Senior Data Scientist

Lightspeed Studios; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Lightspeed Studios is seeking a Senior Data Scientist in Amsterdam to identify and solve business needs within the data science discipline. You will lead analytical efforts to deliver valuable insights to our partnership studios.

The ideal candidate will have a Master's degree in a relevant field, strong skills in R, Python, and SQL, and experience in predictive modeling. You'll collaborate closely with game studios to enhance decision-making and drive business value.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or above in computer science, data science, machine learning, statistics, or applied mathematics preferred.
• High proficiency in R, Python, SQL for data analysis and modeling.
• Experience in predictive modeling and analysis over large datasets.

Responsibilities

• Establish trusting relations with acquired game studios.
• Collaborate with 2nd party game studios to deliver insights.
• Build data analysis methodology for new games in development.

Skills

R

Python

SQL

Hadoop

Hive

Spark

Predictive modeling

Statistical analysis

Team collaboration

Problem-solving

Education

Master’s degree or above in relevant fields

Job description

Senior Data Scientist

We are looking for a Senior Data Scientist to identify and solve business needs within the data science discipline, focusing on leading analytical efforts to deliver valuable insights to our partnership studios in support of their decision making.

Responsibilities

• Establish trusting relations with acquired game studios, create high‑impact business insights to address game studio challenges and drive value.
• Collaborate and work closely with 2nd party game studios and business stakeholders to deliver excellent outputs and provide insights to support key business decisions.
• Build data analysis methodology to serve a large number of new games in development by using data statistical analysis, data mining, modeling, experimental testing and other methods.
• Propose, design and implement new data models to exploit opportunities and improve the game experience and business growth.
• Participate in the design of game index system, game health analysis, game growth strategy traction, game play optimization through mathematical statistics.
• Apply statistical theory, interdisciplinary knowledge, and machine learning models to solve business problems.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or above in computer science, data science, machine learning, statistics, applied mathematics or other relevant fields is preferred.
• Highly proficient in R, Python, SQL for data analysis and modeling, familiar with big data platforms such as Hadoop, Hive, Spark.
• Experience designing, analyzing and optimizing testing methods.
• Experience in predictive modeling and analysis over large datasets.
• Ability to work in an analytical and structured manner, meticulous and pragmatic, knowing how to balance short‑term and long‑term deliverables.
• Proven track record leading big data projects using common big data technologies.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills.
• Ability to develop and maintain good relations and communicate with people at all hierarchical levels.
• Strong problem‑solving skills and team spirit.
• Ability to reconcile technical and business perspectives.

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands‑on experience deploying, managing, and operating AI/ML workloads in a production environment.
• Hands‑on experience developing, deploying, and maintaining AI agents in production environments.
• Past data science experience in the gaming industry.

Equal Employment Opportunity

We are an equal opportunity employer. We firmly believe that diverse voices fuel our innovation and allow us to better serve our users and the community. We foster an environment where every employee feels supported and inspired to achieve individual and common goals.