Job Specifications
Description & Requirements
Electronic Arts creates next-level entertainment experiences that inspire players and fans around the world. Here, everyone is part of the story. Part of a community that connects across the globe. A place where creativity thrives, new perspectives are invited, and ideas matter. A team where everyone makes play happen.
The Data & Insights (D&I) team harnesses the power of data to deliver transformative insights and solutions to EA game teams and players. D&I teams are involved in every aspect of data, driving strategy and governance; building powerful data and AI applications; and developing personalization, experimentation, and analytics tools, and more. When you join D&I, you're joining a team of passionate experts working to enable more profound understanding, better ways of working, and more meaningful experiences for our players.
We're looking for a sharp, curious, and collaborative Data Scientist to join our Growth Analytics team. You'll work closely with media buyers to build models and experiments that inform our marketing strategy. Your insights will shape how we allocate budget, measure impact, and forecast performance across digital channels.
You'll join a tight-knit team of five data scientists and will report directly to the Senior Manager of Data Science.
This is a hybrid role with an expectation of 3 in-office days per week. The position is open to candidates based near any EA office in Canada and the United States (listed above)
Responsibilities
Build Bayesian Hierarchical Media Mix Models (MMMs) to quantify the contribution of marketing channels
Design and analyze geo-based incrementality experiments and user-level re-engagement tests to measure the causal impact of marketing spend
Lead the design and analysis of retargeting experiments, applying A/B testing principles to evaluate incremental impact and guide campaign optimization
Develop budget optimization tools to support strategic decision-making
Create forecasting models (ie: Prophet) to project game performance
Translate model insights into actionable recommendations, collaborate closely with media buyers and presenting results and insights to stakeholders
Qualifications
Master's degree in a quantitative field (e.g., Statistics, Econometrics) and 2–5 years of experience in data science or analytics, ideally focused on marketing measurement or experimentation
Familiarity with MMMs, causal inference techniques (e.g. CausalImpact, Fixed Effect Regression), and experimental design
Strong experience with Python/R and SQL
Comfort working in a Bayesian modeling framework
Ability to communicate technical results to non-technical stakeholders
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Pay Transparency - North America
Compensation And Benefits
The ranges listed below are what EA in good faith expects to pay applicants for this role in these locations at the time of this posting. If you reside in a different location, a recruiter will advise on the applicable range and benefits. Pay offered will be determined based on a number of relevant business and candidate factors (e.g. education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, or business needs).
PAY RANGES
British Columbia (depending on location e.g. Vancouver vs. Victoria) *$100,000 - $139,500 CAD
California (depending on location e.g. Los Angeles vs. San Francisco) *$117,000 - $179,600 USD
Washington (depending on location e.g. Seattle vs. Spokane) *$108,900 - $145,200 USD
In the US, we offer a package of benefits including paid time off (3 weeks per year to start), 80 hours per year of sick time, 16 paid company holidays per year, 10 weeks paid time off to bond with baby, medical/dental/vision insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, and 401(k) to regular full-time employees. Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and equity.
Pay is just one part of the overall compensation at EA.
In the US, we offer a package of benefits including paid time off (3 weeks per year to start), 80 hours per year of sick time, 16 paid company holidays per year, 10 weeks paid time off to bond with baby, medical/dental/vision insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, and 401(k) to regular full-time employees. Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and equity.
For British Columbia, we offer a package of benefits including vacation (3 weeks per year to start), 10 days per year of sick time, paid top-up to EI/QPIP benefits up to 100% of base salary when you welcome a new child (12 week
About the Company
Electronic Arts creates next-level entertainment experiences that inspire players and fans around the world. Here, everyone is part of the story. Part of a community that connects across the globe. A team where creativity thrives, new perspectives are invited, and ideas matter. Regardless of your role, team, or location, this is a place where everyone makes play happen. Join us.
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