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Data Scientist - Riot Data, Anti-Cheat

Riot Anti-Cheat developers are versatile and passionate about their craft. We understand the player impact of cheating in games and are focused on setting the highest bar to preserve their integrity. We relish the opportunity to work with new tech stacks and bring security to all of Riot's games; each with its own security risk profile and complex challenges. At the most fundamental level, our goal is to promote the best player experience by protecting the legitimacy of their favorite games.

As a Data Scientist on the anti-cheat team within the Riot Data Organization, you will work with both game teams and anti-cheat experts to develop the next generation of defense for Riot's multiplayer titles. Taking a hands-on approach to countering cheats iteratively by applying your expertise with low-level systems to deter or detect cheaters at scale. Keeping one step ahead of emergent techniques while focusing on upholding the best player experience. You will report to the Senior Data Science manager within Riot Data.

Responsibilities:

• Develop machine learning models to detect cheating within games
• Partner with game teams across genres to understand their specific security needs and help shape the security landscape
• Keep up-to-date with the state of cheats and cheating techniques across titles
• Help identify and determine the impact that cheating has on gaming

Required Qualifications:

• M.Sc. in Machine Learning, AI, Statistics, Math, or related Computer Science/Quantitative field, or 2 years of equivalent experience .
• Proficiency in Python and SQL.
• Comfortable presenting and sharing information across a wide array of technical expertise and seniority.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience with Apache big-data platforms such as Spark and Airflow.
• Familiar with the AWS cloud.

Our Perks:

We offer medical, dental, and vision plans that cover you, your spouse/domestic partner, and children. Life insurance, parental leave, plus short-term and long-term disability coverage are also available. Riot will support your retirement benefits with a company match, and double down on your donations of time and money to non-profit charitable organizations. Balance between work and personal life is encouraged with open paid time off, and a play fund so you can broaden and deepen your personal relationship with games.

It’s our policy to provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and members of Riot Games, Inc. Riot Games makes reasonable accommodations for handicapped and disabled Rioters and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, handicap, veteran status, marital status, criminal history, or any other category protected by applicable federal and state law, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance relating to an applicant's criminal history (LAMC 189.00).