Principal Data Analyst - Poker
Principal Data Analyst on Zynga's Poker analytics team (Austin, TX or Toronto): analyzes player behavior and long-term trends, designs A/B experiments, builds ETL pipelines and leadership dashboards, and improves fraud/bad-actor models using Python, SQL, and BI tooling to guide product decisions for millions of players.
- Compensation
- CA$118.3K–CA$142K / yr
- Location
- Austin, TX; Toronto, Canada
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Principal
- Employment
- Full time
- Experience
- 8+ years
- Category
- Data analytics
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, or a related quantitative field
- Minimum 8 years in data science or analytics roles
- Experience guiding product teams through complex decisions and analyses with ambiguous data
- Proficiency in Python and SQL
- Experience in data mining, data visualization, statistical analysis, and machine learning
- Strong written and oral communication skills; explain complex data in simple, actionable terms
- Highly self-motivated with a keen interest in problem-solving
- Willingness to take ownership of challenges
- Proven ability to work collaboratively as part of a team
- Legally authorized to work in the United States without current or future employer sponsorship
Nice to have
- Advanced degree (Masters or PhD)
- Preferably 6 years in a Product Data Science or Gaming Analytics team
- Familiarity with BI tools like Tableau and version control systems such as Git
- Experience or demonstrated interest in improving analytics team processes and efficiency using LLMs
- Familiarity with AI/ML concepts or experience automating recurring analytics workflows
- Familiarity with poker gameplay and terminology
- Familiarity with social casino economies
Full description
Level Up Your Career with Zynga!
At Zynga, we bring people together through the power of play. As a global leader in interactive entertainment and a proud label of Take-Two Interactive, our games have been downloaded over 6 billion times—connecting players in 175+ countries through fun, strategy, and a little friendly competition.
From thrilling casino spins to epic strategy battles, mind-bending puzzles, and social word challenges, our diverse game portfolio has something for everyone. Fan-favorites and latest hits include FarmVille™, Words With Friends™, Zynga Poker™, Game of Thrones Slots Casino™, Wizard of Oz Slots™, Hit it Rich! Slots™, Wonka Slots™, Top Eleven™, Toon Blast™, Empires & Puzzles™, Merge Dragons!™, CSR Racing™, Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells™, Match Factory™, and Color Block Jam™—plus many more!
Founded in 2007 and headquartered in California, our teams span North America, Europe, and Asia, working together to craft unforgettable gaming experiences. Whether you're spinning, strategizing, matching, or competing, Zynga is where fun meets innovation—and where you can take your career to the next level.
Join us and be part of the play!
Position Overview:
Join the Zynga Poker Analytics Team
Zynga Poker is seeking a Principal Data Analyst to help drive decisions that impact millions of players worldwide. At Zynga, Principal is the next step above Senior; a great fit for analysts ready to take on broader ownership and scope. As part of our analytics team, you'll play a crucial role in shaping the future of our game through data-driven insights.
Here's how you'll shape the player experience:
- Product Strategy: Analyze long and short-term trends to deliver insights that influence product direction
- Experimentation: Design, conduct, and analyze statistically sound experiments that drive measurable impact
- Business Intelligence: Maintain comprehensive dashboards and ETL pipelines to keep the organization informed on game performance
- Game Integrity: Enhance fraud detection and bad actor models to maintain a healthy gaming ecosystem
Join us if you love solving analytical puzzles that impact millions!
What You'll Do:
- Collaborate with the Product team to enhance revenue, retention, and engagement metrics. This includes conducting A/B testing, performing insights analysis, and developing dashboards.
- Analyze player behavior to understand motivations and preferences, partnering with game design and consumer insights teams to translate findings into actionable experience improvements.
- Design and maintain ETL pipelines to extract, transform, and load data from multiple sources, ensuring source of truth for analyses and business intelligence.