Lead Analytics Engineer at Scopely

We’re looking for a product-minded Analytics Engineer who treats data as a first-class product and thrives at the intersection of engineering, analytics, and game development. You are someone who can independently design, build, and evolve data products end-to-end, balancing technical excellence with real-world usability and business impact. What You’ll Do • Lead and collaborate with engineers, product teams, and analysts to develop self-serve insight products that are responsive, precise, and scalable at petabyte levels • Oversee the entire data product lifecycle, including designing new tracking plans, developing data models, ELT pipelines, and self-serve insight products like Looker explores and dashboards • Act as a guardian of data quality, ensuring consistent metric reporting across a wide range of data products • Establish and maintain robust data observability practices—including automated data validation, anomaly detection, SLAs, and alerting—to ensure trust and reliability across the pipeline • Utilize cutting-edge technology stack including BigQuery, dbt and Looker • Provide technical leadership and empathize with game product teams and departments to enhance their daily operations and product success • Bring expertise in a specific part of the data stack and lifecycle while contributing broadly across all aspects • Mentor team members and drive the adoption of best practices within the team What We’re Looking For • A strong passion for solving complex analytical puzzles • Proven ability to translate business needs into advanced analytics solutions • Deep expertise with the modern data stack (BigQuery, Snowflake, dbt, Looker, Airflow, GitHub, command line-based workflows) • Exceptional SQL skills coupled with at least 5 years of relevant experience in data analytics or engineering roles • Solid understanding of data modeling principles (e.g., Kimball methodology, star schemas) • Hands-on experience with data observability frameworks and data validation methods (e.g., dbt tests, schema testing, anomaly detection, SLAs/SLIs, lineage tools) • A high valuation of business context and the drive to achieve technical excellence • An inclination towards collaboration and pride in contributing to high-functioning teams • Enjoyment in working within fast-paced, growth-oriented environments • A sense of fun at work, with extracurricular interests like Ping Pong or Mario Kart seen as a bonus! About Scopely Scopely is a leading video game and global interactive entertainment company, home to many of the world’s most beloved and enduring experiences, including two of the most successful mobile games of all-time “MONOPOLY GO!” and “Pokémon GO,” along with “Stumble Guys,” “Star Trek™ Fleet Command,” “MARVEL Strike Force,” “WWE Champions,” the Scrabble® franchise, “Yahtzee® With Buddies,” and many others. Across mobile, web, PC, and console, Scopely creates, develops, publishes, and live-operates one of the most diversified and award-winning portfolios in the games industry — bringing hundreds of millions of players together through a shared love of play. Founded in 2011, Scopely is powered by its exceptional team — including thousands of world-class gamemakers around the globe, a distinctive tenet-driven culture, and its proprietary technology platform, Playgami. Together, these strengths have fueled Scopely’s position as the #1 mobile games company in the U.S. and #2 globally, generating more than $10 billion in lifetime revenue. Whether building global sensations like “MONOPOLY GO!” from the ground up, or expanding through strategic acquisitions, including the FoxNext, GSN, and Niantic games businesses — Scopely consistently delivers experiences players love today and return to for years to come. Recognized multiple times as one of the "100 Most Influential Companies in the World" by TIME magazine and one of Fast Company's "World's Most Innovative Companies" and “Best Workplaces for Innovators,” Scopely believes that video games can be a force for good — creating meaningful connections, vibrant communities, and making life better through play. Scopely has global operations and partners across four continents in more than a dozen countries worldwide. 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