Senior Data Scientist
Midasplayer AB / Datajobb / Stockholm
2024-08-09
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hela Sverige We are looking for a Data scientist who will contribute to the discovery and experimentation cycles by understanding, modelling, predicting and segmenting the behavior of our players. The goal is to drive product innovation and enhance our product's competitive edge in the market by learning how to better engage and retain our players. At Candy Crush Soda, you will collaborate closely with game designers, developers, product analysts, and operators, and forge a strategic partnership with product managers.
Key Responsibilities
Data analysis and opportunity discovery
Lead problem discovery alongside the product manager, conducting exploratory analysis to uncover player problems and needs that are in line with the opportunities being explored by the product team.
Model desired player behaviour, with focus on segmentation of users.
Conduct thorough data analysis using statistical methods to identify trends, patterns, and insights related to product performance and user behaviour.
Identify gaps and opportunities within the product and subsequently propose data-informed product changes or enhancements.
Develop new analyses, experiments and data-driven tools to harness business opportunities and share them with King's data science community.
Experimentation
Work closely with game designers and the product team to scope and design tests, translating business needs to technical and AB test requirements (including correct implementation and event tracking).
Design, implement, and analyse A/B tests to evaluate the impact of changes to the product, features, or user experience, making recommendations based on test outcomes.
Monitor the performance of experiments and provide insights to optimise product features.
Documentation and knowledge sharing
Communicate findings and recommendations clearly to stakeholders across Soda.
Document analytical processes, findings, and recommendations, ensuring knowledge is shared and accessible within the team and Soda.
Champion data literacy within the cross-functional game team.
Desired requirements
Hands-on experience with data science in a product context.
Demonstrable ability to extract, manipulate, and interpret large datasets, identifying trends, and making data-driven recommendations. This includes understanding key performance indicators (KPIs) relevant to product success.
Experience working with data using SQL and creating sophisticated queries.
Practical experience with an analytical programming language such as R or Python for data manipulation.
Strong understanding of statistical techniques such as hypothesis testing, regression analysis, and Bayesian data analysis.
Adept in visualisation tools with experience in information visualisation and presentation.
Ability to clearly articulate insights and recommendations to stakeholders, including those without a technical background. This includes excellent written and verbal communication skills
Experience with cloud-based big data solutions such as Redshift, BigQuery.
Bonus skills
Previous game industry experience
Previous experience working with Looker
Experience in behavioural psychology/economics/game theory and experimental design
Advanced machine learning
Knowledge of user research and design thinking principles
Experience with roadmap planning, understanding how data analysis informs the prioritisation of new features or enhancements to existing ones
About King
At King, we're Making the World Playful. Heard of Candy Crush? We're the creators behind it. With game studios in Stockholm, Malmö, London, Barcelona and Berlin, and offices in Dublin, San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, and Malta, we have a 20-year history of delivering some of the world's most iconic games in the mobile gaming industry and are on a mission to level-up the little moments for our more than 200 million active monthly users. 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. As a leading interactive entertainment company for the mobile world, King is part of Activision Blizzard, which was recently acquired by Microsoft.
A Great Saga Needs All Sorts of Heroes
King strives to be a place where everyone can be their most authentic self. We recognize that diversity, equity and inclusion is a vital and continuous conversation, and that change only happens when we all come together. It's our mission to build a diverse and inclusive Kingdom for our people, players, and community.
Making the World Playful
Making the World Playful is our mission - it's the thread that connects our people, our players, and our passion for our games. Let's face it, who doesn't love a bit of fun?
Kingsters are seriously playful: creative thinkers who balance art and science to bring moments of magic to millions daily. But our players aren't the only ones that can level-up. We're always looking for ways to champion each other and make what's already great, even better.
So, if this feels like a fun way to spend your days, and you share our passion, our values, and our hunger to shape the future, join us in Making the World Playful.
Applications need to be in English.
Discover King at careers.king.com
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Arbetsgivare Midasplayer AB (org.nr 556653-2064)
Malmskillnadsgatan 19 (
visa karta)
111 57 STOCKHOLM
Jobbnummer 8831736