Senior Data Scientist, PlayStation

Behavioral Modeling

$155.5-233.3k

Senior level

San Francisco Bay Area

Office located in San Mateo, CA

Gaming and digital entertainment provider

Job no longer available

Gaming and digital entertainment provider

1001+ employees

B2CGamingEntertainmenteSports

Job no longer available

$155.5-233.3k

Senior level

San Francisco Bay Area

Office located in San Mateo, CA

1001+ employees

B2CGamingEntertainmenteSports

Company mission

To create a gaming experience without barriers that fits the needs of players of all abilities.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Sophisticated analytical and problem solving abilities and a flexible, curious approach to data
Deep theoretical and applied understanding of Bayesian or frequentist statistics, data mining techniques, and/or ML techniques
Extensive experience querying, manipulating, and analyzing a variety of different forms of data
Understanding the importance of feature engineering and performance tuning and their impact on the reliability, validity, and interpretability of models
Ability to make good decisions and a realistic understanding of the issues, use reason and review facts, identify inconsistencies and weigh options, and make logical and timely decisions
Aptitude for and interest in working with other methodological experts to develop a deeper understanding of modeling principles, learn new modeling methods or approaches, and identify the most appropriate model for a given question
Experience building models at scale or in an industry setting
Strong commitment to the generation of useful, reliable information
Interest in and ability to work collaboratively with people with substantively different ways of thinking and areas of expertise
Collaborative problem-solving mentality and willingness to trade expertise with peers
Expertise in any of the following areas is a bonus: video game industry experience, clickstream analytics, behavioral economics, political science, sociology, social network analysis, graph theory, data engineering

What the job involves

You will work with subject matter authorities, model validators, data journalists, and data engineers to use your knowledge of a variety of statistical, data mining, and machine learning techniques to determine the right model to build for each situation, extract appropriate features for each model, and develop, test and build models that are both valid and useful in order to inform decision making throughout the company and help create a personalized, enjoyable experience for PlayStation users around the world
Apply advanced statistical and machine learning techniques to translate business needs into reliable, valid models of user behavior
Design, develop, and enhance predictive and behavioral models in order to:
Identify moments or subgroups of interest
Classify users or content
Predict future behavior
Drive personalization
Identify patterns, anomalies, relationships, and trends
Wrangle constantly changing, large, complex, high volume, high dimensional, sparse data
Collaborate with business partners and subject matter authorities to ensure that developed solutions are reasonable, practical, and meet business needs
Work collaboratively with other members of the team to develop the most appropriate model for each situation and to determine each model’s constraints and failure conditions
Work with engineers to apply and improve in-house solutions that support model development, production, and usage
Mentor peers, coordinate work across multiple related models, and interact with both technical and non-technical partners
Participate regularly in high-level, cross-group, collaborative problem solving to improve the quality of the models you develop, extend the ways the company can use data to drive experiences that delight our users, and cement the status of the team as leaders with vision

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 revolutionise 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.