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• Data, Analytics & Strategy Job Description: Join King’s AI/ML & Data Science Talent Pool!
• At King, we’re always interested in connecting with talented people across AI, Machine Learning, Data Science and Analytics who are passionate about using data and technology to create better experiences for millions of players.
• Whether you’re an Associate, Mid-level, Senior, Principal or Lead Data Scientist, AI/ML Engineer, Research Engineer or Product Analyst, we’d love to hear from you.
• By joining our Talent Pool, you’ll be considered for future opportunities across our game teams and central AI/ML and Data Science teams.
• If your background aligns with a role, a member of our Talent Acquisition team will get in touch to discuss it with you.
• What we’re typically looking for Our teams work across areas including applied AI research, player behaviour modelling, personalisation, recommendations, experimentation, decision automation, game and product analytics, content optimisation, forecasting and production ML systems.
• While every role requires a different combination of skills, we often look for people with experience in: Applying data science, machine learning, statistics or analytics to solve player, product or business challenges.
• Developing models, experiments, analyses or data products that improve player experience, personalisation, content, decision-making or business performance.
• Taking work from exploration and prototyping through to implementation, production or measurable product impact.
• Building or working with reliable data and ML pipelines, evaluation approaches and scalable systems.
• Bringing expertise in one or more areas such as machine learning, experimentation, causal inference, statistical modelling, optimisation, deep learning, reinforcement learning, generative AI or data visualisation.
• Using relevant tools and technologies for your field.
• Depending on the role, these might include Python, SQL, Spark, PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn, cloud platforms, dashboards, experimentation platforms or ML pipelines.
• We don’t expect candidates to have experience with all of these.
• Collaborating with Engineering, Product, Game Design, UX and other disciplines to turn opportunities into practical, player-focused solutions.
• Communicating complex ideas clearly through analysis, documentation, model evaluations, prototypes, dashboards or presentations.
• We welcome people from both academia and industry; from PhD students and early-career professionals to experienced specialists and technical leaders.
• Your experience might come from gaming, consumer technology, entertainment, e-commerce, fintech, advertising, research or another data-rich environment.
• What matters most is your curiosity, collaborative mindset and enthusiasm for solving complex problems and delivering meaningful impact.
• Why King?
• At King, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute to games and experiences enjoyed by millions of players around the world.
• You could work with large-scale data, explore emerging technologies, help bring models into production or use analytics to inform decisions that directly affect our players.
• Our AI/ML, Data Science and Analytics teams work in collaborative, cross-functional environments where curiosity, experimentation, technical excellence and practical impact are encouraged.
• Whether you’re passionate about applied AI research, ML engineering, product analytics, experimentation or scalable ML systems, you’ll have the opportunity to make a meaningful contribution while continuing to develop your craft.
• Interested?
• Submit your profile to our Talent Pool!
• Every profile submitted is reviewed by our Talent Acquisition team.
• If your skills and experience align with the types of AI/ML, Data Science or Analytics opportunities we hire for, we’ll add your profile to our Talent Pool and may reach out if a suitable opportunity becomes available.
• If we don’t believe your background currently aligns with these opportunities, we’ll let you know and won’t progress your profile into the Talent Pool at this time.
• You’re always welcome to apply for other opportunities at King that match your skills and experience.
• We appreciate your interest in King and look forward to connecting with you if the right opportunity arises.
• About King With a mission of Making the World Playful, King is a leading interactive entertainment company for the mobile world with more than 20 years of history of delivering some of the world’s most iconic games in the mobile gaming industry, including the world-famous Candy Crush franchise, as well as other mobile titles such as Farm Heroes Saga.
• King games are played by more than 200 million monthly active users.
• King, part of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), has Kingsters in Stockholm, Malmö, London, Barcelona, Berlin, Dublin, San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles and Malta.
• More information can be found at King.com or by following us on LinkedIn and @lifeatking on Instagram.
• Applicant Privacy Policy We bring moments of magic to hundreds of millions of people every single day.
• We create unforgettable games that are loved around the world.
• We take the art and science of gaming to the next level through curiosity for the unexplored, passion for games, respect for each other, and love for our players.
• Who we are King is a leading interactive entertainment company for the mobile world, with people all around the world playing one or more of our games, including franchises such as Candy Crush, Farm Heroes, Pet Rescue and Bubble Witch.
• We have 249 million monthly active users as of fourth quarter 2019 across web, social and mobile platforms.
• King was acquired by Activision Blizzard Inc. (Nasdaq ATVI) in February 2016 and operates as an independent unit of the company.
• Our passion Making great games is incredibly challenging but we’ve proven it can be done… and we see a world of possibilities ahead.
• We’re challenging ourselves to dream bigger in a Seriously Playful way.
• We’re experimenting, learning, and adapting continuously to shape the industry in ways yet to be imagined.
• We’re passionate about bringing moments of magic to our players and we’re not afraid to have fun along the way.
• Above all, we play as a team, helping each other have impact on a massive scale.
• And we’ll know we’ve outdone ourselves when we’ve inspired the world to play.
• If you share our passion, our values, and our hunger to shape the future, join us in Making the World Playful!
• Together, we’ll create new experiences that raise the bar, delight billions of people, and redefine the world of games again and again.
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