Data Scientist 4
job description
Role Summary:
We are looking for a Data Scientist with a drive to achieve high impact, high quality results for Minecraft. In this role, you will be responsible for driving insights that inform the Studios player support and experimentation strategies. Youll partner with business and engineering teams to ensure robust reporting on business metrics and make recommendations to optimize product health, and collaborate on experiments to improve player experiences. You will develop and lead analysis that identify key drivers of acquisition, engagement, and monetization.
Job Responsibilities:
Identify key learnings from analysis and synthesize them into recommendations for stakeholders.
Manage partnerships with Product, Marketing, and other teams to integrate insights into product decisions.
Be self-driven and show ability to deliver on ambiguous projects with incomplete or dirty data.
Work with the Engineering team to build and maintain reporting queries for monitoring business health.
Manipulate and analyze complex, high-volume, high-dimensionality data from varying sources using a variety of tools and data analysis techniques.
Top 3 Hard Skills Required + Years of Experience:
1. Minimum 8 years experience with communication.
2. Minimum 8 years experience with stakeholder relationships.
3. Minimum 8 years experience with understanding of digital monitoring.
Requirements/Qualifications:
8+ years of experience in business analytics, with a focus on subscriptions.
8 +years of experience with SQL, bonus if familiar with SparkSQL, Databricks, or Azure Data Explorer.
Proficient in a statistical programming language such as Python or PySpark.
Able to work in a collaborative, diverse and fast-paced team.
Excellent analytical, and problem-solving skills and autonomy when faced with solving data problems.
Excellent verbal, visual and written communication skills.
Interest in games, bonus if experience in gaming industry.
Local to Seattle area.
Candidates with previous experience working at Microsoft, either as a full-time employee (FTE) or contractor, are strongly preferred.
Job Location:
Redmond, WA, United States