Hybrid Principal Data Scientist: ML & RL for Gaming

Aristocrat Leisure; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading gaming company in London is looking for a Principal Data Scientist to lead high-impact data science initiatives. The role involves building machine learning solutions that drive player engagement and retention. Candidates should have a PhD or MSc and over 5 years of experience delivering data products in the gaming industry. The position offers a hybrid work model and opportunities for professional growth in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional data science experience.
• Experience delivering at least 3 data or ML products from definition to deployment.
• Hands-on experience in software engineering and MLOps.

Responsibilities

• Lead data science initiatives from end-to-end.
• Build machine learning solutions to improve player engagement.
• Partner with game teams to define success metrics.

Skills

Clustering

Predictive modeling

Reinforcement learning

Bayesian statistics

SQL

Python

Education

PhD or MSc in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, Physics, Mathematics

Tools

Kafka

Spark

GCP

AWS

Azure

Job description

A leading gaming company in London is looking for a Principal Data Scientist to lead high-impact data science initiatives. The role involves building machine learning solutions that drive player engagement and retention. Candidates should have a PhD or MSc and over 5 years of experience delivering data products in the gaming industry. The position offers a hybrid work model and opportunities for professional growth in a supportive environment.