Senior Data Scientist, Transparency & Regulatory

Epic Games•Cary, NC

18h

About The Position

Epic Games is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to join its Analytics team, supporting transparency and regulatory reporting across products including Fortnite, the Epic Games Store, and Fab. The role owns the data and reporting tools behind transparency reports required by regulations such as the DSA, as well as risk assessments, audits, compliance assessments, and other compliance reporting. The successful candidate will work with Legal, Compliance, Trust and Safety, and Data Engineering to translate regulatory requirements into clear metric definitions, collect figures from other teams, and verify the accuracy of published numbers. The role also maps internal moderation data to regulatory categories, helps product and engineering teams anticipate reporting needs when launching new features, and partners with Data Engineering to develop submission templates and validation tools. It reviews monthly data-quality checks, resolves data drift and defects, adds new moderation flows, and helps set reporting methodology with company leadership.

Requirements

At least 5 years of professional experience as a Data Scientist or in a related field.
At least 2 years of experience with Trust and Safety, integrity, risk, compliance, or regulatory reporting data.
Expertise with SQL, Python, and big data technologies such as Spark or Databricks.
Experience translating legal, policy, or regulatory language into precise, documented, auditable metric definitions.
Hands-on experience with transparency reports or similar regulatory reporting, such as DSA, COPPA, or audits, including recurring, deadline-bound reporting dependent on data from other teams.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including writing data specifications for engineers and presenting to Legal, Compliance, and senior leadership.
Experience with content moderation or child safety data, such as notices, appeals, statements of reasons, or age assurance.
Experience supporting an internal audit, controls review, or regulator request for information.
Experience with data visualization, code version control such as GitHub, and orchestration such as Airflow.
Experience using AI in daily data work and building AI tools or agents for documentation, reconciliation, or review work.
Passion for the gaming industry.

Responsibilities

Own data for transparency reports, risk assessments, and other compliance reporting across Epic products, from data requests through published figures.
Work with Legal, Compliance, Engineering, and Trust and Safety policy teams to translate regulatory text into production-ready metric definitions.
Map internal moderation data to regulatory categories and work with product and engineering teams to ensure new features capture information needed for regulatory reports.
Partner with Data Engineering to develop templates and validation tooling for other teams submitting data.
Review monthly data-quality checks for the reporting pipeline and work with Data Engineering to address drift and defects and add new moderation flows.
Drive reporting methodology in partnership with leadership across the company.

Benefits

The company pays 100% of premiums for employees and their dependents.
Medical coverage.
Dental coverage.
Vision HRA.
Long-term disability insurance.
Life insurance.
401(k) with competitive match.
Mental well-being program through Modern Health, including free therapy and coaching for employees and dependents.
Company events and paid company-wide breaks.
Unlimited PTO and sick time.
Paid sabbatical after 7 years of employment.