Cambridge-based F2P studio Demiurge is now owned by SEGA Networks, and the team needs someone who can work as a game designer and data scientist who can analyze game balance and player behavior.
October 20, 2015
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Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Our games are your laboratory. You are our data scientist/game designer. You design experiments and pore over the results. From scraps of discarded data you stitch together coherent answers for impossible questions. Every day, game analysts examine our game balance and players’ actions looking for places to inject a shot of fun.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Collaborate with game designers to tune and balance live games
Analyze the various game funnels looking for areas where players aren’t having fun or are getting stuck.
Distribute quantitative information about overall game performance and performance of specific features to the team
Identifying areas that require more data and prescribe ways to improve the data stream
Canary in the coal mine: Monitor game performance and speak up if there’s a problem
MUST-HAVE QUALIFICATIONS:
“Make the Game” attitude Grandmaster-level Excel-fu!
Can you teach us something new about Excel?
Previous experience working on a live mobile product or website. +1 if that product was a game!
Strong understanding of data analysis and statistics
Estimate the success of features before they’re implemented
Outside interests!
BONUS POINTS FOR:
MBA or BS in Economics, Statistics or related field
Competency with SQL, JavaScript and/or Tableau
Creating games is our passion. Founded in 2002 and acquired in 2015 by SEGA Networks, we bring years of expertise to our projects. Our developers build fun, accessible mobile games like our recent hit, Marvel Puzzle Quest.
Based in Cambridge, MA, Demiurge has contributed to titles such as Bioshock, Rock Band, and Mass Effect.
Interested? Apply now.
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