Senior Data Analyst, Game Platform

1 Month ago • 7 Years + • Data Analyst

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Senior Data Analyst at Epic Games, you'll design and implement a robust telemetry system for their game platform, enabling real-time data usage for developers. This role demands strong technical skills, product strategy aptitude, and a deep understanding of live service games and user-generated content. Responsibilities include problem-solving, strategic partnership, end-to-end analytics ownership (data modeling, reporting, insights), and cross-functional collaboration with product, marketing, and technology teams. You will leverage data to drive product improvements, identify market trends, and align initiatives with company goals. Experience with SQL, distributed computing (Spark), causal inference, and experimental design is crucial.
Must have:
  • 7+ years experience in live service games
  • Strong understanding of LiveOps and GaaS (mobile)
  • Product intuition and data-driven decision making
  • Experience instrumenting data and ensuring quality
  • Efficient and scalable SQL (billions of rows)
  • Cross-functional collaboration skills
Good to have:
  • Experience with Spark (Scala or PySpark)
  • Familiarity with code version control (Github), orchestration (Airflow)
  • Advanced statistical/economic modeling
  • Full-stack experience (data ingest, ETL, storage, application development)
Perks:
  • 100% premium coverage (medical, dental, vision)
  • Long-term disability and life insurance
  • 401k with competitive match
  • Robust mental well-being program
  • Unlimited PTO and sick time
  • Paid sabbatical after 7 years

Job Details

WHAT MAKES US EPIC?

At the core of Epic’s success are talented, passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment. Whether it’s building award-winning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences, we’re always innovating.

Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users. We’re constantly innovating to raise the bar of engine and game development.

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 and analytics to design and deliver a robust telemetry system and then enable developers to use that data in real-time to cultivate a thriving game 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 Partner Management and Execution: Work with your Product counterparts to 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 developer 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 LiveOps and GaaS platforms (especially mobile) and where the market is trending
  • Strong product intuition and demonstrated background in influencing products by applying data and measurement to drive alignment
  • Experience working with development teams to instrument data and ensure continued data quality
  • Experience 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 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

EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE

Our intent is to cover all things that are medically necessary and improve the quality of life. We pay 100% of the premiums for both you and your dependents. Our coverage includes Medical, Dental, a Vision HRA, Long Term Disability, Life Insurance & a 401k with competitive match. We also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents. Throughout the year we celebrate our employees with events and company-wide paid breaks. We offer unlimited PTO and sick time and recognize individuals for 7 years of employment with a paid sabbatical.

ABOUT US

Epic Games spans across 25 countries with 46 studios and 4,500+ employees globally. For over 25 years, we've been making award-winning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epic's award-winning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build high-fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and VR, it is also a tool being embraced by content creators across a variety of industries such as media and entertainment, automotive, and architectural design. As we continue to build our Engine technology and develop remarkable games, we strive to build teams of world-class talent.

Like what you hear? Come be a part of something Epic!

Epic Games deeply values diverse teams and an inclusive work culture, and we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. Learn more about our Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy .

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 .

Similar Jobs

The Walt Disney Company - Software Engineer II, Core Media Manufacturing

The Walt Disney Company

New York, New York, United States (On-Site)
2 Months ago
Appier - Software Engineer, Data Backend(Data Platform)

Appier

Taipei City, Taiwan (On-Site)
2 Months ago
ByteDance - Backend Engineer Lead - ARK Large Model Platform (Singapore)

ByteDance

Singapore (On-Site)
2 Months ago
Tencent - Data Scientist Intern

Tencent

(On-Site)
1 Month ago
Unity - Senior Data Infrastructure Engineer

Unity

Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District, Israel (On-Site)
4 Months ago
SmileGate - CROSSFIRE Data Analyst

SmileGate

Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea (On-Site)
4 Weeks ago
PwC - IN-Senior Associate_Big Data Engineer_Data & Analytics_Advisory_ PAN India

PwC

Gurugram, Haryana, India (On-Site)
4 Months ago
PwC - PowerBI Lead

PwC

Toronto, Ontario, Canada (On-Site)
3 Months ago
Playtika - Data Infrastructure Director

Playtika

Israel (On-Site)
3 Months ago
Netflix - Data Engineering Intern, Summer 2025

Netflix

Los Gatos, California, United States (On-Site)
1 Month ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

Similar Skill Jobs

Playrix - Director of Engineering

Playrix

Montenegro (Remote)
3 Months ago
Microsoft - AI Platform Engineer

Microsoft

Mountain View, California, United States (Hybrid)
2 Weeks ago
HEAL Software  Inc  - Engineer – QA (Manual)

HEAL Software Inc

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India (On-Site)
3 Months ago
Warner Bros Games - Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Warner Bros Games

