Principal Data Analyst, EPIC Games
$192.3-320.5k
Interactive entertainment company
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Interactive entertainment company
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$192.3-320.5k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create fun games we want to play and building the art and tools we need to bring those games to life.
Role
Who you are
- The successful candidate will have the ability to apply a range of data technologies, statistical, machine learning methods, and visualization methods to influence development and product teams
- At least 7 years of industry or relevant experience, with proven interest in and knowledge of live service video games
- Strong product intuition and demonstrated background in influencing products by applying data and measurement to drive alignment
- Significant experience communicating findings and actions to executive teams
- Experience working with development teams to instrument telemetry
- Experience writing efficient and scalable SQL over billions of rows; it is a plus if you are familiar with distributed computing using Spark (Scala or PySpark)
- Experience in data visualization (Tableau or similar)
- Comfort with supporting operational processes including: Code version control (Github or similar), Orchestration (Airflow)
- Understanding of experimental design and A/B testing techniques
- Ability to learn and apply new technologies and modeling/statistical methods to deliver results
What the job involves
- Epic Games is looking for a Principal Data Analyst to join the Product Analytics team focused on Fortnite.
- You’ll apply mixed methods to own the end-to-end life cycle of creating data assets, reports, insights, and predictive models to impact the direction of efforts across Epic’s portfolio of products and ecosystems, with projects spanning across the Fortnite ecosystem.
- Your insights will shape the way players engage with content they love
- Partner with business leaders, product, design, game development, art, and engineering counterparts to identify opportunities to broaden and deepen engagement across Fortnite
- Work directly with analytics, engineering, and data platform teams to properly scope and capture the data required to unlock insights
- Transform raw data into insights and production metrics, reports, and models
- Continuously evaluate the effectiveness of metrics and align them with long-term ecosystem growth
- Work with design, product, and analytics teams to quickly and rigorously design, test, and execute on experiments to improve the product
Our take
Epic Games is the creator of Fortnite, Unreal, Gears of War, Shadow Complex, and the Infinity Blade series of games. Epic's Unreal Engine technology brings high-fidelity, interactive experiences to PC, console, mobile, AR, VR and the Web. Its recent announcement - Unreal Engine 5 - is set to lay the technical foundations for countless future releases.
Epic Games' model focuses on two key areas: creating games and offering its game engine technology to other developers. Doing this means that Epic Games' brand stretches beyond their own direct creations. The company has been able to put its name to some of the most iconic games of the last 20 years. Its most recent success is undoubtedly the creation of Fortnite, which has gained hundreds of millions of users since its launch in 2017.
Long-established as one of the leaders in their field, these are undoubtedly exciting times for Epic Games. The release of next-generation consoles like the PS5 has enabled Epic Games to push the limits of their software, meaning it'll lead the charge in the creation of next-gen games. 2024 saw an unprecedented investment in Epic Games by Disney, amounting to $1.5 billion. This will enable Disney to promote iconic characters through the Fortnite game. With the number of people enjoying video games continuing to grow, there is no sign of Epic Games slowing down any time soon.
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Insights
18% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Feb 2024
$1.5bn
LATE VC
Apr 2022
$2bn
LATE VC
Total funding: $8.6bn
Company benefits
- Insurance: Health, dental, and vision
- Retirement plan, 401(k) plan
- Performance bonuses (quarterly)
- Maternity/Paternity leave
- Paid holidays and sick days
- Employee discounts at the Epic Store
- Free lunches and snacks on site
- Pet-friendly offices so you can bring your well-behaved pet to work
- Company-sponsored social events such as happy hours and special events
Company HQ
Cary, NC
Leadership
Tim Sweeney
(CEO)Founded 'Potomac Computer Systems', which would later become Epic Games, in 1991, from his parents' house in Maryland.
Mark Rein
(Vice President)Joined Sweeney in 1992, when the two renamed Sweeney's company into 'Epic Games'.
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