Senior Product Data Scientist, Rec Room
$161-188.9k
+ Stock options
Platform for building and playing games together
Job no longer available
Platform for building and playing games together
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
$161-188.9k
+ Stock options
201-500 employees
Company mission
To provide gaming lovers with amazing immersive social, multiplayer, VR, and AR experiences.
Role
Who you are
- If you’re passionate about uncovering patterns in data to inform product development, growth strategies, and player experiences, this role is the perfect fit!
- 5+ years of product analytics experience, with a proven track record of deriving insights that lead to product changes
- A Bachelor’s or Masters in Math, CS, or related field
- Significant expertise in experimentation methodologies
- Very strong knowledge of SQL
- Experience with Python or R is a plus
- Experience with manipulating and analyzing complex, high-volume data
- A constant desire to learn, improve, and help others improve
- Effective communicator with the ability to distill complex concepts into easily digestible insights
What the job involves
- As a Senior Product Data Scientist at Rec Room, you'll take on the roles of leader, investigator, and storyteller
- You’ll own a large strategic area and use data to advocate for our players, shaping both team strategies and roadmaps
- Your insights into player behavior will drive impactful decisions, helping craft experiences that delight players and support a sustainable business
- In this role, you’ll mentor other data scientists while tackling challenges like player retention, in-game monetization, and optimizing user-generated content
- Work closely with our designers and developers to understand what users do on the platform. Broadly communicate those findings to the immediate team and beyond
- Define top-level business and team KPIs, and establish learning agendas, measurement plans, and success metrics in close coordination with the product team
- Work with teams to build a culture of goal setting and accountability
- Drive changes to our product roadmap based on quantitative insights
- Structure thoughtfully designed A/B tests and up-level broader team through rigorous understanding of test results
- Contribute as needed to improve overall infrastructure - including building pipelines, data documentation, and dashboarding
- Collaborate with the Machine Learning team as needed to develop novel features and understand performance
Our take
Originally launched as a social hangout for virtual-reality headset users, Rec Room follows in the footsteps of gaming giants Roblox, offering a blend of gaming, social media, and user-generated content. With a teenage target market that is slightly older than Roblox, Rec Room now boasts around 29 million active users.
Like its closest rival, Rec Room also puts an emphasis on content creation, allowing users to create their own virtual rooms and games, and share them with the community. However, whilst other companies have relied on platforms like Facebook to initiate the social aspect of the gaming experience, Rec Room has independently provided a variety of social experiences for both novices and experienced gamers.
The company has recently seen both its user-base and valuation grow exponentially, with the considerable funding raised by the company cited to expand operations and business reach. Rec Room also has aims to experiment with changing avatars to add more personalization, for instance by adding feet, and is investigating further brand partnerships in apparel, music, and other categories, as well as more "game-adjacent" content.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
20% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Dec 2021
$145m
LATE VC
Mar 2021
$100m
LATE VC
Total funding: $294m
Company benefits
- Flexible Work Culture - As a workplace, we're a fun, supportive, high trust culture and offer 100% remote or hybrid opportunities out of our Seattle office. We provide work from home office equipment, support, and furniture reimbursements
- Unlimited Paid Time Off - We want you to be the best version of yourself. We offer unlimited PTO to give our team members the time they need, when they need it
- 401K - Rec Room offers a competitive 401k package with 100% employer matching up to 6%
- Health and Wellness - We offer premium benefits including: Medical, Dental, Orthodontics, Vision, Paid Parental Leave, Life Insurance, Long Term/Short Term Disability, FSA, Family Care, and EAP
- Career Growth and Mentorship - We are growing fast and we make it a priority to invest in the growth and career development of our folks through educational opportunities and mentorship
- Equity - Become a stakeholder in one of Seattle's most exciting Unicorns! We are a privately held company and offer competitive stock options
Company HQ
Uptown, Seattle, WA
Leadership
Nick Fajt
(CEO & Co-Founder)They studied at Cornell before working at Microsoft HoloLens, in roles including Principal Program Manager.
Cameron Brown
(CCO & Co-Founder)They started their career at Beam Software before roles at Auran, Pandemic Studios, and EA. They also spent 4 years at Microsoft Creative Studios.
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