Rec Room is the best place to build and play games together. Chat, hang out, explore millions of rooms, or build something new to share with the world. Rec Room is played on nearly every platform worldwide, and we want to ensure it's played well. We are currently seeking a Senior/Staff Product Data Scientist with a focus on App Performance.
As the data lead on this cross-company initiative, you’ll play a critical strategic role in shaping how and where we focus our efforts. You’ll work closely with senior leadership and developers across multiple teams to understand how technical quality impacts player experience and to identify the highest-leverage opportunities for improvement. You'll also collaborate with our creator and partner teams to feed this information back to our creators.
WHAT YOU'LL DO:
- Own our understanding of the technical quality of the app, meet frequently with Rec Room engineering leads and company management, and shape investment decisions.
- Lead initiatives to develop new tracking and experimentation methodologies to uncover opportunities to improve various aspects of the app.
- Use statistical and machine learning techniques to analyze complex data sets, identifying trends that will inform improvements in app stability and performance.
- Own the experimentation plan for the company and its quality efforts, guiding teams on whether to ship and how to consider engagement tradeoffs.
- Develop a strong understanding of how game development on Unity works
- Work with Creator success teams and our personalization team to incorporate your findings into the product.
WE ARE LOOKING FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH:
- 5+ years of data science experiments, with experience in highly technical roles, such as infrastructure, app performance, and complex ranking systems.
- A Bachelor’s or Masters in Math, CS, or related field
- Significant expertise in experimentation methodologies
- Solid knowledge of SQL
- Experience with Python or R is a plus
- A constant desire to learn, improve, and help others improve
- Effective communicator with the ability to distill complex concepts into easily digestible insights
The base pay range for this position is listed below; please note the base pay may vary depending on location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. In some cases, stock options and a sign-on bonus may included in the compensation package. We also offer a full slate of supplemental benefits, including flexible vacation, health, and disability coverage, commuter benefits, retirement plans with a company match, and some not-so-standard benefits, including equipment, family, and pet care stipends.
Canadian Pay Range
$194,063—$237,188 CAD
COMPANY INFO TO KNOW:
Rec Room offers generous medical, dental, and vision plans that cover you, your spouse/domestic partner, and your children. We also support your retirement benefits with a company match. Rec Room values work-life balance by providing unlimited paid time off. Our company values are real and drive our culture. We work hard to be a safe and friendly place for people from all walks of life.
Rec Room provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
Applicants who need reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process may contact [email protected] in confidence. Rec Room will work with each individual to define their application-related needs and to try to accommodate those needs.
Applicants can find our CCPA disclosure notice here.
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What We Do
Rec Room is the best place to build and play games together. Party up with friends from all around the world to chat, hang out, explore player-created rooms, or build something new and amazing to share with us all. With MILLIONS of player-created rooms, there is something for everyone. Hop into a game of paintball with some new friends or zen out in a park with a few of your besties. Rec Room is available on all major gaming platforms, including mobile, console and VR, and is free to play.
Why Work With Us
Rec Room has built a thriving and unique culture around action, autonomy, and trust. We hire talented and driven people and allow them to do their best work, in whatever way that is best for them. We don’t focus on hours or location, but on output and impact. Everyone at Rec Room is empowered to make decisions, have a voice, and be their true self.
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