Data Analyst - Words Friends

Position: Data Analyst - Words with Friends
Overview

Level Up Your Career with Zynga! At Zynga, we bring people together through the power of play. As a global leader in interactive entertainment and a proud label of Take-Two Interactive, our games have been downloaded over 6 billion times—connecting players in 175+ countries through fun, strategy, and a little friendly competition.

From thrilling casino spins to epic strategy battles, mind-bending puzzles, and social word challenges, our diverse game portfolio has something for everyone. Fan-favorites and latest hits include Farm Ville™, Words With Friends™, Zynga Poker™, Game of Thrones Slots Casino™, Wizard of Oz Slots™, Hit it Rich! Slots™, Wonka Slots™, Top Eleven™, Toon Blast™, Empires & Puzzles™, Merge Dragons!™, CSR Racing™, Harry Potter:
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Founded in 2007 and headquartered in California, our teams span North America, Europe, and Asia, working together to craft unforgettable gaming experiences. Whether you  spinning, strategizing, matching, or competing, Zynga is where fun meets innovation—and where you can take your career to the next level.

Join us and be part of the play!

The Game

Words with Friends is an iconic and beloved multiplayer word game that has captivated millions of players worldwide. As a part of our team, you  contribute to a game that not only entertains but also educates and connects people across the globe. If you  passionate about creating interactive entertainment that brings people together, Words with Friends offers an unparalleled opportunity to be part of a popular brand in mobile gaming!

At Words with Friends, analytics plays a crucial role. We inform decision-making and personalize player experience leveraging data and ML-powered solutions in our game. Whether you are assisting the experiment setup that unlocks features to the right people at the right time, analyzing a new feature  impact in our economy ecosystem, or fine-tuning our intelligent matchmaking system, your work will have a direct impact on the user experience!

Join us if you enjoy solving interesting and challenging problems!

What You  Do:

• 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.

• 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 scientists on the team.

• Participate in 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.

What You Bring:

• Bachelor  degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, or a related quantitative field. Advanced degrees (Masters or PhD) are a plus.

• Minimum of 2 years in data science or analytics roles.

• Proficiency in SQL, and comfortable with Python

• Demonstrated experience in data analysis, data visualization, 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

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