Game Data Analyst

**About Offworld Industries**: Offworld Industries Ltd. (Offworld) is the independent studio behind the successful military first-person shooter game, “Squad”. Offworld was formed in 2014 by more than 15 developers who had worked together on the well-known Project Reality mod for Battlefield 2. The founding purpose of the team was to bring a standalone successor of this acclaimed mod to market and build a game development studio and a livelihood from that foundation. Fast forward to 2025, Offworld has almost 140 employees and is rapidly growing. We have been expanding the studio into serving as a publisher supporting mods and have released our newest title, "Starship Troopers: Extermination", a 16-player PvE first-person shooter based on the 1997 cult-classic film. At Offworld Industries, we're passionate about creating immersive and engaging gaming experiences. We're looking for a seasoned and insightful **Game Data Analyst** to lead our analytical efforts. In this role, you will act as a strategic partner, transforming complex datasets into actionable strategies that will directly shape game development, player experience, and business growth. If you are a data-driven leader who loves games and enjoys mentoring others, we want to hear from you **Job Duties**: - **Analyze & Interpret**: Dive deep into game and player data to evaluate performance, identify key trends, and uncover risks and opportunities for improvement - **Communicate Insights**: Prepare and present thorough reports and compelling presentations for various stakeholders, translating complex findings into clear, actionable recommendations that drive decision-making - **Query & Extract Data**: Skillfully write and manage queries using **SQL** and **KQL** to extract the data necessary for robust analysis - **Build & Maintain Dashboards**: Design, develop, and maintain live dashboards using tools like **Tableau** and **Amplitude** to provide teams with real-time insights for project monitoring - **Collaborate Across Teams**: Partner closely with game developers, back-end engineers, and other teams to define data requirements and ensure our data collection supports high-quality analysis - **Improve Processes**: Contribute to improving our development standards, analytical methodologies, and internal processes. You'll also participate in peer code reviews to learn, teach, and advocate for high coding standards, particularly with **Python** (Pandas, Scikit-learn) **Requirements**: - **3+ years of professional experience** in a data analyst or similar data-focused role - Strong proficiency in writing and optimizing complex queries with **SQL**. Experience with **KQL** is a major plus - Hands-on experience with data visualization and analytics platforms like **Tableau**, **Amplitude**, **Excel**, or **KNIME**: - Proficiency in **Python** for data analysis, specifically using libraries like **Pandas** and **Scikit-learn**. - Excellent communication skills with a proven ability to explain complex statistical concepts to non-technical audiences - A strong business sense with a track record of connecting data insights to business objectives and financial measures **Nice-to-Haves** - A degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Economics, or a related quantitative field - Experience working with **APIs** to extract or integrate data - Knowledge of **Regular Expressions (Regexp)** for data cleaning and manipulation - A genuine passion for video games and an understanding of the gaming industry **This role offers**: - Monthly social events - 3 weeks of paid vacation per year and 2 weeks of paid studio shutdown over the December holiday period Offworld Industries is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, language, citizenship, creed, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, physical and/or mental handicap, financial ability or any other characteristic protected by law.