Company Description
To create revolutionary, story-driven RPGs which go straight to the hearts of gamers — this is our mission. Want to dive deeper into our company’s culture? Explore our social media and check out our YouTube channel where we share behind-the-scenes insights and stories direct from our team members!
Job Description
We are seeking a Senior Data Analyst, Performance and Quality to join our dynamic Data, Insights, and Experiences team. In this pivotal role, you will analyse game performance and quality assurance data to drive insights that enhance the quality of our games. Your expertise will be instrumental in optimising game technical performance, improving quality standards, and contributing to the overall success of our projects. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure data-informed decisions are at the forefront of our development process.
Daily Responsibilities
- Analyse game technical performance data to identify performance bottlenecks, optimise resource utilisation in game, all resulting in an enhanced player experience.
- Evaluate quality assurance data to uncover trends, predict potential issues, and contribute to ongoing improvement of our testing processes and pipelines.
- Develop and implement machine learning models to forecast technical performance metrics; include their interplay with player hardware specification and in-game behaviours.
- Collaborate with development and QA teams to translate data insights into actionable recommendations.
- Develop and maintain impactful, user-focused dashboards and reports that effectively communicate data insights, enabling decision-making for diverse stakeholders.
- Actively participate in defining technical performance telemetry to ensure the best coverage of the QA and development teams needs.
Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in data analysis, specifically with game technical performance and quality assurance data, or appropriate equivalent experience.
- Proven expertise in machine learning and strong statistical skills.
- Ability to manage tasks and blockers independently within defined boundaries, ensuring smooth progress on assigned tasks.
- Proficiency in Python and SQL for data processing and analysis.
- Proficiency in data visualisation tools such as Looker BI, or any other industry grade BI tools.
- Excellent problem-solving abilities and attention to detail.
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Proficiency in English.
Other relevant qualifications
- Passion for gaming and a deep understanding of player and developer experience.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously through effective prioritisation.
- Good understanding of data governance and best practices in data security.
- Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform services, especially BigQuery.
- Working experience with dbt / Dataform (or similar) for initial data transformation and modelling to rapidly iterate on solutions before passing to the data engineering team.
- Familiarity with Google Cloud Platform machine learning services.
- Experience with Unreal Engine 5 and familiarity with game development pipelines.
Additional Information
Working mode
- Office-First: working primarily from the Warsaw office for a minimum of 3 days per week.
Relocation support
- Relocation package – flight ticket, company apartment for your first month, relocating your pet, shipping your belongings: it’s all covered. Who said moving countries needs to be complicated?
- Relocation assistance — processing your legalization operations for you, assistance with finding residence, tax settlements, helping out with translations if needed, and much more — we have dedicated teams to help make sure that all you need to feel right at home is taken care of.
- Polish lessons for foreign employees — and for your spouse or partner, too.
- Paid Leave — from 20 to 26 days of holiday for every team member per year, paid sick leave, and paid maternity & paternity leave.
Perks & Professional Growth
- Flexible working hours — start your workday anytime between 8:00 and 10:00 AM.
- A welcome pack filled with goodies — to help you feel right at home once you join the team.
- Trainings, lectures and courses — internal workshops, external training for each employee, ‘Meet a star’ events, knowledge-sharing initiatives, online tutorials, and e-learning classes are all available. There’s always something to learn!
- Merch — gifts for newborn rebels and regular chances to nab some cool swag!
Health & Well-being
- Private medical healthcare — a selection of medical plans with dental care to choose from, which are also accessible for your partner and relatives.
- Psychological care — free mental health support and various well-being webinars.
- Multisport card — gain access to a wide number of sporting and fitness facilities across the city.
Social Activities & Life in the Office
- Dog-friendly office — dog owner? Bring your pooch with you and look after them while working! There’s always a furry friend or two to meet at the studio.
- Social events — we host regular gatherings at the studio where we can all unwind, play games, and just have some fun together.
- Healthy selections — organic fruit, snacks, muesli, organic honey, vegan milk, and speciality coffee are all at your disposal around the studio. Enjoy!
- Truly international working environment — a chance to meet and work with a diverse selection of people from all around the world.
Head office in Warsaw
- Sustainable campus with an eco ethos — solar panels provide green energy, 2000 plants and an air-filtering system to help provide clean air, electric car charging points, flower meadows, and more green features in the works.
- An onsite, well-equipped gym with a climbing wall, daily Gym Assistant support and yoga and healthy spine classes.
- Car and bike parking spaces.
- A designated space for your bicycle, as well as bicycle repair equipment and showers available whenever you need them.
- No dress-code — we like to keep it casual.
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Top Skills
What We Do
CD PROJEKT RED is home to over 900 game-making professionals from all over the globe. We speak many different languages, but share one love — video games.
The studio’s portfolio largely comprises The Witcher series of role-playing games, including 2015’s The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, which received over 250 Game of the Year awards. In 2020, the studio released its most recent game: Cyberpunk 2077 — a first-person RPG set in a futuristic, high-tech world. Other notable releases include Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales, and GWENT: The Witcher Card Game — in which players create decks of witcher-world warriors and fight epic card battles with other people around the globe.
Headquartered in Warsaw, Poland, CD PROJEKT RED has offices in Kraków and Wrocław, as well as in Los Angeles and Vancouver.
The studio is part of the larger CD PROJEKT S.A. Capital Group, which also includes Spokko, a mobile-focused developer responsible for The Witcher: Monster Slayer, and The Molasses Flood, a development studio in Boston, which is currently working on a game based on one of CD PROJEKT RED’s IPs.
As the company grows, the overall studio mission remains the same: we strive to create the best RPGs in the world, while always keeping gamers’ needs at the core.
