Sony Interactive Entertainment

Senior Data Scientist – Experimentation and Measurement

Sony Interactive Entertainment

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States • California

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Salary

💰 $178,900 - $268,300 per year

Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

PythonSQL

About the role

  • Lead the design, execution, and interpretation of A/B tests and quasi-experiments evaluating PS4 to PS5 migration initiatives, growth marketing strategies, and campaign performance
  • Partner with cross-functional teams (product, engineering, marketing) to embed experimentation into development and iteration cycles
  • Serve as a thought leader on hypothesis development, metric selection, test structure, and results communication
  • Apply advanced causal inference methods when experimentation isn’t feasible or to inform test design and prioritization
  • Help define and contribute to centralized experimentation frameworks, tools, and documentation to scale best practices across the company
  • Independently extract, transform, and analyze data from complex systems using SQL, Python, and other analytics tools
  • Communicate findings clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders to drive business decisions
  • Stay current on new methodologies in experimentation and causal analysis and bring fresh perspectives to the team’s work

Requirements

  • Master’s or PhD in Statistics, Economics, or Econometrics (other quantitative degrees may be considered)
  • 5+ years of experience in a data science experimentation-focused role (3+ with PhD)
  • Deep expertise in A/B testing and causal inference, including quasi-experimental methods
  • Proficiency in SQL for data extraction and transformation
  • Proficiency in Python, including statistical and data science libraries
  • Broad and applied knowledge of statistical techniques and machine learning modeling methods
  • Proven ability to influence product and business decisions through clear, actionable insights
  • Experience contributing to or developing experimentation frameworks, best practices, or internal tooling
  • Bonus: Interest in or knowledge of video games, gaming platforms, or player behavior