Staff Data Scientist – Experimentation: Innovation & Research

As a Staff Data Scientist, you will lead innovation in experimentation and causal inference, helping shape the future of decision-making and product innovation at SIE. You will drive innovative research in experimentation methodologies while mentoring other team members. You’ll be responsible for elevating our experimentation strategy, fostering a culture of curiosity and rigor, and helping cross-functional teams deliver player-first experiences through strong evidence-based decisions.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Drive innovation in experimentation research by shaping measurement frameworks and best practices, and by developing new methodologies that enhance the quality, speed, and scalability of experiments.
• Advance experimentation infrastructure and tooling, incorporating statistical and machine learning methods to refine analytical capabilities.
• Mentor and guide less-senior data scientists, building expertise in experimentation and causal inference while providing technical direction to ensure rigor and impact.
• Partner with product managers and business leaders to identify high-impact experimentation opportunities and align them with PlayStation’s strategic goals.
• Act as a thought leader in experimentation and causal inference, evangelizing best practices and fostering learning across teams.
• Contribute to research and prototyping of novel experimentation techniques that address complex real-world challenges, such as user behavior variability and data limitations.
• Champion a data-driven culture by establishing experimentation standards, ethical practices, and reproducibility
• Represent the team’s insights and innovations across the broader data science and product communities within PlayStation.
• Stay at the forefront of the field by monitoring emerging developments in experimentation, causal inference, and applied machine learning to continuously evolve capabilities.

What We’re Looking For:

• Master’s Degree or equivalent experience in Applied Math, Economics, Statistics, Computer Science, or related field. Ph.D. or equivalent experience preferred.
• Strong familiarity with the gaming industry and contemporary gaming experiences.
• 8+ years of experience in data science, including extensive hands-on work in experimentation, with at least 2+ years in a mentoring or technical leadership capacity.