Netflix Data Scientist L6 Games 

United States, California 

808445943

What You Will Do:

• Partner with our Game stakeholders (e.g., Netflix Games Development team, Game Developers, Game Strategy, Planning & Analysis team) on advanced analytic initiatives (e.g., prediction modeling, causal inference, experimentation etc)

• Lead the design, analysis, and interpretation of causal inference or experimentation results that shape decision-making around Games at Netflix

• Proactively discover, curate and drive impactful projects supporting strategic decisions with stakeholders team

• Drive and implement high impact projects end to end

• Present your research and insights to key stakeholders

• Work with business stakeholders to connect analysis to key decisions that affect the business to influence and drive impact to the business

• Balance handling ad hoc requests while also driving larger projects forward

• Mentor junior DS on the team to direct technical directions and ensure technical excellence on the team

Who You Are:

• You have at least 2 years of experience working in the Games industry as a Data Scientist.

• At least 8 years of experience with a PhD degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Mathematics, Engineering or a relevant quantitative field or 10+ years of experience with a Master degree in those fields.

• You have strong influencing skills and help business leaders answer strategic questions by leveraging data

• You have deep statistical expertise utilized in analyzing observational data, statistical modeling and experimentation and proficient with commonly used machine learning techniques

• You have the ability to pinpoint the most significant business needs and lead data-driven projects to inform and support these decisions.

• You are comfortable working with large data sets and analyzing complex data with SQL and other tools such as Python or R

• You have strong business acumen on product innovations and excellent problem solving skills to translate business requirements to data science problems.

• You have a strong bias to action, delivering results quickly with iteration instead of waiting for perfection

• You are a fast learner and are comfortable with ambiguous requests.

• You have exceptional communication skills and can manage stakeholder priorities directly

• Willing to mentor junior data scientists on the team to accelerate team growth.

The overall market range for this role is typically $400,000 - $960,000

Job is open for no less than 7 days and will be removed when the position is filled.