Data Scientist, Twitch
$157.3-212.8k
Gaming-focused livestream platform
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Gaming-focused livestream platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$157.3-212.8k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To empower live communities on the internet.
Role
Who you are
- 3+ years of data science experience with a Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field (e.g., Statistics, Business Analytics, Data Science, Mathematics, Economics, Engineering or Computer Science)
- Expertise in using SQL for data analysis, reporting, and dashboarding
- Expertise with visualization tools like Tableau or Quicksight
- Experience with a scripting language such as Python or R
- Comfort with data warehouses and big data technologies at consumer scale such as Redshift, Snowflake, Big Query, etc
Desirable
- Master’s or Doctorate degree in a quantitative field (e.g. Statistics, Business Analytics, Data Science, Mathematics, Economics, Engineering, or Computer Science)
- Experience in gaming or digital media
What the job involves
- We are looking for an experienced Data Scientist to support our central analytics and finance disciplines at Twitch
- Bringing to bear a mixture of data analysis, dashboarding, and SQL query skills, you will use data-driven methods to answer business questions, and deliver insights that deepen understanding of our viewer behavior and monetization performance
- Reporting to the VP of Finance, Analytics, and Business Operations, your team will be located in San Francisco
- Create actionable insights from data related to Twitch viewers, creators, advertising revenue, commerce revenue, and content deals
- Develop dashboards and visualizations to communicate points of view that inform business decision-making
- Create and maintain complex queries and data pipelines for ad-hoc analyses
- Author narratives and documentation that support conclusions
- Collaborate effectively with business partners, product managers, and data team members to align data science efforts with strategic goals
Our take
Twitch is the world's leading video platform for gamers, allowing users to livestream gaming sessions and curate a dedicated community for their content. By dedicating the platform to gaming alone, it has amassed a loyal following of fans, and been able to launch its Partner Program where streamers can monetize their livestreams, incorporate corporate partnerships, and even attend TwitchCon, a convention where dedicated gamers can socialize.
Twitch's acquisition by Amazon in 2014 saw its viewers double in a year, bringing the platform to a wider audience. However, with YouTube streaming popularity on the rise, it has big competition to contend with, as some popular streamers prefer going live on the video giant. Interestingly, a recent move by the platform was to enable its partner streamers to make live content on other platforms - previously inhibited by its exclusivity clause - which may combat the possibility of losing streamers permanently to YouTube.
In 2022, Twitch had to contend with backlash for its proposal to cut creator income by reducing their cut of subscription earnings. However, with the plan only affecting a minute number of creators, the controversy appears to have died down. Needless to say, Twitch is for now entirely comfortable in the market - with possible plans to extend past gaming bringing the chance to generate more popularity yet.
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Insights
4% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Sep 2013
$20m
SERIES C
Sep 2012
$15m
SERIES B
Total funding: $43.2m
Company HQ
Belden Place, San Francisco, CA
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