Senior Data Engineer

Company Description

People Can Fly is one of the premier independent AAA game development studios with an international team of hundreds of gifted individuals working from offices based in Poland, UK, US, and Canada, as well as globally through our remote work programs.

Established in 2002, we've made our impact on the shooter genre with titles such as Painkiller, Bulletstorm, Gears of War: Judgment, and Outriders. We're one of the most accomplished Unreal Engine studios in the industry and are broadening it with in-house solutions known as the PCF Framework.

Our creative teams are presently working on several exhilarating titles: Gemini is our new project being developed with Square Enix; Bifrost, Victoria and Dagger are projects we're nurturing under the self-publishing model. We also have a project in the concept phase – Red; along with two VR technology projects – Green Hell VR and Thunder - a fresh project based on one of the Group’s IPs.

With more than 20 years of experience, PCF is set to discover new territories. We aim to blend our expertise with the creativity of the finest and most progressive talents in the industry to collaboratively work on the new generation of action games for the worldwide gaming community.

If you feel ready to deliver in a unique way, take responsibility for your projects, and are ready to have a significant impact on a game you work on, apply now!

Job Description

People Can Fly is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to join the Game Analytics team, focused on building a state-of-the-art game analytics platform and tools to better comprehend our players and enhance their experience in our games.

As a Senior Data Engineer at People Can Fly, you'll design and develop data systems that scale alongside our games. You'll grasp the nuance of data from various sources (client telemetry, gameplay, etc.) and convert that raw data into actionable insights. You'll interact daily with analysts, game designers, and game engineers to understand how we can create experiences that our players desire.

You'll steer the development of two out of three Game Analytics pillars; Tracking and Reporting. Moreover, you will generate and apply KPI dashboards to provide strategic and operational support for the entire business.

The data, dashboards, models, and reports produced and managed by the Game Analytics Team are crucial to the product teams, enabling them to comprehend our players’ requirements and identify the enjoyment and pain points.

Responsibilities:

• Work with product owners and tech leads to implement high-quality, production-grade data pipelines and ETL processes.
• Partner with our analytics teams to build tools that provide actionable insights into key business metrics and optimized solutions for their data needs.
• Develop relationships with members of the game team to understand and mold the data generated from the game.
• Construct efficient data models that allow faster data processing and transformations at scale.
• Build API integrations with our internal systems and third-party data sources.
• Gather requirements and translate them into clean code and data warehouse design.
• Collaborate with a cross-disciplinary team of analysts, designers, and engineers.
• Leverage your excellent communication skills and experience working with global teams to become an advocate for data engineering across the organization.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience with business intelligence and data engineering, including data warehousing, delivery, and operations.
• 3+ years of experience working with video game analytics (i.e. you are familiar with how key metrics such as DAU, MAU, and retention rates are computed in an ETL).
• Strong background in SQL, Data Engineering, and Business Intelligence.
• The ability to utilize new technologies to test, construct, and optimize data pipelines, transformations, architectures, and data sets.
• Strong knowledge in a variety of data engines (for example, Snowflake, SQL Server, MySQL, Amazon Aurora, Redshift).
• A solid understanding of dimensional modeling is required.
• Experience with data reporting tools (e.g., Tableau), data cataloging tools (e.g., Alation) and data logging/monitoring tools (e.g., Datadog) is preferred.
• Experience developing and managing data warehouses on a terabyte scale.

Additional Information

What we offer:

• A competitive salary and performance-based annual bonuses.
• Private medical healthcare (Vitality) and BUPA dental insurance for PCF employees and their families.
• Access to a wellbeing platform - Gympass for employees and family members.
• Access to Worksmile - a cafeteria program.
• Online Polish and English language classes.
• Access to a pension scheme.
• Flexible working hours.
• Free virtual health and mental wellbeing sessions included in the plan for members and their dependents.
• Potential for personal development and the opportunity to work in a global environment.
• A chance to work in a creative team imbued with a passion for what they do.