Senior Analytics Engineer, Minecraft

At Mojang Studios, the creators of Minecraft, we are on a mission to build a better world through the power of play.  

Why play? Well, play is at the heart of everything we do. It’s the blocky backbone of our games, the core of our development philosophy, and even the origin of our name. From the relentless experimentation of our endlessly inspiring community to the classrooms where Minecraft has become an essential teaching tool, play is the bedrock of our existence. 

We enable millions to create and play together, connect people across the globe, and foster a community that is among the most active and passionate in the world. Our community is global and incredibly diverse. When we are developing anything within our franchise, we keep this in mind. We want everyone to not only feel included in Minecraft, but also to see themselves in what we make. Our goal is for the Mojang Studios team to be as diverse as our community. 

Join us as a Senior Analytics Engineer, Minecraft and be an architect of our data-driven future. We are seeking a strategic thinker who will combine their technical expertise with a deep understanding of the business to deliver solutions which transform raw gaming data into actionable insights and data products. You will build robust pipelines, well-crafted data models, and innovative data products to drive impactful outcomes. You will prioritize security, data quality, reliability, and usability to ensure stakeholder confidence in our solutions. To be successful, we collaborate with data scientists, analysts, data engineers, game teams and stakeholders at the pace of our business. Our team is passionate about our mission, embracing challenges with a growth mindset, and continuously leveling up. 

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Responsibilities

• Build subject matter expertise of our business and data domains to collaborate with data consumers and stakeholders to understand their information needs and assist them with data access. 

• Identify and analyze multi-structured data or metadata from a variety of sources to select and document the most effective and accurate data which fulfills the analytics requirements. 

• Design data models, architect dataflows, and develop abstractions to deliver scalable solutions for analytics and machine learning ensuring they can evolve with changing needs. 

• Leverage modern data engineering practices and frameworks with an object-oriented approach to architect, build, and maintain automated data pipelines which transform data into clean, enriched, and accurate information. 

• Advance our infrastructure by developing frameworks, reusable components and new capabilities to achieve our mission. 
  

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Embody our Culture and Values

Qualifications

Required Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field AND 4+ years experience in analytics engineering, data engineering, data science, data analyst, or related software development work
  • OR equivalent experience. 

• 2+ years working as an Analytics Engineer or Data Engineer with regular business collaboration or equivalent on large enterprise systems. 
• 1+ years data modeling experience. 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Critical thinker and problem solver who brings a creative and open mindset to each situation. 

• A proven track record building and optimizing analytic solutions and data products which deliver significant business impact. 

• Data analysis and exploration skills to identify, select and prepare data or metadata for analytics. 

• Business acumen to understand and address business challenges through analytics engineering. 

• Experience building, maintaining and optimizing enterprise scale data pipelines handling logs and event streaming data on Cloud Data Platforms using modern tools like Spark, and airflow; Azure preferred. 

• Solid Python skills for data processing combined with a pythonic mindset. Proficient SQL. 

• Working knowledge of DevOps and DataOps. 
• Video game domain knowledge is important – as an experienced Player or industry veteran. 

Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $117,200 - $229,200 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $153,600 - $250,200 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until April 22, 2025.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.  We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

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