Description
Scopely is looking for a Senior Data Analyst to join our Midcore gaming division in our Barcelona Studio hub. You’ll be joining the LiveOps Automation team at Scopely where we build sophisticated LiveOps tools driven by Machine Learning (ML) automation and decision-making.
This will implicitly change how Midcore manages its games in perpetuity. Our objective is to understand our players deeply and give them the best possible curated game experience, while supporting our games’ LiveOps strategies and efforts.
At Scopely, we care deeply about what we do and want to inspire play every day, whether in our work environments alongside our talented colleagues or through our deep connections with our communities of players.
We are a global team of game lovers who are developing, publishing, and innovating the mobile games industry, connecting millions of people worldwide daily. What You Will Do
- Analyze player performance across Midcore games to better understand :
- Spending behavior
- Game progression needs and tracking
- Player preferences
- Store merchandising
- Feature impacts on KPIs
- Partner with our Machine Learning Engineers on analyzing model performance, applying new insights and learnings into our ML models, and share insights with end clients.
- Proactively perform a wide range of analyses to identify / interpret trends, issues, and opportunities across all games
- Answer performance-related questions & generate reports / dashboards through exploratory data analyses and ad-hoc reporting
- Design and implement advanced statistical testing for specific problem-solving needs
- Partner with game teams’ bespoke analyst team to align on analyses, exploration, and reporting.
What We’re Looking For
- 4+ years of experience as a data or financial Analyst applying statistical analysis to B2C consumer behaviors (mobile apps, advertising, market activities)
- Experience in free-to-play gaming
- Degree in Analytics, Business Intelligence, Finance, Statistics or Computer Science, or other analytical discipline
- Outstanding problem-solving skills, including the ability to :
- Analyze situations and determine the best metrics for a situation
- Conceptualize player behaviors based on data
- Identify meaningful proxies of player behaviors where data doesn’t exist
- Experience using SQL, including complex queries from multiple data sources
- Experience creating, operating and analyzing multiple simultaneous A / B tests
- Strong communication and presentation skills, including extensive use of chart and table tools
- Ability to understand and act on changing priorities, and execute multiple competing projects based on business case and expected impact
- Familiarity with data and BI presentation tools (Looker / Google Sheets or equivalent)
- A positive attitude and open-minded approach. Strong work ethic, intellectual curiosity, and drive to complete projects
- Excellent English language skills are required for this role as we have a highly diverse and global business
Bonus Points
Experience with Python, R
A passion for playing world class mobile, social and casual games a huge plus.
Experience in making world-class social / casual / casino games a huge plus.