our people are encouraged to be their very best, every day.

But don’t just take our word for it. In 2024, we made the Global Inspiring Workplace Awards list, and won a bronze award at the Stevies for Great Employers in the ‘Employer of the Year - Media and Entertainment’ category.

So, what’s stopping you?

Travel Expectations

Up to 25%

Additional Information

At this time, we are unable to sponsor work visas for this position. Candidates must be authorized to work in the job posting location for this position on a full-time basis without the need for current or future visa sponsorship.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Computer Games

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