Senior Data Scientist, PlayStation
Experimentation & Measurement
$178.9-268.3k
+This role also may be eligible for a bonus package
Gaming and digital entertainment provider
Open for applications
Gaming and digital entertainment provider
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$178.9-268.3k
+This role also may be eligible for a bonus package
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a gaming experience without barriers that fits the needs of players of all abilities.
Role
Who you are
- Master’s or PhD in Statistics, Economics, or Econometrics. Other degrees in quantitative disciplines may be considered
- 5+ years of experience in a data science experimentation-focused role (3+ with PhD)
- Deep expertise in A/B testing and causal inference, including quasi-experimental methods
- Proficiency in SQL for data extraction and transformation
- Proficiency in Python, including statistical and data science libraries
- Broad and applied knowledge of statistical techniques and machine learning modeling methods
- Proven ability to influence product and business decisions through clear, actionable insights
- Experience contributing to or developing experimentation frameworks, best practices, or internal tooling
- Bonus: Interest in or knowledge of video games, gaming platforms, or player behavior
What the job involves
- As a Sr. Data Scientist on the Decision Science team within the Data Science, Analytics, & Enablement (DSAE) organization at PlayStation, you will take a leading role in designing and interpreting experiments that evaluate the impact of PS4 to PS5 user migration initiatives, growth marketing strategies, and broader campaign performance
- This role is focused on advancing our experimentation practices—bringing statistical rigor, clear measurement strategies, and deep causal inference expertise to some of the most critical initiatives across PlayStation
- Lead the design, execution, and interpretation of A/B tests and quasi-experiments to evaluate the impact of user migration initiatives (PS4 to PS5), growth marketing strategies, and campaign performance
- Partner with cross-functional teams (product, engineering, marketing) to embed experimentation into development and iteration cycles
- Serve as a thought leader on best practices for hypothesis development, metric selection, test structure, and results communication
- Apply advanced causal inference methods when experimentation isn’t feasible or to inform test design and prioritization
- Help define and contribute to centralized experimentation frameworks, tools, and documentation to scale best practices across the company
- Independently extract, transform, and analyze data from complex systems using SQL, Python, and other analytics tools
- Communicate findings clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders, helping drive business decisions with rigor and clarity
- Stay current on new methodologies in experimentation and causal analysis, and bring fresh perspectives to the team’s work
Our take
Since the release of the PS1 in 1994, PlayStation has been a consistent leader in the video gaming market. Its consoles are iconic in the gaming community - Playstation has produced both the top-selling and fastest-selling console of all time - and the company is still pushing boundaries. Its current flagship - the PS5 - promises to revolutionize gaming, featuring new technology that will create improvements across the board.
As well as its consoles, PlayStation has also developed online services, connecting its users and giving them access to diversified media. A PlayStation can be used for a huge range of activities - from Netflix to guided workouts - which has led to the expansion of the company's audience over time and across generations.
PlayStation faces competition in its field from the likes of Microsoft, with its Xbox range, and PC gaming, which has been becoming more popular in recent years. Regardless, PlayStation shows no signs of slowing down. The upcoming implementation of in-game ads in free games looks to significantly increase revenue, and the wider PlayStation gaming experience also appears to be evolving from plans to launch live service games in upcoming years.
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Insights
8% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Private medical insurance
- Private dental insurance
- Flexible working policy (remote working, flexible hours)
- Free fruit every day in our offices
- On-site free gym (London & Liverpool)
- On-site subsidised cafés
- On-site bar (Thursdays & Fridays, London & Liverpool)
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Eye care assistance
- x2 volunteering days each year
- Group pension plan
- Discretionary bonus scheme
- Season ticket loans
- Life assurance
- Income protection
- 25 days holiday, plus Bank Holidays
- Discretionary days off over Christmas and summer
- Free giveaways of select first party products and services
- Discounts on PlayStation products
- Discounts on Sony products
- Access to other corporate discounts
Company HQ
East San Mateo, San Mateo, CA
Leadership
Jim Ryan
(CEO, not founder)Ryan joined Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe (SIEE) in 1994. Taking over as SIEE president in 2011, he later moved on to head of global sales and marketing at SIE in April 2016. Ryan has served as deputy president of SIE since January 2018, before being appointed CEO in February 2019.
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