Data Scientist
Reference: JAN20256779
Expiry date: 00:00, Fri, 28th Mar 2025
Location: Nottingham
Salary: Competitive
Benefits: Competitive
About Dambuster Studios
Originally founded in 1999 as Free Radical Design, our ambition and passion comes through as strongly now as when we first began. We are always seeking individuals who can emulate our values - passion, quality, and teamwork - which are embodied in our diverse and inclusive culture.
Even if you’re not sure that you meet all the criteria for a role, don’t be put off from applying - we want to hear from you. Our only requirement is that you work from the UK, and if you’re not here right now we can discuss relocation and sponsorship for some of our positions (if the role is eligible, it’s outlined in the advert below). Our studio is in Nottingham city centre and many of our roles can be offered on a hybrid or fully remote working basis – each role is different, so please refer to the advert below for further information. Our internal Wellbeing Committee and Mental Health First Aiders help ensure that our diversity is championed in a safe environment.
Role overview
To support GamesLab's growth, we are searching for a Data Scientist with 3+ 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 guarantee continuous improvement and push innovation forward.
What we can offer you
* Core hours 9.30am – 4pm, remaining hours worked flexibly.
* Work style – fully in studio or hybrid (no more than 2 days a week WFH, and you must live within 50 miles of our Nottingham studio).
* Holiday allowance that increases with service (to a maximum of 30 days plus statutory public holidays).
* Annual pay reviews.
* Company pension contribution that increases with service.
* Company enhanced full pay for maternity leave for the first 26 weeks (to qualifying expectant mothers).
* Clear career progression within Dambuster Studios.
* Studio funded learning and development opportunities.
* Modern game development environment with the latest technologies.
* Vibrant, modern city centre location with good transport links.
* Fully subsidised gym membership with Virgin gym (Nottingham).
* Annual Christmas party and Summer Family BBQ.
* Quarterly company funded cross-team events.
* Free financial advice.
* Cycle to work scheme.
* Weekly office treats, including breakfast on Monday and pastries on Friday.
Responsibilities
* 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, statistics/metrics and visualisations to accurately understand our players' behaviour, needs and/or expectations.
* Design and develop Dashboards aiming to be clear and impactful using BI Tools (Power BI) or open source libraries (R/Python).
* Help Production Teams in the data collection process to guarantee completeness and reliability of our game's data (definition, implementation, testing).
* 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 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.
Requirements
* 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.
* 3+ 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.
Dambuster Studios is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Anyone considering their next step in their career journey with Dambuster will receive consideration without regard to gender (including gender identity, gender expression and gender reassignment), race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, disability, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity or paternity, or membership in any other legally protected category. We strive to create an inclusive environment, empower employees, and embrace diversity. We encourage everyone to apply.
We operate a transparent recruitment process that removes barriers for those who require reasonable adjustments. If you require reasonable adjustments during the recruitment or onboarding process, or if you are successful in securing a position with us, please let us know what we can do to ensure your success.
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