Game Analytics Engineer

Job Summary:

The Game Data Analytics Engineer is a senior game analytics expert engaged on a 36 month contract to build, operationalize, and transfer a robust game analytics system to the internal team.

This role is hands-on with senior team members, focused on frameworks, insight quality, and analytics operations ensuring the company builds the right system from the start and avoids costly rework.

The Expat works closely with the Head of Game Data Analysis, acting as a system builder, strategic challenger, and capability accelerator rather than a line manager.

Mission & Objectives:

Build and operationalize a scalable, best-practice game analytics system within 36 months.

Elevate the quality of insights and decision-making across game, product, and operations teams.

Enable the internal data team to operate independently and confidently after the engagement ends.

Scope of Responsibility:

The Game Data Expat is responsible for accelerating maturity across:

Game Analytics Frameworks (metrics, KPIs, benchmarks)

Tracking & Measurement Design (events, schemas, data logic)

Insight Quality & Decision Support

Experimentation & Live Ops Analytics

Capability Building & Knowledge Transfer

Key Responsibilities:

Game Analytics Foundation (Hands-on System Building):

Co-design an end-to-end game analytics framework, covering gameplay, retention, monetization, and live ops.

Define north-star metrics, core KPIs, benchmarks, and early warning signals for game performance.

Review and refine event tracking and data schemas to ensure analytical depth and scalability.

Insight Quality & Strategic Challenge:

Hands-on review and challenge analysis outputs and insights produced by the team.

Ensure every insight answers the so what and leads to a clear decision or action.

Act as a strategic challenger to the Head of Game Data Analysis and senior analysts, identifying blind spots and biases.

Experimentation & Live Ops Optimization:

Co-create A/B testing and experimentation frameworks, from hypothesis design to success metrics.

Guide the team in interpreting experiment results and avoiding common analytical pitfalls.

Apply international best practices and real-world lessons to live ops, events, and monetization decisions.

Capability Building & System Transfer:

Coach senior and junior analysts through real production cases, not theoretical training.

Standardize analytics playbooks, insight templates, and experiment workflows.

Assess team maturity and recommend next-step improvements beyond the engagement period.

Key Working Relationships:

Head of Game Data Analysis

Senior Game Data Analysts

Data Platform / Engineering

Game Directors & Product Leads (via analytics use cases)

Success Criteria (Engagement Outcomes):

A clear, documented game analytics framework adopted by the internal team.

Improved consistency, depth, and actionability of insights.

Analytics processes and experimentation workflows running smoothly.

Internal team demonstrates independent decision-making capability.

Reduced reliance on external advisors after engagement completion.

Required Skills & Experience:

Experience:

10+ years of experience in game analytics, preferably in mobile, F2P, or live-service games.

Proven track record of building or fixing analytics systems in real production environments.

Experience working with cross-functional leadership (game, product, monetization).

Analytical & Technical Expertise:

Deep understanding of gameplay loops, retention mechanics, monetization models, and live ops.

Strong knowledge of game metrics, cohort analysis, experimentation, and KPI design.

Solid understanding of tracking design, data schemas, and analytics pipelines (coding not required).

Advisory & Coaching Skills:

Strong ability to mentor, challenge, and elevate analytics teams.

Excellent communication and data storytelling skills.

Comfortable operating in high-ambiguity, fast-paced game environments.

Nice to Have:

Experience working with international game studios or publishers.

Experience joining teams at early or scaling stages.

Background in multiple game genres or platforms.