Senior Data Scientist

Company Description

Ubisoft’s 19,000 team members, working across more than 30 locations around the world, are bound by a common mission to enrich players’ lives with original and memorable gaming experiences. Their dedication and talent have brought to life many acclaimed franchises such as Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, Watch Dogs, Just Dance, Rainbow Six, and many more to come. Ubisoft is an equal opportunity employer that believes diverse backgrounds and perspectives are key to creating worlds where both players and teams can thrive and express themselves. If you are excited about solving game-changing challenges, cutting edge technologies, and pushing the boundaries of entertainment, we invite you to join our journey and help us create the unknown.

Southeast Asia’s largest AAA game development studio with 450 talented team members representing 30+ nationalities. Opening its doors on the sunny shores of Singapore in 2008, Ubisoft Singapore set off on a vision to be a world class video game studio, and in its subsequent years played an essential role in several gaming blockbusters, including just about every Assassin's Creed® game since Assassin's Creed® II, Immortals Fenyx Rising™, and Ghost Recon Online. Its expertise in AAA and live operations, combined with a passion for naval battle gameplay and water technology, pushed the team to lead the development of a brand-new AAA game franchise – Skull and Bones™

Job Description

OVERVIEW

As a Senior Data Scientist, you will work on enhancing the production of our video games through the use of machine learning algorithms. Your experience in translating complex needs into actionable and your drive to implement efficient and adapted solutions will be essential to fulfilling our vision.

Joining our Singapore Data Team, you will work closely with our data analysts, data engineers and other data scientists. We are tackling a wide range of topics, from creation assistance to game features. You will be working on one or several concrete projects, always tied to a game team.

We are looking for individuals with a strong autonomy who can bring their extensive knowledge and experience in machine learning to help us drive forward our use of technologies like recommender systems and generative AI to craft better experiences for our players.

WHAT YOU WILL DO 

In the first six months: 

• You will have become familiar with the data sources available in a AAA game development environment.
• You will have worked in collaboration with our Data Analysts and production teams to extract data you need.
• You will have built a solid relationship with key stakeholders in the game development teams.
• You will have worked on at least one project and showcased your capacity to identify and propose solutions to complex needs.

After this period, you will be able to: 

• Understand the needs of a game development team, propose and communicate efficiently solutions that use data science tools/pipelines.
• Work in collaboration with colleagues in the Data Team to implement and maintain those tools/pipelines for games.
• Prioritize work that delivers the most value for players and the company.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years experience in data science
• Proven track record of successful machine learning projects
• Up to date knowledge of machine learning algorithms
• Strong problem solving skills
• Self-motivation, organization skills, team spirit, proactivity
• Culturally flexible and enjoy working and communicating with different job families (game designers, data analysts, etc.)
• Interest in gaming is desired.

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

Essential:

• Proficient in Python
• Proficient in SQL
• Proficient with one or more data science frameworks such as PyTorch, Spark ML and scikit-learn
• Experience with version control systems (git)

Desired:

• Experience with PySpark
• Familiarity with Linux
• Familiarity with web technologies
• Familiarity with API development

Additional Information

We are working to enrich players’ lives through unique and memorable gaming experiences and by improving the positive impacts of our games. To get there, we are creating a safer, more inclusive work environment, we are giving back to the communities where Ubisoft operates by working with local non-profit partners and by working to reduce the environmental impact of our business. We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age or disability status.

Come on board and experience #LifeAtUbi for yourself, we are always on the lookout for talents who thrive in bringing their A-game to work. If this sounds like you, shoot us your resume, portfolio, and anything else to show that you’re serious about fun!