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Our ECOSEC team provides a safer experience for Epic's users. We work across multiple products and services to improve technology and craft transparent policies so our players and users can have positive experiences on our platforms.
DATA SCIENCE INTERNWhat You'll DoWe are looking for a Data Science Intern to join the Ecosystem Security team supporting initiatives related to fraud and abuse detection. As part of the EcoSec team, you will be given a detection problem to own as part of our development cycle. You will work with your data science mentor and the operations analysts who investigate these cases to explore the data, build a model, and measure its impact on how we protect players.
In this role, you will- Explore large transaction, account, gameplay, and behavioral datasets to characterize how a specific form of abuse actually works
- Build and evaluate statistical or machine learning models that detect abusive activity at scale
- Partner with operations analysts to translate their investigation heuristics into model features, and measure your results against real outcomes like confirmed cases and false positive rates
- Build dashboards or monitoring so the team can track your signal without an analyst in the loop
- Document your data sources, methodology, and findings so the work can be extended after your internship, and present your results to the team
- Experience with Python for data analysis, pandas and scikit-learn preferred
- Ability to write SQL against large datasets to pull and shape your own data
- A grounding in statistics and machine learning fundamentals, including classification and evaluation metrics beyond accuracy
- A desire to develop strong data science and software development skills
- Genuine curiosity about adversarial problems, specifically how and why people find ways to game a system
- Good interpersonal and communication skills, with demonstrated ability to communicate technical findings within a team
- The ability to react and respond effectively to constructive feedback
- A flexible approach to rapidly evolving problems, and comfort working with messy or sparsely labeled data
- Nice to have: exposure to any of anomaly detection, graph or network analysis, text classification and NLP, or sequence and time-series modeling
- Nice to have: interest in games, live services, or online trust and safety
This internship has a flexible start date in 2027. Recruitment will be ongoing until teams find an ideal match. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the posting location for the duration of the internship. For more information about Epic’s Early Career Program, visit epicgames.com/earlycareers. This is going to be Epic!
Epic Games is a leading interactive entertainment company. For over 30 years we've been making award-winning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epic's award-winning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build high-fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and VR, it is also a tool being embraced by content creators across a variety of industries such as media and entertainment, automotive, and architectural design. As we continue to build our Engine technology and develop remarkable games, we strive to build teams of world-class talent.
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Skills Required
- Experience with Python for data analysis
- Experience with pandas and scikit-learn
- Ability to write SQL against large datasets
- Understanding of statistics and machine learning fundamentals, including classification and evaluation metrics beyond accuracy
- Interest in developing data science and software development skills
- Curiosity about adversarial problems and system abuse
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including communicating technical findings
- Ability to respond effectively to constructive feedback
- Flexibility and comfort working with rapidly evolving problems and messy or sparsely labeled data
- Exposure to anomaly detection, graph or network analysis, text classification and NLP, or sequence and time-series modeling
- Interest in games, live services, or online trust and safety
- Legally authorized to work in the posting location for the internship duration
Epic Games Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as comprehensive—often free—and includes medical, dental, vision, and access to therapy sessions. Feedback suggests these offerings are a standout element of the overall package.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Stock options and sizable bonuses are highlighted as meaningful parts of total compensation, with some describing pay as unmatched. Feedback suggests equity and incentives materially enhance perceived compensation.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Generous time off, paid holidays, and sabbaticals are referenced alongside improvements in work-life balance. Feedback suggests paid leave breadth helps offset demanding periods.
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What We Do
Founded in 1991, Epic Games is an American company founded by CEO Tim Sweeney. The company is headquartered in Cary, North Carolina, and has more than 50 offices worldwide. Today Epic is a leading interactive entertainment company and provider of 3D engine technology. Epic operates one of the world’s largest games, Fortnite, and Epic has over 600 million accounts with over 5 billion friend connections across Fortnite, Fall Guys, Rocket League, and the Epic Games Store. Epic also develops Unreal Engine, which powers the world’s leading games and is also adopted across industries such as film and television, architecture, automotive, manufacturing, and simulation. Through Unreal Engine, Epic Games Store, and Epic Online Services, Epic provides an end-to-end digital ecosystem for developers and creators to build, distribute, and operate games and other content.
