Experienced Data Analyst
Cambridge / Hybrid
Frontier Developments
This role is offered on a full in-studio basis or a hybrid basis (typically 3 days per week in the studio). We can provide a comprehensive relocation support package as part of any offer, should you need to relocate.
WHAT’S THE ROLE? We’re seeking an experienced Data Analyst to drive business insights and manage our data team (currently 3 people). Reporting to the Head of Online, you’ll ensure the right data reaches the right people at the right time. You’ll connect with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, presenting clear, actionable analysis and insights that support decision-making and business planning. This multifaceted role includes responsibilities in financial forecasting, sales analytics, and in-game player telemetry.
WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING
- Working with the Head of Online, the Director of Technical Development and other key stakeholders to define and evolve the analytics roadmap to support Frontier’s goals.
- Collaborating with stakeholders across departments (including Product, Marketing, Finance, and Game teams) to ensure that data is collected accurately, analysed effectively, and communicated clearly.
- Translating complex data findings into clear, actionable recommendations for non-technical audiences and which include errors, limitations and uncertainties.
- Conducting financial forecasting and performance modelling to support business planning.
- Exploring and presenting actionable insights from player behaviour and in-game telemetry.
- Working closely with engineering to ensure data pipelines and tracking systems are reliable and scalable.
- Building and maintaining dashboards, automated reporting and self-service tools using platforms such as Kibana, SQL, Python, and in-house tools.
- Providing people leadership and management to your direct report(s) through effective communication, objective setting, feedback, coaching, mentoring and support with career development to maintain an engaged, productive and inclusive team environment.
WHAT YOU'LL BRING
- Highly numerate and ideally degree qualified in a relevant discipline e.g. Computer Science, Maths or Engineering.
- Significant experience in data and business analysis, preferably in games, entertainment, or tech.
- Coding and scripting experience in at least one of Python, R, or Bash.
- Strong knowledge of statistical modelling, data analysis, graphing and visualisations.
- Experience working with both Linux and Windows.
- Strong knowledge of a range of Databases (flatfile, relational, document, timeseries, etc).
- Experience using a range of ETL & ELT pipelines (dbt, Logstash, Python, Gitlab ci/cd, TeamCity, etc).
- Proficient in data querying tools and visualisation tools e.g. Athena, Kibana, Jupyter, SQL.
- Comfortable working with both structured and unstructured data.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills to convey complex concepts to non-technical people.
BONUS IF YOU HAVE
- Video game industry experience, including knowledge of online game components and an understanding of player behaviour.
- Experience working with telemetry data from live service or multiplayer games.
- Familiarity with game engines (e.g., Unity, Unreal) and telemetry tracking systems.
- Previous people management experience (but we’re open to supporting someone stepping into a management role for the first time).
* Salary range is an estimate based on our AI, ML, Data Science Salary Index 💰
Tags: Athena CI/CD Computer Science Data analysis Data pipelines dbt ELT Engineering ETL Finance GitLab Jupyter Kibana Linux Logstash Pipelines Python R SQL Statistics Unstructured data
Perks/benefits: Career development Competitive pay Health care Parental leave Relocation support Salary bonus Team events
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