Data Analyst
Platform ScienceSalary not specified
Full Time
Junior (1 to 2 years)
Not SpecifiedCompensation
Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
GamingIndustries
Requirements
- Expertise in self-service analytics tools like Looker models/dashboards and SQL via BigQuery
- Ability to deliver fast, high-quality analysis and clear recommendations improving engagement, retention, monetization, and ROAS
- Experience building and refining Looker explores and dashboards
- Skills in validating hypotheses, measuring feature/event impact, and producing BI for content cadence and seasonal events
- Capability to balance self-service enablement (models, dashboards, documentation, office hours) with bespoke BI and deep dives
- Proficiency in tackling complex, multi-stakeholder questions and delivering actionable insights for non-data experts
- Daily collaboration with product managers, designers, and live-ops owners to define success metrics and drive actions
- Mentoring and guiding non-analysts (no direct people leadership)
Responsibilities
- Define, document, and guard Live Ops KPI metrics and leading indicators; ensure canonical definitions in dashboards
- Partner with Data Engineering on telemetry schema design and upstream data models; review changes for semantic impact
- Maintain metric catalog, usage docs; manage Looker permissions and privacy/access controls
- Build/refine Looker explores, Looks, and dashboards atop BigQuery models for producer/Live Ops workflows
- Provide micro-training and short guides to increase data literacy and self-serve adoption
- Track dashboard usage; consolidate redundant assets and retire stale ones
- Translate business questions into structured analyses and recommendations driving engagement, retention, monetization, and ROAS
- Produce weekly/monthly KPI readouts and executive summaries (changes, causes, risks, actions)
- Build short-horizon forecasts for major tentpoles (retention/ARPDAU/revenue) and scenario “what-ifs”; compare actuals vs. plan
- Own pre-/post-mortems for seasonal events, sales, feature launches; quantify impact and propose actions
- Create reusable playbooks (metrics, methods, templates) for recurring event types and content beats
- Partner on experiment/holdout design, success metrics, guardrails; check SRM and apply variance-reduction
- Analyze experiment results with non-technical takeaways, confidence levels, next steps; track longer-tail effects
- Set up monitoring for experiment health and data quality; document assumptions/limitations
- Establish economy baselines (currency sinks/sources, inflation/deflation, price elasticity, inventory growth) with thresholds and on-call playbooks
- Partner with Live Ops and Engineering on fraud/abuse detection signals implementation and monitoring
- Build alerts for anomalies in retention, ARPDAU, payer conversion, ROAS, funnel health; investigate, triage, escalate with fixes
- Maintain monitoring dashboards distinguishing signal from noise; tune thresholds to minimize alert fatigue
- Work daily with product managers, designers, UA, Live Ops owners; translate insights into backlog items, roadmap adjustments, event tuning
- Communicate trade-offs, risks
Skills
Looker
SQL
BigQuery
dashboards
KPI metrics
data governance
data modeling
BI
telemetry schema
A Thinking Ape
Develops social mobile games and communities
About A Thinking Ape
A Thinking Ape develops social mobile games that encourage player interaction and community building. Their games, such as "Witch Arcana: Magic School" and "Kingdoms of Heckfire," are designed to be engaging and foster vibrant online communities. Players can download these games for free and make in-game purchases for items and upgrades, which is part of their freemium business model. This approach allows A Thinking Ape to attract a large audience while generating revenue through microtransactions and advertisements. What sets A Thinking Ape apart from competitors is its focus on creating games that prioritize social experiences, which helps retain players and attract new ones through word-of-mouth. The company's goal is to continuously innovate and build strong communities around their games, ensuring a dynamic and engaging experience for mobile gamers.
Vancouver, CanadaHeadquarters
2008Year Founded
$102.1MTotal Funding
ACQUISITIONCompany Stage
GamingIndustries
51-200Employees
Benefits
Competitive salary and benefits package as well as health and dental
Unlimited sick days, flexible scheduling and work from home options
Free snacks and catered lunch
Social events
On-site yoga sessions, a monthly massage clinic and company-sponsored hockey and dodgeball teams
Risks
Emerging developers increase competition with innovative mechanics and marketing.
Rising user acquisition costs impact profitability in the mobile gaming sector.
Backlash from microtransactions could lead to negative publicity.
Differentiation
ATA creates highly addictive social experiences in mobile gaming.
Founded by ex-Amazon engineers, ATA has a strong hacker culture.
ATA's games foster vibrant online communities, enhancing player engagement.
Upsides
Cross-platform play enhances player retention and engagement for ATA's games.
AI-driven personalized experiences increase user satisfaction and retention.
Blockchain technology offers new opportunities for in-game asset trading.
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