Principal Data Analyst, Ecosystem Economy & Ugc

Job Description

ANALYTICS

What We Do
Our Data & Analytics teams build powerful stories and visuals that inform the games we make, the technology we develop, and business decisions that drive Epic.

What You'll Do

Use your expert experience in data & analytics to advance the Fortnite ecosystem economy and cultivate a thriving user generated content ecosystem. The successful candidate will have great technical capabilities, an aptitude for product strategy, and a deep understanding of both live service games and user generated content ecosystems.

In this role, you will
• Problem Solving and Critical Thinking: Break down ambiguous problems, understand the pieces that really matter, and drive product improvements with the insights uncovered
• Strategic Product Management and Execution: Identify and evaluate market trends, opportunities, and competition to inform strategic decisions and collaborate with senior leadership to align initiatives with overall company goals
• End-to-End Analytics Ownership: Transform raw data into data models, production metrics, scaled reporting, and insights to improve user experience and engagement
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with product, marketing, legal, and technology teams to ensure seamless execution of initiatives; coordinate with internal stakeholders to align on goals and priorities and facilitate effective communication and collaboration across departments

What we're looking for
• 7+ years of industry or relevant experience, with proven interest in and knowledge of live service video games
• Strong understanding of user-generated content platforms in gaming, and where the market is trending
• Strong product intuition and demonstrated background in influencing products by applying data and measurement to drive alignment
• Experience with working with development teams to instrument data and ensure continued data quality
• Experience with writing efficient and scalable SQL over billions of rows; it is a plus if you are familiar with distributed computing using Spark (Scala or PySpark)
• Familiarity with supporting operational processes including: code version control (Github or similar), orchestration (Airflow)
• Experience with a variety of causal inference methods and experimental design
• Experience with advanced statistical and/or economic modeling is a plus
• Experience in a ''full-stack'' environment - data file ingest, ETL, data storage interaction, application development, communication of results to storage systems, code version control is a plus
• Passion for games, analytics, and user-generated content platforms

Note to Recruitment Agencies: Epic does not accept any unsolicited resumes or approaches from any unauthorized third party (including recruitment or placement agencies) (i.e., a third party with whom we do not have a negotiated and validly executed agreement). We will not pay any fees to any unauthorized third party. Further details on these matters can be found here.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-d5qjq0-52-14-166-224-42 in your application.