
Senior Data Scientist – Experimentation & Measurement
Sony Interactive Entertainment
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: California • United States
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Salary
💰 $178,900 - $268,300 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Lead the design, execution, and interpretation of A/B tests and quasi-experiments to evaluate the impact of user migration initiatives (PS4 to PS5), 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 best practices for 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, helping drive business decisions with rigor and clarity.
- 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
- 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.
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision
- matching 401(k)
- paid time off
- wellness program
- employee discounts for Sony products
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Hard Skills & Tools
A/B testingcausal inferencequasi-experimental methodsSQLPythonstatistical techniquesmachine learning modelingdata extractiondata transformationdata analysis
Soft Skills
communicationinfluencecollaborationthought leadershipproblem-solvingclarityrigorperspectivebest practices developmentstakeholder engagement
Certifications
Master’s in StatisticsPhD in StatisticsPhD in EconomicsPhD in Econometrics