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GAMESLAB TEAM

Since 2015, PLAION's GamesLab works with dozens of studios to provide reliable insights that can be trusted and worked on, both on User Research and Data Science/Analytics topics.

Our aim is to collaborate with each team in a meaningful way, to add value to their projects and go together towards a common goal: create the best games possible.

To do so, the GamesLab is structured around two teams of deeply involved experts, each conducting projects in the Data or User Research field.

Combining these skillsets into one team allows us to better understand our player's behaviour, needs and expectations, enabling a relevant teamwork with every Game Studio.

Do you thrive to make a difference? Then jump onboard and join our crew!

 

YOUR JOB

To support GamesLab's growth, we are searching for a Senior Data Scientist with 6+ years of experience in analytics and/or data management related role (in the Gaming Industry is a strong plus).
As part of our team of Data Analytics experts, your main goals are the following:

  • Communicate proficiently, be curious and listen in order to identify valuable data use cases. Then design, plan and develop your analytics projects and share insights following GamesLab's quality standards/procedures and Data Visualisation best practices
  • Collaborate with our User Research Team to ensure reliable, clear and impactful data analysis that benefits the Game Studios and internal teams
  • Help the team address new promising use cases and use new tools/methodologies to guaranty continuous improvement and push innovation forward

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Provide expert level guidance and recommendation on Game Analytics topics to team members and stakeholders – identifying & refining use cases, highlighting risks, suggesting methodologies and tools, planning projects and monitoring quality of outcomes
  • Prioritize, scope and manage data projects in data analysis, engineering, science and BI. Give regular feedbacks, keep deadlines and present actionable/reliable results in business-friendly language to stakeholders
  • Query and analyse high volumes of data using an efficient, reliable and commented approach (SQL, Python, R is a plus)
  • Choose and define appropriate methodologies, metrics and visualisations to accurately depict and analyse players' actions – leading to the understanding of players behaviour, needs and expectations
  • Design and develop Dashboards using BI Tools such as Power BI – aiming for clarity, ease of use, performance and long term operability/maintenance
  • Help Production Teams in the data collection process to guarantee completeness and reliability of our game's data (definition, implementation, testing, maintenance)
  • Support the Development Teams through all the stages of their games' lifecycle by providing Prelaunch (tests, QA, alpha, beta, early access) and Postlaunch (Premium and LiveOps/F2P games) data analysis
  • Ensure relevant integration of both qualitative and quantitative data in User Research/Playtest reports
  • Design new tools and help build new methodologies to steer GamesLab's innovation

YOUR QUALIFICATIONS

  • Advanced degrees in Computer Science, Statistics, Information Systems Management, AI/Machine Learning/Deep Learning, a related discipline, or comparable work experiences
  • Curious and committed, you have a strong ability to adapt and learn. You are rigorous, have good interpersonal skills and a strong team spirit
  • 6+ years of experience in data analytics, data management and/or data science (in the Gaming Industry is a strong plus)
  • Effective communication skills, including presenting and sharing information with audiences across a wide array of technical expertise, culture and seniority
  • Proven record developing, testing, deploying and maintaining complex and optimized scripts/models/data solutions in SQL, Python and/or R
  • Experience designing, sharing and maintaining BI dashboards (PowerBI, Tableau)
  • Experience working with cloud and/or on premise databases, handling both structured and unstructured data (Google BigQuery, MongoDB, MySQL, Redshift…)
  • Passion for both video games and analytics

IF YOU JOIN US

  • You will work in hybrid model in Warsaw Studio
  • You can enjoy private medical care (fully financed by the employer) and a sports card (FitProfit card)
  • You can develop further by joining the Hogs Academy
  • You can count on professional mental health support
  • You will benefit from language lessons (Polish and English)
  • Freely plan your working hours - core hours 11:00-16:00
  • You will have a real impact on various aspects of the game. We create games together, and your opinion is important to us
  • You can depend on team support and shared knowledge
  • You will join a strong, harmonious team and people with positive energy