Data Scientist III

We are seeking a highly skilled Data Scientist III to join our EADP Gameplay Services team. As a Data Scientist III, you will play a key role in analysing complex matchmaking datasets to identify patterns, trends, and opportunities that drive data-informed business decisions.

We Are EA

Our platform powers online features for EA’s games, serving millions of users each day. We live, breathe, and dream about how we can make every player’s multiplayer experience memorable. We develop services and SDKs in collaboration with EA’s game studios for matchmaking, stats and leaderboards, achievements, game replays, VOIP, and game networking.

Opportunity Ahead

Our primary mission is to enrich the player’s gaming experience by meticulously optimising the matchmaking process. We believe that effective matchmaking is the cornerstone of any successful multiplayer gaming experience, and we are committed to perfecting this aspect of our service. We continuously reflect and probe various elements to ensure the player’s gaming encounters are both fun and challenging

Key Responsibilities

• Analyse complex matchmaking datasets to identify patterns, trends, and opportunities that drive data-informed business decisions.
• Perform data exploration, mining, and feature engineering to create high-quality datasets for model development.
• Ensure data integrity and governance through robust validation, preprocessing, and quality assurance processes.
• Own model lifecycle including retraining, validation, performance monitoring, and scalability improvement.
• Define experimentation strategy (A/B testing, causal inference) and measure impact on core gameplay KPIs
• Partner with product, business, and engineering to identify new data acquisition opportunities.
• Create reusable analytical tools, libraries, and metrics that enable data-driven decisions.
• Collaborate with data engineers and software engineer across teams to serve their data needs.
• Evangelise data as a first-class citizen through documentation, standards, and reviews.

Must Have Skills

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Data Science, AI/ML, Statistics, or a related field (or equivalent professional experience)
• 5+ years of experience in data science, analytics, or ML engineering with a strong record of deploying scalable ML solutions.
• Solid understanding of statistical modelling, including probability distributions, regression analysis, and hypothesis testing.
• Strong understanding of experimentation design and A/B testing frameworks
• Expert proficiency in Python frameworks (PyTorch, Scikit-learn).
• Experience with model monitoring and drift detection
• Experience in handling large-scale and high-dimensional datasets using distributed data processing tools (Spark, Snowflake, Databricks).
• Strong communication skills with the ability to translate complex models into business impact.

Desirable Skills

• Experience in gaming analytics or player behaviour modelling
• Experience building recommendation or ranking systems
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure)

What’s in it for you? Glad you asked!

We love to brag about our great perks like Global fitness program, Sodexo (Food Coupons), Parental Insurance & Medical, Accident & life insurance and since we realise it takes world-class people to make world-class games, we offer competitive compensation packages and a culture that thrives off creativity and individuality. At EA, we live the “work hard/play hard” credo every day.

About Electronic Arts

We’re proud to have an extensive portfolio of games and experiences, locations around the world, and opportunities across EA. We value adaptability, resilience, creativity, and curiosity. From leadership that brings out your potential, to creating space for learning and experimenting, we empower you to do great work and pursue opportunities for growth.

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