Senior Data Scientist — Meta-Progression Analytics

Epic Games; Cary (NC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

401k with company match

Unlimited PTO

Sabbatical after 7 years

Mental well‑being program

Paid company breaks

Job summary

Epic Games is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to own end-to-end lifecycle of data assets, reports, and insights for meta-progression systems like XP and Quests. You will collaborate with progression managers, designers, and engineers to drive product decisions using telemetry and dashboards, influencing roadmap across multiple products and ecosystems.

You will apply statistical methods and visualization techniques to inform live-service game decisions, partner with stakeholders, and help scale

Qualifications

• 5+ years in analytics or data science with live-service games experience.
• Strong product sense and ability to influence product teams with data.
• Fluent SQL over large datasets and solid Python analytics stack.
• Experience scoping telemetry with engineering and building ETL/datamodels.
• Solid understanding of experimental design and A/B testing; quasi-experiments a plus.
• Experience with production tooling: GitHub, Airflow/Astronomer, and AI coding tools.

Responsibilities

• Partner with progression/product teams to identify opportunities for meta‑progression systems and define metrics.
• Scope telemetry, build ETL, data models and dashboards to tune XP, quests, and Battle Pass each season.
• Conduct exploratory analysis (cohort analyses, engagement shifts, funnel analysis).
• Design and run experiments (A/B tests; use difference‑in‑differences or regression discontinuity when appropriate).
• Collaborate with stakeholders from start to launch, defining what to measure and reporting needs.

Skills

SQL

Python

Analytics/Data Science

Telemetry scoping

Experiment design

Production tooling

Tools

GitHub

Airflow

Astronomer

Claude Code

Job description

Epic Games is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to own end-to-end lifecycle of data assets, reports, and insights for meta-progression systems like XP and Quests. You will collaborate with progression managers, designers, and engineers to drive product decisions using telemetry and dashboards, influencing roadmap across multiple products and ecosystems.

You will apply statistical methods and visualization techniques to inform live-service game decisions, partner with stakeholders, and help scale