Data Analyst - Product Analytics

WHAT MAKES US EPIC?

At the core of Epic’s success are talented, passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment. Whether it’s building award-winning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences, we’re always innovating.

Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users. We’re constantly innovating to raise the bar of engine and game development.

ANALYTICS

What We Do

Our Data & Analytics teams build powerful stories and visuals that inform the games we make, the technology we develop, and business decisions that drive Epic.

What You'll Do

Epic Games is looking for a Data Analyst to join the Product Analytics team focused on Fortnite. Your role will focus on the collection, interpretation, visualization, and analysis of our data to help drive and support our decision-making with a particular focus on cosmetics and monetization. The position's primary objective is to transform complex data into reporting that allows stakeholders to understand the data and draw actionable conclusions. In this role, you will take the initiative and work autonomously in a fast-paced environment. Your insights will shape how players access the content they love while building a sustainable business model for Fortnite.

In this role, you will

• Partner with product, design, game development, art, and engineering counterparts to identify opportunities to give players the most value possible out of our cosmetics and use data to develop metrics and insights that shape the execution of our cosmetic strategy.
• Develop and maintain standards for dashboards and reporting initiatives, ensuring data is visualized appropriately and confirming accuracy.
• Work with key stakeholders to identify needs and report outputs to answer questions and drive decisions clearly.
• Document requirements, develop, and deliver both written reports with analysis and charts on a dashboard.
• Collaborate with engineering and QA to consistently monitor and improve our data.
• Perform data analysis using data querying tools such as SQL and Spark.

What we're looking for

• At least 3 years of professional experience as a Business Intelligence or Statistical Data Analyst.
• Demonstrated understanding of both contemporary video games and analytics best practices.
• Passion for games, analytics, and sharing data with others.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience working with development teams to instrument telemetry.
• Experience writing efficient and scalable SQL over billions of rows; familiarity with distributed computing using Spark (Scala or PySpark) is a plus.
• Demonstrated skills in visualizing data (ideally using Tableau).
• Comfort with supporting operational processes, including Code version control (Github or similar), Orchestration (Airflow).
• Ability to prioritize, work with multiple departments, and deliver at a high speed.
• Prior experience in gaming ecosystems and/or monetization preferred.

EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE

We pay 100% for benefits for both employees and dependents and offer coverage for supplemental medical, dental, vision, critical illness, telemedicine, Life and AD&D, long term disability insurance, as well as weekly indemnity (short term disability) and a retirement savings plan with a competitive employer match. In addition to the EAP (employee assistance program), we also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents.

ABOUT US

Epic Games spans across 25 countries with 46 studios and 4,500+ employees globally. For over 25 years, we've been making award-winning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epic's award-winning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build high-fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and VR, but it is also a tool being embraced by content creators across a variety of industries such as media and entertainment, automotive, and architectural design. As we continue to build our Engine technology and develop remarkable games, we strive to build teams of world-class talent.

Like what you hear? Come be a part of something Epic!

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