Game Data Scientist

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Voodoo is a Tech company that creates and publishes hyper-casual and casual mobile games for a wide audience. It is the worldwide leader in the mobile game market through snackable, innovative and creative content combining data and new technologies.

The company raised $200M in 2018 and we have been certified a Great Place to Work France 2020 and Best Workplace 2021. More recently, Tencent has become a minority stakeholder in Voodoo, with a role in framing our strategy to dominate the Asia Pacific region.

#1 worldwide in mobile game downloads, and regularly at the top of the App Store rankings, our games have about 300 million monthly active users and more than 5 billion downloads since our creation. Voodoo is one of the most impressive examples of hypergrowth in the ecosystem, having multiplied its turnover by 5 over the past few years.

With more than 360 employees around the world, we would love you to apply to join an ambitious, innovative and international company!

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What is Voodoo’s Culture all about?*
We recruit passionate and creative profiles, who combine data and new technologies to disrupt the mobile market. Driven by a test-and-learn culture, we welcome wonderfully talented people wishing to undertake and manage unique, ambitious and challenging projects. Our goal is to foster excellence, both individual and communal, which to us means solving problems by breaking the rules, learning fast and autonomously and delivering with the best execution.

Before applying, you need to know that the company’s Culture is very important to us. Our employees evolve within an environment designed to be a centre for fulfillment. Daily life at Voodoo is characterised by numerous events throughout the year that allow you to feel fully integrated into the team and get involved in creative and innovative projects. Among them: onboarding programs, our annual global summit, other company-wide events, hackathons, game jams, wellness events and more.

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What will be your main challenges?*
We are looking for an industry expert to grow a high-performing game of Voodoo Casual.

You will become an undisputed expert in-game analytics, earning the trust of your collaborators through rigorous and efficient work.

Relying on your deep knowledge and experience, you will help the game team from the driving seat:

• Work with the product team to improve LTV and marketability, making sure that the game hits its ambitious milestones.
• Assist the team in the implementation of events tracking, analyses of the performance, optimizations and content improvement.
• Identify areas of improvement and clearly communicate your results with the game team.
• Work together with Game Designers to constantly optimize our business model.

What do we expect?

• At least 2 years of analytical work experience in the gaming, tech or data-driven industry.
• Proficient with SQL and either R or Python, with a proven experience working with large and complex data sets.
• Good knowledge of statistical analysis and concepts used for industry-standard methods like AB testing or forecasting.
• An autonomous person with a strong analytical mind, problem-solving skills and strong attention to detail.
• Ability to understand a business problem, turn it into an analytics/statistics problem and solve it using adequate methods.
• The highly pragmatic mindset with the ability to quickly identify what needs to be focused on and what can be considered of lower priority.
• Proven track record working in close connection with product teams and clearly communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

What is your team about?
You will report directly to the Head of Studio. We give all team members ownership of their projects while ensuring they have the right tools and support to grow both personally and professionally.

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What do we offer for this role?*
Competitive compensation package Free shares Remote days Lunch card Wellness activities Hackathon Seminars Global Summit

We are offering all members of staff an unlimited vacation policy, allowing them to take as many paid days off as they wish as long as the work is done and objectives are achieved.

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What is our recruitment process?*
Our recruitment process typically includes a call with our recruitment team, as well as interviews with your future manager and team members focusing on job fit. We will focus on your soft skills through values fit interviews that will determine if your values are compatible with ours. Lastly, a test / case study will feature at some point in your process.

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Does this sound like it was written with you in mind? Excellent! Put in your application and lets discuss the possibilities!*

Job Type: Full-time

Work Location: Multiple Locations