Lead Data Scientist

Electronic Arts (EA)

Electronic Arts offers cutting-edge entertainment experiences, consistently pushing the boundaries of creativity. Their Ventures Innovation team explores new horizons beyond traditional gaming, focusing on emerging opportunities and sports entertainment innovations. As a Lead Data Scientist in this dynamic team, the role is pivotal to shaping interactive experiences using modern technology.

In this role you can expect to have the responsibilities:

• Create and implement NLP/ML/AI models for new player-oriented products, utilizing advanced technology.
• Collaborate with engineering leads and product designers to develop data-driven experiences.
• Conduct data analysis by sourcing, cleaning, visualizing, and preparing datasets.
• Deploy models on AWS SageMaker and manage data feeds with technical partners.
• Communicate model outcomes effectively to inform business decisions.
• Monitor and manage model accuracy, ensuring timely retraining.
• Design A/B tests with hypotheses, sample calculations, and runtime guidance.

This role comes with the following benefits:

• Three weeks paid time off annually, increasing with tenure.
• 80 hours of sick leave per year.
• 16 paid company holidays annually.
• 10 weeks paid parental leave.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Life and disability insurance.
• 401(k) retirement plan.
• Eligibility for performance bonuses and equity.

This role requires you to have:

• Master's degree in computer science, mathematics, or a related field.
• Proficiency in machine learning with expertise in R or Python.
• Experience using AWS SageMaker.

You would benefit from having:

• Familiarity with NLP concepts and techniques such as Named Entity Recognition.
• Experience with model lifecycle management and AWS model deployment.

Electronic Arts champions a diverse and inclusive workplace, making employment decisions without bias towards race, gender, age, or other protected characteristics. EA is committed to providing accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.