Senior Data Engineer, Second Dinner Studios
$150-190k
+ Equity
More information about location
Independent game development studio
Open for applications
Independent game development studio
101-200 employees
Open for applications
$150-190k
+ Equity
More information about location
101-200 employees
Company mission
To make the most entertaining games in the world.
Role
Who you are
- If you are a data engineer who thrives on enabling actionable analytics, supporting diverse teams, and driving data innovation for millions of players worldwide, then APPLY!!!
- Extensive expertise with data infrastructure and data engineering
- Demonstrated experience in large-scale distributed data systems such as Spark and Flink
- Deep expertise in analytical database technologies, including SQL and NoSQL
- Proficiency in SQL and Python
- Experience with database technologies and ETL/ELT processes
- Experience with orchestration and automation tools like Airflow and Beam
- Experience with Databricks and AWS-based data/analytics solutions
- Knowledge of marketing platforms and data tools such as Braze and AppsFlyer
- Proven success in collaborative cross-functional work environments
- Passion for serving a diverse and global player base
Desirable
- Experience working in online video games, preferably mobile free-to-play games
- Proficiency in C# and backend software development
- Experience in building and integrating data pipelines for customer-facing live services (e.g., recommenders)
- Knowledge of operational database and storage technologies (e.g., DynamoDB, Cassandra, Redis)
What the job involves
- You will report to the Director of Data, and focus on building and operating data infrastructure to empower our marketing and game teams. Your primary responsibility is to ensure that our data is both high-quality and accessible, enabling teams to make data-driven decisions quickly and effectively
- You’ll collaborate closely with data scientists, analysts, and engineers to deliver robust pipelines and innovative self-service analytics tools. By partnering with marketing and game teams, you’ll help refine user acquisition and retention strategies through precise and timely data insights
- Develop and operate data infrastructure and pipelines to enable robust data for analytics and reporting for Marketing
- Empower the Marketing team with high-quality data to improve user acquisition (UA) and retention strategies
- Enable SNAP Product Management, Analytics, Design, Engineering, and Production teams to gain insights from analytics quickly and effectively
- Partner with data scientists, analysts, and software engineers to ensure high-quality and relevant data collection
- Collaborate with the AI team to innovate, develop, and operate self-service analytics tools
Our take
For a long time, the gaming industry was dominated by a small number of studios. In recent years, however, the prevalence of small, independent studios has risen. Second Dinner Studios is one of a crop of new games studios looking to disrupt this ever-growing market.
Second Dinner was founded by a team of former directors, producers and artists from Blizzard Entertainment, one of the biggest names in gaming. This combined expertise, which covers every aspect of the game creation process, has helped the company to gain a solid foothold in the market. In 2022, Second Dinner launched its first game, Marvel SNAP, the end product of a high value partnership with entertainment giant Disney.
The gaming market is one of the fastest growing industries in the world, and Second Dinner's partnership with Marvel, the world's most recognisable franchise, has helped set it apart from the crowd. However, the company has faced pushback over its in-game monetization features. Nonetheless, Second Dinner was quick to remedy these features, displaying impressive agility.
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Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Jan 2024
$100m
SERIES B
Jan 2019
$30m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $130m
Company HQ
Irvine, CA
Leadership
Hamilton Chu
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously founded the PFN Group, and was SVP and Executive Producer at Blizzard Entertainment.
Ben Brode
(Co-Founder & Chief Development Officer)Previously worked as Principal Game Designer and Game Director for Blizzard game Hearthstone.
Jomaro Kindred
(Co-Founder & Art Director)Previously a Senior Concept Artist at Nerve Software, before joining Blizzard Entertainment as a Senior Concept Artist.
Yong Woo
(Co-Founder & Chief Production Officer)Previously a Senior Associate at Sapient and Director of Mobile Products at Where LLC. Then served as Production Director for Blizzard Entertainment's Hearthstone.
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