Senior Data Scientist, PlayStation
Experimentation, Innovation & Research
+ Bonus opportunity
Gaming and digital entertainment provider
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Gaming and digital entertainment provider
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
+ Bonus opportunity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a gaming experience without barriers that fits the needs of players of all abilities.
Role
Who you are
- Good understanding of the gaming industry and related gaming titles
- Expertise in leading experimentation innovation, with a proven track record of advancing experimentation methods and infrastructure in a business environment
- 5+ years of experience working with SQL and statistical packages (R or Python) for experimentation analysis, model development, and large-scale data analysis
- Deep knowledge of causal inference methodologies and experience developing scalable solutions for A/B testing and quasi-experimental designs
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate with partners to drive experimentation strategy, guiding high-impact business decisions through data
- Good communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts effectively to non-technical collaborators, ensuring business alignment
- An innovative approach to tackling intricate data challenges, demonstrating the use of brand new techniques in machine learning, causal inference, and experimentation
- Master’s Degree or equivalent experience in Applied Math, Economics, Statistics, Computer Science, or related field. Ph.D. or equivalent experience preferred
- Familiarity with data engineering tools and practices (e.g., Airflow, Git), and experience with BI tools (Tableau, MicroStrategy) for data visualization
- Demonstrated thought leadership in promoting experimentation culture and contributing to the development of standard methodologies and innovation
What the job involves
- As a Senior Data Scientist, you will lead the advancement of our experimentation capabilities, driving innovation and research in data science methods that fuel impactful business decisions in SIE.
- Your primary responsibility will be to push the boundaries of experimentation methodologies and frameworks, influencing the company’s overall strategy and empowering teams to run experiments more efficiently and accurately. You will contribute to advancing our experimentation culture, continuously innovating and refining techniques to optimise decision-making, platform engagement, and product features for our first-party games
- Drive innovation in experimentation research by developing new methodologies and frameworks that improve the quality, speed, and scalability of experiments
- Lead efforts to advance our experimentation infrastructure, including implementing new statistical and machine learning methods to refine experimentation analysis
- Collaborate closely with product managers and business leaders to identify high-impact experimentation opportunities, ensure alignment with strategic goals, and promote data-driven decision-making across the company
- Act as a thought leader in the field of experimentation and causal inference, mentoring and educating cross-functional teams on best practices, emerging trends, and new research
- Research and prototype novel techniques for handling experimentation challenges in complex, real-world environments, including dealing with constraints in data, user behaviour, and product usage
- Work with stakeholders to shape experimentation strategies and foster a data-driven culture, while guiding teams on industry-standard methodologies for experiment design and execution
- Champion the growth and development of analysts to strengthen the team's analytical capabilities
- Promote and share the team's opinions and achievements in experimentation, data science, and causal inference across the broader organisation, fostering a culture of continuous learning and innovation
- Stay up to date with the latest advancements in experimentation, causal inference, and machine learning, actively sharing new ideas to enhance our capabilities
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Since the release of the PS1 in 1994, PlayStation has been a consistent leader in the video gaming market. Its consoles are iconic in the gaming community - Playstation has produced both the top-selling and fastest-selling console of all time - and the company is still pushing boundaries. Its current flagship - the PS5 - promises to revolutionize gaming, featuring new technology that will create improvements across the board.
As well as its consoles, PlayStation has also developed online services, connecting its users and giving them access to diversified media. A PlayStation can be used for a huge range of activities - from Netflix to guided workouts - which has led to the expansion of the company's audience over time and across generations.
PlayStation faces competition in its field from the likes of Microsoft, with its Xbox range, and PC gaming, which has been becoming more popular in recent years. Regardless, PlayStation shows no signs of slowing down. The upcoming implementation of in-game ads in free games looks to significantly increase revenue, and the wider PlayStation gaming experience also appears to be evolving from plans to launch live service games in upcoming years.
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back within 2 weeks
8% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Private medical insurance
- Private dental insurance
- Flexible working policy (remote working, flexible hours)
- Free fruit every day in our offices
- On-site free gym (London & Liverpool)
- On-site subsidised cafés
- On-site bar (Thursdays & Fridays, London & Liverpool)
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Eye care assistance
- x2 volunteering days each year
- Group pension plan
- Discretionary bonus scheme
- Season ticket loans
- Life assurance
- Income protection
- 25 days holiday, plus Bank Holidays
- Discretionary days off over Christmas and summer
- Free giveaways of select first party products and services
- Discounts on PlayStation products
- Discounts on Sony products
- Access to other corporate discounts
Company HQ
East San Mateo, San Mateo, CA
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Leadership
Jim Ryan
(CEO, not founder)Ryan joined Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe (SIEE) in 1994. Taking over as SIEE president in 2011, he later moved on to head of global sales and marketing at SIE in April 2016. Ryan has served as deputy president of SIE since January 2018, before being appointed CEO in February 2019.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at PlayStation
- We're proud to celebrate diversity at PlayStation
- Our Employee Resource groups, including Women@PlayStation, REPRESENT@PlayStation, Wellbeing@PlayStation, and our award-winning LGBTQ+ group, Pride@PlayStation, actively promote inclusion in the workplace and beyond
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