Introduction:

We are looking for a Product Scientist to join our WORDLE! team. In this role, you will work closely with our General Manager to:

• Translate business requirements into technical implementations via instrumentation in games to collect necessary data
• Collaborate with the team to proactively drive feature roadmaps with data
• Collaborate with the team to implement personalization and optimization algorithms that make real-time changes to player experience.
• Take ownership over all aspects of analysis for Wordle!, set up new Looker dashboards, help instrument new features, and proactively look for opportunities via data to suggest new feature development or tuning.

Responsibilities:

• Setup and manage existing game feature launches with adherence to deadlines (.e.g., event tracking, soft launch intelligence, etc.)
• Work with the product team to define the experimentation roadmap
• Design, run and evaluate experiments to answer questions about the motivations driving player behavior and how that varies for different segments
• Perform exploratory and performance analyses to identify and recommend opportunities for enriching player experiences, driving monetization and creating compelling and entertaining Live Ops events
• Perform diagnostic analyses to uncover sources of problematic data and/or unexpected player behavior
• Build analytical models for segmenting and describing user behavior to drive decisions and collaborate with Data Scientists to identify opportunities for personalizing and optimizing the player experience
• Develop Looker Explores, Dashboards and Looks to empower stakeholders to answer questions autonomously

Required Qualifications:

• 2 - 4 years of professional experience. Specific experience with social games, mobile apps, and/or cognitive sciences is strongly preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field. Honors thesis or Master’s degree with thesis is strongly preferred.
• Experience designing, running and evaluating quantitative experiments 
• Proficient with R and/or Python for data modeling and analysis
• Proficient with SQL
• Ability to be-self sufficient and execute quickly when given autonomy
• Flexible team player who will thrive in a dynamic, constantly evolving environment
• Excellent English and communication skills

Bonus Points:

• Experience with Snowflake
• Experience with Databricks
• Experience with Looker development
• Knowledge of mobile gaming metrics and the mobile gaming industry
• Product focused mindset
• A passion for games (of any type)

AppLovin provides a competitive total compensation package with a pay for performance rewards approach. The expected base pay range for this position is $92,000 - $141,000. Base compensation at AppLovin is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Depending on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical and other benefits.