BCforward is currently seeking a highly motivated Sr Data Scientist for an opportunity in Redmond, WA

Position Title: Sr Data Scientist

Location: Redmond WA

Anticipated Start Date: - ASAP

Please note this is the target date and is subject to change. BCforward will send official notice ahead of a confirmed start date.

Expected Duration: 12 Months Contract

Job Type: Contract and Onsite

Pay Range: $75/hr. - 80$/hr.

Please note that actual compensation may vary within this range due to factors such as location, experience, and job responsibilities, and does not encompass additional non-standard compensation (e.g., benefits, paid time off, per diem, etc.).

Requirements:

Candidate Requirements

Typical Day in the Role:

* Purpose of the Team: This role will work with the Player and Data Insights team at Minecraft, driving ongoing reporting and insights for the Minecraft Education team.

* Key projects: N/A

* Typical task breakdown and operating rhythm: The role will consist of interactions with stakeholders on the Minecraft Education team.

Compelling Story & Candidate Value Proposition:

* What makes this role interesting? - This role provides the opportunity to work on Minecraft.

* Unique Selling Points: Good culture and helpful team.

Candidate Requirements:

* Years of Experience Required: 5 overall years of experience in the field.

* Degrees or certifications required: Degree in Computer Science, Statistics, or related field degree is required to be eligible for this role.

* Disqualifiers: N/A

* Best vs. Average: The ideal resume would contain communication/stakeholder relationships.

* Performance Indicators: Performance will be assessed based on quality of work and meeting deadlines.

Top 3 Hard Skills Required Years of Experience:

1. Minimum 5 years' experience with communication.

2. Minimum 5 years' experience with stakeholder relationships.

3. Minimum 5 years' experience in data analytics.

Minecraft Education Data Scientist:

We are looking for a Data Scientist with a drive to achieve high impact, high quality results to join the Mojang Player Data and Insights team. In this role, you will be responsible for driving insights that inform the Minecraft Education strategy. You'll partner with product and engineering teams to ensure robust reporting on business metrics, make recommendations to optimize business performance, and evaluate impact of programs and initiatives on key metrics. You will develop and lead analysis that identify key drivers of acquisition, engagement, and retention.

Responsibilities:

* Identify key learnings from analysis and synthesize them into recommendations for stakeholders.

* Manage partnerships with Product, Marketing, and other teams to integrate insights into product decisions.

* Collaborate with stakeholders to develop analyses that answer the 'why' behind the requests.

* Be self-driven and show ability to deliver on ambiguous projects with incomplete or dirty data.

* Work with the Engineering team to build and maintain reporting queries for monitoring business health.

* Maintain dashboards in PowerBI that enable stakeholders to understand the business and supporting onboarding to other self-service tools

* Manipulate and analyze complex, high-volume, high-dimensionality data from varying sources using a variety of tools and data analysis techniques.

Qualifications:

* 5 years of experience in data analytics.

* 5 years of experience with SQL, bonus if familiar with Spark SQL, Databricks, or Azure Data Explorer.

* 2 years of experience with dashboarding tools, PowerBI preferred.

* Proficient in Python, bonus if familiar with PySpark.

* Able to work in a collaborative, diverse and fast-paced team.

* Excellent analytical, and problem-solving skills and autonomy when faced with solving data problems.

* Excellent verbal, visual and written communication skills.

* Interest in games, bonus if experience in gaming industry.

* Local to Seattle area.

Benefits:

BCforward offers all eligible employees a comprehensive benefits package including, but not limited to major medical, HSA, dental, vision, employer-provided group life, voluntary life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, and 401k.

About BCforward:

Founded in 1998 on the idea that industry leaders needed a professional service, and workforce management expert, to fuel the development and execution of core business and technology strategies, BCforward is a Black-owned firm providing unique solutions supporting value capture and digital product delivery needs for organizations around the world. Headquartered in Indianapolis, IN with an Offshore Development Center in Hyderabad, India, BCforward's 6,000 consultants support more than 225 clients globally.

BCforward champions the power of human potential to help companies transform, accelerate, and scale. Guided by our core values of People-Centric, Optimism, Excellence, Diversity, and Accountability, our professionals have helped our clients achieve their strategic goals for more than 25 years. Our strong culture and clear values have enabled BCforward to become a market leader and best in class place to work.

BCforward is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against based on disability.

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This posting is not an offer of employment. All applicants applying for positions in the United States must be legally authorized to work in the United States. The submission of intentionally false or fraudulent information in response to this posting may render the applicant ineligible for the position. Any subsequent offer of employment will be considered employment at-will regardless of the anticipated assignment duration.

Interested candidates please send resume in Word format Please reference job code 223817 when responding to this ad.