Full-Time

Principal Data Scientist

Confirmed live in the last 24 hours

Epic Games

Epic Games

10,001+ employees

Develops games and provides development tools

Consumer Software
Gaming

Senior, Expert

Montreal, QC, Canada

Category
Data Science
Data & Analytics
Required Skills
Data Science
Data Analysis

You match the following Epic Games's candidate preferences

Employers are more likely to interview you if you match these preferences:

Degree
Experience
Requirements
  • Experience with scaled product experimentation programs where testing is on the critical path to delivering an outstanding user experience
  • Experience partnering with product owners to land impact through rigorous, hypothesis-based analysis
  • Proactive approach to analytics as a key function in product development
  • Comfort with common statistical methods used in experimentation
  • Comfort owning solutions end-to-end: designing metrics, building logging specs, developing pipelines, conducting analysis, building readouts, and continuously iterating
Responsibilities
  • Develop and socialize best practices for the use of analytics to improve the player experience across Epic, especially through A/B testing
  • Build an experiment review and readout process to ensure high quality experiments and continuous learning
  • Facilitate proactive analysis on ecosystem-wide growth & engagement challenges, partnering with specialist analytics leaders from around the company
  • Socialize findings with product leaders and executives to ensure impact
  • Partner with data programmers to ensure efficient architecture for analytics needs

Epic Games develops and publishes popular video games, including "Fortnite" and "Unreal Tournament," available on various platforms like iOS, Android, and PC. The company also provides Epic Online Services, which offer tools for other developers to manage and scale their games, including backend support and online multiplayer features. Unlike its competitors, Epic Games shares its technology, such as the Unreal Engine, allowing other developers to create their own games. The company's goal is to enhance gaming experiences for players while empowering developers with the necessary tools and support.

Company Stage

Late Stage VC

Total Funding

$8.4B

Headquarters

Cary, North Carolina

Founded

1991

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

0%

1 year growth

0%

2 year growth

0%
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What believers are saying

  • Cross-platform play is increasingly important, aligning with Epic's cross-platform store strategy.
  • The rise of user-generated content offers new engagement opportunities for Epic's platforms.
  • Esports growth provides new revenue streams, benefiting Epic's competitive gaming offerings.

What critics are saying

  • Ongoing legal battles with Apple and Google could lead to financial and operational challenges.
  • Technical challenges in adding third-party games to the mobile store may affect user experience.
  • FTC complaints about refund policies could result in financial penalties and reputational damage.

What makes Epic Games unique

  • Epic Games offers a powerful game engine, Unreal Engine, widely used by developers.
  • The company provides Epic Online Services, enhancing multiplayer and backend capabilities for developers.
  • Epic Games Store challenges traditional app stores by offering a cross-platform marketplace.

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Benefits

Health coverage - 100% of the premiums for both you and your dependents. Our coverage includes Medical, Dental, a Vision HRA, Long Term Disability, Life Insurance & a 401k with competitive match and profit share

Robust mental well-being programs & free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents

Unlimited PTO & sick time

Paid sabbatical