CRM Data Scientist, King
Candy Crush Saga
1-4 days a week in office
Mobile games developer
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Mobile games developer
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
1-4 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
At King, we’re Making the World Playful. Heard of Candy Crush? We’re the creators behind it. But we aren’t just crushing it with candies, we’re also behind Farm Heroes, Bubble Witch, Pet Rescue and loads of other sweet games.
Role
Who you are
- You’ll have a shown ability to apply your skills, be it technical, behavioural or economic, in order to generate value for the product you’re working on
- Business Insight; The ability to identify the problems and issues our games and business wants to solve, and then defining the most appropriate data, analysis or interpretation to lead to the right recommendations and decisions
- Stakeholder Management; The ability to recognize dependencies, form relationships and influence others
- Designing good ways of presenting, visualising or reporting your results/analysis so they are clear and unambiguous
- SQL: The ability to write efficient SQL queries to extract relevant data from our databases with 300+ million players
- Analytical coding: Using tools such as R or Python for analytical purposes
- Stats: Understanding the basics of appropriate statistical or machine learning techniques. Familiarity with massive data sets and tools to deal with them (e.g., BigQuery/AWS/Hadoop)
- Standard reporting tools such as Looker/Tableau/etc
Desirable
- Experience in behavioural psychology/economics and experimental design, and game theory
- Experience in predictive analytics, segmentation, and related areas
- Experience in the games industry or customer-facing digital businesses
- Working knowledge of randomised controlled trials (ex: social science research, medical research, biostatistics, policy research etc.) or digital A/B testing and online controlled experiments
- Familiar with collaborative programming (git is a must) and highly skilled in R or Python
- Software engineering skills in Java and other languages (beyond R and Python which we use most frequently)
What the job involves
- We are looking for a dedicated and creative Data Scientist interested in building, defining and pushing the boundaries of game analytics and A/B test analysis for Candy Crush Saga
- You’ll help us to further understand, model, predict, segment, and retain our players and be part of a community of 100+ business intelligence & analytics experts
- In the role as Data Scientist in Consumer Marketing area, you will work closely with CRM and events teams to set up and analyse CRM campaigns to deliver impactful player experiences to improve retention, engagement and monetisation
- You will also work closely with other Data Scientists across the business to leverage insights from one game across multiple games
- Design, monitor, analyse and communicate results for A/B tests, and proactively develop new analyses, experiments and data-driven tools to help the business evolve and seize new opportunities
- Provide a business analytical perspective to discussions and help to drive the priorities within your area
- Be self-motivated to learn and support the technical development of the team, and help evolve the methodology and tools available to King’s data science community
- Communicate, visualise and report your findings in a clear and unambiguous way to people with diverse degrees of numerical proficiency
- Ensure that the data required to understand how our players interact with the game is available and reliable
- Be able to systematically break complex and abstract problems into solvable questions
Application process
- Applications need to be in English
Our take
Gaming is one of the world’s fastest-growing industries, but many still view gaming as inconvenient, inaccessible, or niche. King solves that problem by designing mobile games with broad market appeal.
Since its launch, King has released more than 200 titles in 14 languages, including Candy Crush, Farm Heroes, Bubble Witch, Pet Rescue, and more. The company pioneered in-game spending, which allows it to monetize user interactions without charging them to buy the game. Titles such as Candy Crush are designed to be highly accessible to demographics that wouldn’t usually define themselves as “gamers”, including older users. King now boasts more than 200 million monthly active users, making it a clear market leader.
In 2016, King was bought by gaming giant Activision Blizzard, which has since been purchased by Microsoft. While the company still operates with a high degree of independence, it has greatly profited from the financial and marketing support of its parent corporation. This support has been instrumental in enabling King to maintain its competitiveness in the constantly evolving mobile gaming industry.
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Funding (2 rounds)
Sep 2005
$43m
SERIES A
Jun 2005
$41m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $84m
Company benefits
- 🏥 Private medical, dental, critical illness and pension plans 🇬🇧
- 🌴 Generous paid holidays, with additional time off close down between 25th December and the New Year 🇬🇧
- 🥯 Next-level offices that provide numerous creative spaces as well as free breakfast, snacks, and drinks 🇬🇧
- 🎒 Exclusive, free goodies 🇬🇧
- 🏳️🌈 Four employee-led diversity-focused networks and other community groups that raise awareness 🇬🇧
- ❤️ Reimbursements for both physical and mental health-related activities. Some offices also have their own onsite gyms. 🇬🇧
- 🏅 Community Day, charity donation matching, free and discounted Activision Blizzard games, and our Royal Recognition Awards rewarding commitment of long-serving Kingsters 🇬🇧
- 🏥 Private medical, dental, critical illness and pension plans 🇪🇺
- 🌴 Generous paid holidays, with additional time off close down between 25th December and the New Year 🇪🇺
- 🥯 Next-level offices that provide numerous creative spaces as well as free breakfast, snacks, and drinks 🇪🇺
- 🎒 Exclusive, free goodies 🇪🇺
- 🏳️🌈 Four employee-led diversity-focused networks and other community groups that raise awareness 🇪🇺
- ❤️ Reimbursements for both physical and mental health-related activities. Some offices also have their own onsite gyms. 🇪🇺
- 🏅 Community Day, charity donation matching, free and discounted Activision Blizzard games, and our Royal Recognition Awards rewarding commitment of long-serving Kingsters 🇪🇺
Company values
- Fun & Friendly 🧡 We create an inclusive environment where everyone can belong. We build trust, we're supportive and demanding in everything we do, and we're not afraid to have fun along the way
- Care & Craft 🤗 We put our heart and soul into everything we do - and we do it for our players. It takes all Kingsters, contributing in different ways, to craft and operate brilliant mass-appeal games
- Humble & Open 📖 We treat each other as equals. We seek and give feedback, we listen, we learn, and we're honest with ourselves and others
- Fast & Fluid ⏩ We are responsive and embrace change. We take smart risks, are always ready to dust ourselves off, learn fast, and try again
- Creative Champions 🏅 We are curious about our players and we drive innovation in big and small ways to delight them every day. We boldly seek new ways of thinking to unleash creativity
- Passion & Performance 📈 Our passion guides us to set ambitious goals for ourselves and each other. We hold each other accountable, see things through, and contribute to our sustainable growth
Company HQ
Soho, London, UK
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Leadership
Tjodolf Sommestad
(President )President from February 2022. Previously served as King’s Chief Development Officer.
People progressing
Leading a data science team responsible for supporting performance marketing to make informed decisions with data
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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at King
Vikki Leach (Senior Director, DE&I)
- A great saga needs all sorts of heroes. At King, we share a passion for making the world playful. To achieve this, it takes people with different skills, experiences, and world views to work together.
- There’s no such thing as a typical gamer. That’s why we embrace and celebrate what makes us different rather than what makes us the same
- Our Employee Networks help us to stay connected as individuals and as a company; Kaleidoscope (ethnic, cultural, and national diversity), Royal Unicorns (LGBTQIA+), Women@King (crushing bias and equal opportunities) and CAN (collective abilities).
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