Data Scientist II

Requisition Number: 158906

Position Title: Data Scientist II

External Description:

We are EA

And we make games – how cool is that? In fact, we entertain millions of people across the globe with the most amazing and immersive interactive software in the industry. But making games is challenging. That’s why we employ the most creative, passionate people in the industry.

The Challenge Ahead

Our games are played everywhere in the world and on any kind of gaming device (PC, web, console, mobile, smart TV’s) and support multiple business models (digital downloads, premium content, free to play, subscriptions).

We are looking for a Senior Data Scientist to join our team. You will report the Technical Director for Fraud and Player Security and will analyze the behavior of our user accounts and customers, identify fraud trends and high-risk transactions, take statistical or machine learning techniques when designing algorithms, models and heuristics rules to prevent fraudulent payments and losses, and work with Engineering to test and improve the performance of the product.

Responsibilities:

• Aggregate and analyze complex data sets to identify behavior trends using statistics, data mining, and machine learning techniques.
• Develop algorithms, models and heuristics to identify fraudulent transactions and account creation, account compromises, account login and other high-risk activities
• Research predictive modeling techniques and help develop business cases for new technologies needed to support fraud detection
• Build prototype tools for investigating fraud events/behavior and analyzing system-wide trends
• Respond to operational needs by providing ad hoc analytical support 
• Partner with Engineering and Operations teams to determine product requirements 
• Partner with Operations teams to create reports, performance metrics

Requirements:

• Strong problem-solving skills
• Highly quantitative
• True passion for understanding customer behavior on-platform and in-game

Experience:

• Business or data analysis experience (experience from e-commerce, online payments, fraud/risk management, social networking, or gaming industry, a plus)
• Experience managing multiple data science projects simultaneously
• MS Degree in a quantitative discipline (i.e. Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Operations Research, Economics, Industrial Engineering), required
• Experience doing quantitative analysis or statistical modeling
• Knowledge of at least one modeling framework (e.g., Scikit-Learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch, MLlib)
• Will interpret and manipulate large structured and unstructured data, develop recommendations.
• Experience implementing advanced analytics projects using machine learning, pattern recognition, and data mining technologies
• Familiar with Hadoop, Apache Spark framework, SQL/NoSQL
• Proficiency in Python or R
• PMML experience and experience designing ML algorithms
• Can discuss insights to all kinds of audiences

What else is in it for you? Glad you asked!

We love to brag about our great perks like comprehensive health and benefit packages. And since we realize it takes excellent people to make outstanding games, we offer a culture that values creativity and individuality. 

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Company Profile:

Electronic Arts Inc. 是全球领先的互动娱乐软件公司。 EA 提供适用于联网主机、个人电脑、手机和平板电脑的游戏、内容和在线服务。

EEOText: EA 是一个奉行机会均等的雇主。 所有招聘决定均不考虑种族、肤色、国籍、血统、生理性别、社会性别、性别认同或表达、性向、年龄、遗传信息、宗教信仰、残障状况、医疗状况、怀孕状况、婚姻状况、家庭状况、退伍军人身份或其他任何受法律保护的特征等因素的影响。 我们也会遵照相关法律，考虑雇佣带犯罪记录的合格申请者。 EA 还会遵照相关法律，为符合条件的残障个体改善工作环境。

Days Open: 112

Can this position be remote?:

EEO Employer Verbiage:

EA 是一个奉行机会均等的雇主。 所有招聘决定均不考虑种族、肤色、国籍、血统、生理性别、社会性别、性别认同或表达、性向、年龄、遗传信息、宗教信仰、残障状况、医疗状况、怀孕状况、婚姻状况、家庭状况或退伍军人身份等因素的影响。 EA 还会遵照相关法律，为符合条件的残障个体改善工作环境。