Data Scientist Loc:Redwood City, CA
Redwood City, CA
100,000 - 200,000
Job Description:
Role:Data Scientist
Loc:Redwood City, CA
Essential Duties
- Analyze large data sets to identify behavior trends among users using quantitative, statistical and machine learning techniques.
- Drive analysis and insight to help build predictive models, tools and processes to support production goals of player acquisition, retention and e-commerce.
- Collaborate with Production and Engineering on operational performance analysis, product requirements, monitoring and launch support.
- Define KPIs, build dashboards, reports on chosen platforms.
- Manage and own platform user data and act as subject matter expert on relevant KPI-s.
- Respond to operational needs by providing analytical support.
Essential Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in business or data analysis with experience from identity, e-commerce, online payments, or gaming industry.
- BachelorĂ¢??s degree required in a quantitative discipline such as Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Engineering, Operations Research, Computer Science
- Strong analytical skills including the ability to interpret and manipulate large structured data to develop recommendations and analysis.
- Proficiency with SQL, tools such as Tableau, and other statistical/reporting packages.
- Proficiency with one of coding language, such as Python or Java.
- Spark experience is a plus.
- Self-motivated, work well both independently and as part of an agile team.
Preferred Experience
- MasterĂ¢??s degree required in a quantitative discipline such as Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Engineering, Operations Research, Computer Science
- Preferred experience with console development for current platforms
- Have a clear understanding of Big Data tools mainly being Splunk, Hadoop, and Spark
- Experience with Visualization tools and platforms.