Senior Data Analyst - Slots

Zynga, Inc.•Austin, TX

52d

About The Position

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Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, or a related quantitative field. Advanced degrees (Masters or PhD) are a plus.
Minimum of 4 years in data science or analytics roles/2 years with Masters or PhD.
Proficiency in Python and SQL.
Demonstrated experience in data mining, data visualization, experimental design, statistical analysis, and machine learning.
Familiarity with Business Intelligence (BI) tools like Tableau and version control systems such as Git is advantageous.
Strong ability in both written and oral communication.
Highly self-motivated with a keen interest in problem-solving.
Willingness to take ownership of challenges.
Proven ability to work collaboratively as part of a team.
Familiarity with mobile games

Nice To Haves

Experience/ Interest in improving analytics team's processes and work efficiency using LLMs.
Familiarity with slots gameplay and terminology

Responsibilities

Collaborate with the Product team to enhance revenue, retention, and engagement metrics. This includes conducting A/B testing, performing insights analysis, and developing dashboards.
Design and maintain ETL pipelines to extract, transform, and load data from multiple sources, ensuring source of truth for analyses and business intelligence.
Design game telemetry to capture meaningful player interaction data to improve the game experience.
Analyze player behavior to understand motivations and preferences, partnering with game design and consumer insights teams to translate findings into actionable experience improvements.
Actively play and engage with our games to maintain first-hand understanding of player experience, game mechanics, and potential pain points.
Build, monitor, and maintain the integrity of a wide range of tools and models used to streamline workflows and personalize the player experience, in collaboration with other data analysts and data scientists on the team.
Participate in and contribute to the Analytics Org's AI initiative, which aims to significantly increase each analyst's impact through the power of LLMs.
Continuously learn about analytics best practices, and actively share and promote these practices across various games and teams.

Benefits

medical
dental
vision
basic life insurance coverage
14 paid holidays per calendar year
paid vacation time per calendar year (ranging from 15 to 25 days) or eligibility to participate in the Company's discretionary time off program
up to 10 paid sick days per calendar year
paid parental and compassionate leave
wellbeing programs for mental health and other wellness support
family planning support through Maven
commuter benefits
reimbursements for fitness-related expenses