Data Scientist

First Touch Games are looking for a Data Scientist to join the team in Oxford to help deliver the best football games on mobile platforms.

You will have at least 2 years of experience in free to play mobile gaming in a workplace environment, or in a closely related industry. You relish being part of a small & highly proficient data science team of that plays an important role in delivering ongoing success for the Studio. You are a huge football fan too with a deep understanding of the game, enhancing your data science skills to extract unique analysis of the highest quality. Working with our Head of Product and Data Science and across the Studio generally, you will:

• Develop & maintain queries and visualisations that help monitor the key metrics of our games
• Drill into in any areas of game performance variability to provide actionable insight for decision making
• Perform deep dive analysis that illuminates player behaviour and improve game experience
• Design and assess the results of various split testing experiments
• Support the ongoing development of the Studio’s data governance, BI tools and technologies

Required skills & experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics or other relevant field
• Good knowledge of data querying and extraction abilities through SQL and Python or other similar languages
• Confident data modeller with a good understanding of statistical and visualisation techniques,
• An excellent problem solver with an ability to think critically and creatively
• Gaming enthusiast, in particular free-to-play mobile games
• An excellent communicator, both technical and non-technical, written and oral
• A passionate football fan, either through playing the game regularly or following the game deeply, including viewing matches regularly and participating in fantasy football competitions

This is a full time, permanent role based at our Oxford studio. Candidates must have the right to live and work permanently in the UK.

Why Join Us:

We’re a small and highly supportive team who love football, sport and games. We’re good at what we do and we’re well-known for it. This is a rare opportunity to be an important part of our continued success. Individuals who place the success of the team first, but who can demonstrate talent and passion, thrive with us.

Benefits: Zero Overtime, Relocation, Excellent Bonuses, Healthcare, Free Gym, Pension, Flexible Core Hours, Enhanced Maternity & Paternity leave, Free Drinks & Snacks, Club-Wembley Football Tickets.

Salary: £DOE

We are an equal opportunities employer. If you are qualified for this role and are attracted to our benefits and values then we welcome all candidates irrespective of sex, race, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief.

Absolutely no speculative agency applications please.