At a Glance
- Tasks: Analyze data to enhance player experiences and drive game strategies.
- Company: Join Zynga, a leader in interactive entertainment with a fun, collaborative culture.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, remote work options, and generous vacation time.
- Other info: Dynamic team environment with opportunities for growth and innovation.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on millions of players while working with cutting-edge analytics.
- Qualifications: 8+ years in data science, proficiency in Python and SQL, strong communication skills.
The predicted salary is between 118300 - 142000 $ per year.
Level Up Your Career with Zynga! At Zynga, we bring people together through the power of play. As a global leader in interactive entertainment, our games have been downloaded over 6 billion times—connecting players in 175+ countries through fun, strategy, and a little friendly competition.
Position Overview
Join the Zynga Poker Analytics Team. Zynga Poker is seeking a Principal Data Analyst to help drive decisions that impact millions of players worldwide. As part of our analytics team, you'll play a crucial role in shaping the future of our game through data-driven insights.
Here's How You'll Shape The Player Experience:
- Product Strategy: Analyze long and short-term trends to deliver insights that influence product direction.
- Experimentation: Design, conduct, and analyze statistically sound experiments that drive measurable impact.
- Business Intelligence: Maintain comprehensive dashboards and ETL pipelines to keep the organization informed on game performance.
- Game Integrity: Enhance fraud detection and bad actor models to maintain a healthy gaming ecosystem.
What You'll Do:
- Collaborate with the Product team to enhance revenue, retention, and engagement metrics.
- Analyze player behavior to understand motivations and preferences.
- Design and maintain ETL pipelines to extract, transform, and load data from multiple sources.
- Participate in and contribute to the Analytics Org's AI initiative.
- Design game telemetry to capture meaningful player interaction data.
- Support the economy team in tuning the different features in the game.
- Play a leading role in the design and continuous improvement of our fraud and bad actor models.
- Monitor and maintain the integrity of a wide range of tools and models.
- Continuously learn about analytics best practices.
What You Bring:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, or a related quantitative field.
- Minimum of 8 years in data science or analytics roles.
- Proficiency in Python and SQL.
- Demonstrated experience in data mining, data visualization, statistical analysis, and machine learning.
- Strong ability in both written and oral communication.
- Highly self-motivated with a keen interest in problem-solving.
Bonus Points:
- Experience/Interest in improving analytics team's processes using LLMs.
- Familiarity with poker gameplay and terminology.
What We Offer You:
Zynga offers a world-class benefits package that helps support and balance the needs of our teams. The pay range for this position in Ontario at the start of employment is expected to be between $118,300 and $142,000 per Year.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to creating and celebrating diverse thoughts, cultures, and backgrounds throughout our organization.
Data Analyst in Toronto employer: Zynga
Zynga is an exceptional employer that fosters a vibrant work culture where creativity and collaboration thrive. With a commitment to employee growth, we offer comprehensive benefits, including generous paid time off, wellness programs, and opportunities to engage in innovative projects that shape the future of gaming. Located in Ontario, our team enjoys a dynamic environment that encourages personal and professional development while connecting with millions of players worldwide through the power of play.