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India (Hybrid)
3 Weeks ago
ION - Senior AI Engineer, Italy

ION

Pisa, Tuscany, Italy (On-Site)
4 Months ago
Meta - Data Engineer, Product Analytics

Meta

Burlingame, California, United States (On-Site)
3 Months ago
Netflix - Data Engineer (L5) - Product (Device)

Netflix

United States (Remote)
3 Months ago
Next Level Business Services - Java - Scala Architect

Next Level Business Services

San Diego, California, United States (On-Site)
3 Months ago
ASSIST Software - Java Developer

ASSIST Software

Suceava, Suceava County, Romania (Remote)
3 Months ago
Rubrik - Senior Software Engineer - Cloud Native Protection

Rubrik

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India (On-Site)
3 Months ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

Jobs in Cary, North Carolina, United States

Dun & Bradstreet - 2025 Summer Internship Program - Technology

Dun & Bradstreet

Jacksonville, Florida, United States (On-Site)
4 Months ago
Maersk Careers - Dispatch Specialist - Pasadena, TX

Maersk Careers

Houston, Texas, United States (On-Site)
3 Months ago
The Walt Disney Company - Manager, Software Engineering

The Walt Disney Company

San Francisco, California, United States (On-Site)
3 Weeks ago
AppLovin - Full Stack Engineer

AppLovin

Palo Alto, California, United States (On-Site)
1 Month ago
The Walt Disney Company - Disney Branded Television Original Movies Intern, Summer/Fall 2025

The Walt Disney Company

Burbank, California, United States (On-Site)
2 Days ago
ByteDance - Research Scientist- Foundation Model, Video Generation

ByteDance

Seattle, Washington, United States (On-Site)
3 Months ago
ByteDance - Creator Partnerships, Parenting - Lemon8 - New York

ByteDance

New York, New York, United States (On-Site)
3 Months ago
ByteDance - Tech Lead - Data Tech Infrastructure- San Jose

ByteDance

San Jose, California, United States (On-Site)
3 Months ago
IGT - Senior Director, System Design

IGT

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States (Hybrid)
1 Month ago
Axinous - Senior Network Engineer

Axinous

United States (Remote)
4 Weeks ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

Data Analyst Jobs

PwC - Senior Associate_GCP Data Engineer_Data and  Analytics_Advisory_Bengaluru

PwC

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India (On-Site)
4 Months ago
Canva - Software Engineer (Python) - Data Platform (Open to remote across ANZ)

Canva

Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand (Remote)
1 Month ago
Match Group - Data Science II (Marketing Analytics)

Match Group

San Francisco, California, United States (Hybrid)
3 Months ago
Zeta - Lead - Business Intelligence Engineer

Zeta

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India (On-Site)
3 Months ago
Mobiloitte - Databricks Certified Data Engineers | Mobiloitte USA | Remote Work

Mobiloitte

United States (Remote)
2 Months ago
InMobiInMobi - Data Scientist II

InMobiInMobi

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India (On-Site)
2 Weeks ago
Infoblox - Staff/Senior Data Engineer

Infoblox

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India (Hybrid)
3 Months ago
Easy Brain - Data Scientist

Easy Brain

Limassol, Limassol, Cyprus (Hybrid)
4 Months ago
Every matrix - Middle Data QA Engineer (Python)

Every matrix

Lviv, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine (Hybrid)
2 Months ago
Every matrix - Middle Business Intelligence/Data Analyst

Every matrix

Lviv, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine (Hybrid)
1 Month ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

About The Company

Founded in 1991, Epic Games is a leading interactive entertainment company and provider of 3D engine technology. Epic operates Fortnite, one of the world’s largest games with over 350 million accounts and 2.5 billion friend connections. Epic also develops Unreal Engine, which powers the world’s leading games and is adopted across industries such as film and television, architecture, automotive, manufacturing, and simulation. Through Unreal Engine, Epic Games Store, and Epic Online Services, Epic provides an end-to-end digital ecosystem for developers and creators to build, distribute, and operate games and other content. Epic has over 40 offices worldwide with headquarters in Cary, North Carolina.

Porto Alegre, State Of Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil (On-Site)

Porto Alegre, State Of Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil (On-Site)

Porto Alegre, State Of Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil (On-Site)

Porto Alegre, State Of Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil (On-Site)

Cary, North Carolina, United States (On-Site)

(On-Site)

Montreal, Quebec, Canada (On-Site)

(On-Site)

View All Jobs

Get notified when new jobs are added by Epic Games

Level Up Your Career in Game Development!

Transform Your Passion into Profession with Our Comprehensive Courses for Aspiring Game Developers.

Job Common Plug