Senior Data Scientist | Shared Tech

at  Kingcom

Available in 3 locationsAvailable in 3 locations
Category Data, Analytics & Strategy
Job ID R023377
Regular

SKILLS TO CREATE THRILLS:

Our ideal candidate will have solid experience working with technical projects in an analytical team in a commercial environment. There is plenty of scope at King for you to learn from your colleagues in the areas where you have less experience, and to share your own skills where you are stronger.

MAKING THE WORLD PLAYFUL

Making the World Playful is our mission – it’s the thread that connects our people, our players, and our passion for our games. Let’s face it, who doesn’t love a bit of fun?
Kingsters are seriously playful: creative thinkers who balance art and science to bring moments of magic to millions daily. But our players aren’t the only ones that can level-up. We’re always looking for ways to champion each other and make what’s already great, even better.
So, if this feels like a fun way to spend your days, and you share our passion, our values, and our hunger to shape the future, join us in Making the World Playful.
Applications need to be in English.
Discover King at careers.king.co

YOUR ROLE WITHIN OUR KINGDOM:

This role sits within our Experimentation Platform Team, which is a mixed team consisting of circa 5-7 Data Scientists/Engineers and Software Engineers. As our new Senior Data Scientist you will be reporting into and collaborating with the Engineering Manager of the team, where you’ll play a pivotal role to help us to further our Experimentation Platform and be part of a community of 100+ data science & analytics experts in a fun, dynamic and fast-paced environment!

SPECIFIC FACTORS THAT ARE USEFUL TO EXCEL IN THIS ROLE INCLUDE:

• AB testing expertise: The ability to design, implement, and analyze AB tests to better understand player interactions and optimize their experience within our games
• Collaboration management: The ability to recognise dependencies, form relationships and influence others
• Business insight: The ability to recognise the real problems and issues our games and business wants to solve, and then defining the right data, analysis or interpretation to lead to the right recommendations and decisions
• Communication: Designing good ways of communicating, visualising or reporting results/analysis so they are clear, rigorous and unambiguous
• SQL: The ability to write complex SQL queries to analyse our databases with over a billion players and work with relational database systems
• Analytical coding: Using tools such as R or Python for analytical purposes
• Software engineering skills: The ability to participate in software development methodologies and design. Or if not, a keen interest in doing so.