Senior Data Scientist – Product

one of the largest gaming sites in the world and the #1 platform for playing, learning, and enjoying chess.

We are a team of 600+ fully remote people in 60+ countries working hard to serve the global chess community. We are here to support 150M+ chess players worldwide with the best possible product, content, and tools to serve the community!

We are a tech company. A gaming company. A content company. And we do it all with passion and commitment to the game. Above all we prize our mission-driven, flat, life-celebrating, no-corporate culture, and we look forward to meeting you and learning more about what you can bring to the team.

About You
You are an analytic thinker with a passion for driving product innovation and business growth through data-driven insights. With substantial experience in consumer software and/or gaming analytics and funnels. You are adept at navigating complex data to extract meaningful insights on user retention, engagement, monetization, and product interaction. You have the product and business knowledge to serve a diverse set of stakeholders, and can also proactively produce insights that get our teams working on the right thing, faster.

Your analytical skills are matched by a strategic mindset and an ability to communicate insights in a simple and compelling way. You find purpose in working for a company that values both its product and its people, and you bring a seasoned blend of analytical, strategic, and technical skills to the table.

About the Opportunity
This is a full-time position
We are 100% remote (work from anywhere!)
This role is open to applicants who can work in EMEA and American time zones
You can learn more about us here:

https://www.chess.com/article/view/how-chess-com-virtual-team-works-together
https://www.chess.com/about
We look forward to meeting you!

Job Responsibilities
Work with business, product, and engineering teams to [plan → design → ship → evaluate] experiments/AB-Tests, and communicate their results/impact with the company
Help define and document our event taxonomy, and work directly with product teams to define new events that is consistent with our overarching event structure and taxonomy
Work directly in Amplitude and BigQuery to extract truths and trends that inform and guide business and product decisions
Uncover retention and growth drivers by leveraging exploratory analytical techniques like
Collaborate with analysts/data-scientists in building scalable, and reproducible analyses, and communicate their insights with the company
Dive into our data to discover insights on player behavior across different cohorts, segments, and stages of the user lifecycle, and communicate collect feedback on your findings from peers, and business and product partners
Job Requirements
6+ years of experience in data analytics
Experience in collaborating others to [plan → design → ship → evaluate] large scale product experiments
Experience with BigQuery, SQL, Amplitude (or similar tools)
Experience with analytics coding tools Python/Jupyter Notebook/R, and Git
Strong experience in defining event taxonomy for consumer digital applications
Strong collaboration and communication skills working in a fully distributed team
Prioritizes relationships with colleagues and partners, enjoys mentoring and guiding others
Ability to explain complex topics in simple terms
Experience in coaching and mentoring others in both craft and effective communication