Data Scientist - Battlefield

Our Battlefield Data and Analytics team is looking for a passionate and inquisitive Data Scientist to enhance our understanding of player behavior that helps optimize the gaming experience for our players. You will be embedded within the Ripple Effect Studio also working closely with DICE and Ridgeline Studios, and will have the opportunity to significantly impact the future of both the current and upcoming Battlefield games.

Key Responsibilities:

As a Data Scientist, your primary responsibility will be to utilize data, experimentation, and automation to improve the Battlefield player experience.

You will:

• Design ethically sound and mathematically robust experiments to address business and product challenges.
• Apply machine learning principles to enhance in-game experiences while being mindful of their potential implications to the user experience.
• Develop models, analyses, and reports that deepen our understanding of gameplay, product in collaboration with producers, designers, and fellow data scientists.
• Present and document analysis, methodologies, and findings to both peers and partners.
• Uphold quality coding practices, assist with technical reviews of peer work.

Requirements:

• A Master's or higher degree in Mathematics, Computer Science, Economics, Statistics, or a related field.
• A minimum of two years of experience in data science, analytics, or a similar field, preferably within a video game or entertainment setting.
• Proficient SQL skills with experience in querying complex datasets. Familiarity with Snowflake or Apache Hive is a bonus.
• Experience with statistical and machine learning models using languages such as Python or R.
• Demonstrated expertise in experimental design and determining the statistical significance of findings.
• Knowledge of programming best practices, version control, and automation.