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Sony Interactive Entertainment · 1 week ago

Principal Analytics Engineer (Remote)

United States

Full-time

Remote

Lead/Staff

$175K/yr - $315K/yr

Sony Interactive Entertainment is a global leader in entertainment known for its PlayStation products and services. The Principal Analytics Engineer will lead initiatives within the engineering team, focusing on analytics capabilities that support publishing and marketing decisions to enhance game development and player experiences.

Consumer GoodsMusicVideo Games

Work & Life Balance

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Architect and deploy advanced analytics solutions supporting portfolio-level decision-making

Lead the design and development of data models for Marketing Mix Modeling (MMM) and advanced live service game analytics

Provide technical leadership in close collaboration with product, marketing and publishing stakeholders, transforming complex business challenges into actionable engineering solutions

Advocate and establish best practices in analytics engineering, promoting advanced use of tools like dbt, Airflow, and other relevant technologies to ensure scalability, reliability, and performance

Own the long-term technical roadmap for publishing analytics, partnering with data platform leadership

Mentor junior and senior analytics engineers, promoting technical excellence and continuous improvement

Qualification

Marketing Mix Modeling (MMM)Data modelingAnalytics EngineeringAnalytical SQLPythonAWS ecosystemAirflowSentiment analysisChurn predictionLTV forecastingGitDbt

Required

Demonstrated expertise in marketing and/or publishing analytics for games, entertainment, or consumer digital products, with a solid grasp of campaign lifecycles, funnel KPIs, and monetization drivers

Proven track record designing and building data models that serve portfolio level marketing and publishing needs

Hands-on experience building and operationalizing models such as Marketing Mix Modeling (MMM), multi-touch attribution, customer LTV forecasting, sentiment analysis (NLP), and churn / retention prediction

Expert at translating complex business requirements into scalable, robust analytics solutions, particularly in marketing and publishing domains

Strong Technical expertise in the field of Analytics Engineering

Extensive experience writing and optimizing analytical SQL (OLAP) queries for databases such as Redshift, Snowflake, or BigQuery

Demonstrable expertise in designing, implementing, and maintaining data models with tools such as dbt or SQLMesh

Commitment to test-driven analytics engineering (unit, expectation, anomaly detection) and data governance across teams

Strong proficiency in Python, AWS ecosystem (Glue, Athena, Redshift), Git, and orchestration frameworks such as Airflow

Preferred

Familiarity with AAA game publishing cycles and modern console analytics

A degree in Computer Science or a related technical discipline

Benefits

Medical

Dental

Vision

Matching 401(k)

Paid time off

Wellness program

Coveted employee discounts for Sony products

Bonus package

Company

Sony Interactive Entertainment

Sony Interactive Entertainment is responsible for the PlayStation brand and family of products and services.

Founded in 1993

San Mateo, California, USA

10001+ employees

https://www.sie.com

H1B Sponsorship

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