Data Science Lead Jobs in North Carolina

INTRODUCTION

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.

ABOUT THE JOB

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.

Epic Games is looking for a hands-on Data Science Lead to join the Gameplay Analytics team. You’ll lead a team of Data Scientists and Data Engineers and apply mixed methods to own the end-to-end life cycle of creating data assets, reports, insights, to impact the direction of efforts across Epic’s portfolio of products and ecosystems, with a particular focus on our Shooters Games (Battle Royale, Reload, OG, Blitz). The successful candidate will have the ability to apply a range of data technologies, statistical methods, and visualization methods to influence development and product teams, to manage a small team, and to partner with stakeholders across all parts of the business.

In this role, you will:

• Partner with design, game development, and product management counterparts to identify opportunities for our first party Games and the business, and use data to develop metrics and insights that shape the execution of the strategy
• Work directly with engineering and data platform teams to properly scope and capture the data required to unlock insights and data models
• Transform raw data into data models, production metrics, reports, and insights
• Continuously evaluate the effectiveness of metrics and align them with long-term ecosystem growth
• Work with design, product, and analytics teams to quickly and rigorously design, test, and learn from experiments to improve our games
• Lead a small team of data analysts, help mentor them, and set the direction of our analytics approach

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- At least 5 years of industry or relevant experience, with proven interest in and knowledge of live service video games
- At least 2 years of experience managing a team of data professionals
- Strong product intuition and demonstrated background in influencing products by applying data and measurement to drive alignment
- Experience with working with development teams to instrument data and ensure continued data quality
- Experience with writing efficient and scalable SQL over billions of rows; it is a plus if you are familiar with distributed computing using Spark (Scala or PySpark)
- Development experience in Python analytics ecosystem
- Familiarity with supporting operational processes including: Code version control (Github or similar), Orchestration (Airflow), AI coding tools (Claude Code)
- Understanding of experimental design and A/B testing techniques
- Advanced statistical training and a thorough understanding of the associated strengths and weaknesses of different statistical approaches is a plus
- Experience in a “full-stack” environment - data file ingest, ETL, data storage interaction, application development, communication of results to storage systems, code version control is a plus

EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE

Our intent is to cover all things that are medically necessary and improve the quality of life. We pay 100% of the premiums for both you and your dependents. Our coverage includes Medical, Dental, a Vision HRA, Long Term Disability, Life Insurance & a 401k with competitive match. We also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents. Throughout the year we celebrate our employees with events and company-wide paid breaks. We offer unlimited PTO and sick time and recognize individuals for 7 years of employment with a paid sabbatical.

About us

Epic Games is a leading interactive entertainment company. For over 30 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, 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!

Epic Games deeply values diverse teams and an inclusive work culture, and we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. Learn more about our Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy here.

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