Data Scientist

Requisition Number: 167159

Position Title: Data Scientist II

External Description:

We are looking for a talented, self-motivated Data Scientist within the EA Mobile Central Analytics team. This is a critical position that will work with stakeholders on both central and studio teams to drive key strategic data initiatives across EA’s Mobile portfolio, to not just transform how we think about data at EA but also to drive both games and central stakeholders to success. He/She will own and drive analytical initiatives to plan, design, and build data products, game telemetry, optimize player journey with next best action and enrichment pipelines that will enable and empower data democratization within EA Mobile.

Responsibilities:

• Work with cross-functional stakeholders to understand problem statements and to build optimal data solutions/products with a clear set of realistic, achievable objectives that will address the underlying business challenges
• Leveraging various analysis and forecasting techniques (e.g. prescriptive and predictive), model trends in our data to make actionable recommendations to impact EA Mobile’s cross portfolio-level decisions along with bringing improvement in existing methodologies
• Partner with game team analysts and BI/Engineering to build scalable dashboards and data pipelines that can be easily maintained by our BI tool (Looker, Tableau) and automate workflows
• Support analytical processes to build out state-of-the-art data products including data table/schemas creation, ETL monitoring, and reports generation
• Develop detailed knowledge of the underlying data assets and data products and provide subject matter expertise on content, current and potential future uses of data
• Develop and deploy cross-portfolio data products to enable and empower data-informed decision making within our Mobile portfolio

  Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or above in the field of Business Analytics, Statistics, Applied Math or related field
• 4+  years experience in data analysis, analytics, data science, or business intelligence 
• High proficiency in writing SQL queries and knowledge of cloud-based databases like Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery, or other big data solutions
• Experience with a programming language (e.g. R and Python) and BI tools (e.g. Looker, R Shiny, Tableau)
• Experience with exploratory data analysis, prototyping, testing hypotheses, performing root cause analyses, modeling business processes, building forecasts, creating predictive models, defining metrics, and/or measuring business performance 
• Experience in data modeling, ETL processes, big data, and data warehousing
• Experience with developing in Python or a similar language in modern ETL frameworks, such as Airflow, is a strong nice to have
• Passion for games is nice to have

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Company Profile:

We are a global team of creators, storytellers, technologists, experience originators, innovators and so much more. We believe amazing games and experiences start with teams as diverse as the players and communities we serve. At Electronic Arts, the only limit is your imagination.

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About Electronic Arts

Everything we do is designed to inspire the world to play. Through our cutting-edge games, innovative services, and powerful technologies, we bring worlds with infinite possibilities to millions of players and fans around the globe.

We’re looking for collaborative and inclusive people with diverse perspectives who will enrich our culture and challenge us. We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support our people through every chapter of life. We provide comprehensive benefit packages and support for a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more. Our goal is to provide a safe and respectful workplace that empowers you to thrive in both work and life.

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.

Days Open: 51

Can this position be remote?: 1

EEO Employer Verbiage:

About Electronic Arts

Everything we do is designed to inspire the world to play. Through our cutting-edge games, innovative services, and powerful technologies, we bring worlds with infinite possibilities to millions of players and fans around the globe.

We’re looking for collaborative and inclusive people with diverse perspectives who will enrich our culture and challenge us. We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support our people through every chapter of life. We provide comprehensive benefit packages and support for a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more. Our goal is to provide a safe and respectful workplace that empowers you to thrive in both work and life.

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.