Research Data Analyst

Insomniac Games

Research Data Analyst at Insomniac Games transforming player data into actionable insights. Requires strong analytical skills and collaboration with user research teams for game development.

Posted 6/2/2026contractRemote • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $60 - $75 per hourWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

PythonSQLTableau

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Conduct in-depth analysis of player behavior metrics and feedback to identify trends, gaps, and opportunities across gameplay and systems.
Develop and maintain dashboards in tools such as Looker to communicate findings and progress against goals.
Partner with gameplay programmers to design and maintain event dictionaries, ensuring consistent telemetry data definitions.
Identify objectives and queries for data collection across development (SPINT) and post-launch (PROD) databases.
Translate complex data sets into clear, actionable insights that guide design, feature prioritization, and project strategy.
Collaborate with user research teams to integrate quantitative data with qualitative findings, strengthening overall player experience insights.
Participate in user research studies to understand player behaviors firsthand and identify new tracking opportunities.
Support creation of research reports, visualizations, and presentations that combine telemetry and player study results.
Provide expertise on data collection, telemetry architecture, and analytic methodologies to ensure quality and accuracy of player data.
Act as a liaison between Game Analytics, User Research, and Development teams, ensuring analytic deliverables align with studio and project needs.
Coordinate with Development Support and PSSQA to verify telemetry accuracy and relevance.
Communicate analytic updates to research schedules and dependencies with partner teams.
Evaluate new data sources, tools, and workflows to continuously improve analytic capabilities.
Develop a deep familiarity with game systems, mechanics, and design goals to provide meaningful context for data trends and player behavior.
Foster collaboration with development teams to gain a comprehensive understanding of gameplay systems and tools.
Use contextual awareness to interpret why patterns occur in the data and to uncover underlying causes affecting player experience.
Identify and communicate early indicators or warning signs within data that could affect design outcomes or player satisfaction.

Requirements

What you’ll need

3–5 years of experience in data analysis, analytics engineering, UX research analytics, or related applied research.
Prior experience working with telemetry data and game analytics pipelines is strongly preferred.
Strong statistics and data analysis skills (e.g., SQL, R, Python, or similar).
Proficiency in mathematical concepts such as probability, statistical inference, and fundamentals of geometry and trigonometry.
Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
Proficient in reading, analyzing, and interpreting scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents.
Strong writing skills for creating speeches and articles that conform to prescribed styles and formats.
Ability to effectively present information to top management and key stakeholders.
Capable of solving practical problems and dealing with a variety of concrete variables in situations with limited standardization.
Emphasis in psychology, human-computer interaction, human factors, or a related field is ideal.
Familiarity with analytics tools like Omni, Looker, Tableau, Excel, and Power BI.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Hard Skills & Tools

data analysisanalytics engineeringtelemetry datagame analyticsSQLRPythonstatisticsdata collectionanalytic methodologies

Soft Skills

communicationcollaborationproblem-solvingwritingpresentationcontextual awarenessanalytical thinkinginterpersonal skillscritical thinkinguser research