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Data Team Summer Intern
2 years ago
Inspired by minimalist art, Dots was created with the notion that beauty and fun are not mutually exclusive. Now as a successful studio, our goal is to provide the world with stylish and meaningful daily play experiences. We need a paid Data Team Intern to join our diverse, multi-talented team. Our goal with this internship is to bring opportunities to people who are underrepresented in both gaming and tech.
Who We’re Looking For
- An energetic, curious, fast-learning intern who works well in a collaborative environment
- Someone able to work 4-5 days a week (your choice) during the 2021 summer semester
- Someone able and open to the idea of coming into our NYC office when it's safe to do so
- Someone with:
- Some experience with SQL and Python
- Strong interest in, and some experience with, either 1) data analytics and engineering, or 2) statistical modeling
- Playing and loving Two Dots is a plus
- Source control experience is a plus (we use Git)
Things You Might Be Doing
- (Depending on your interests)
- More analytics engineering-focused:
- Building new analytics datasets for measuring new metrics/KPIs
- Improving the reliability and freshness of our data pipelines by adding automated data quality checking
- More data science-focused
- Doing statistical modeling of wins and losses for in-game puzzles
- Building unsupervised models, such as segments for player behavior
What You'll Get Out Of This Internship
- Experience building a short, self-contained data project from start to finish
- The opportunity to deepen your knowledge of programming, statistics, data modeling, or other related topics, depending on your interests
- A hands-on look into the inner workings of a medium-sized game studio
- Experience collaborating closely with data scientists, engineers, analysts, and product managers
About Us
Dots is an award-winning gaming company with three mobile hits— Dots , Two Dots , and Dots & Co —and over 100 million installs. We are newly proud members of the Take-Two Interactive family.
While currently fully remote, we expect to return to our stylish office, located in Manhattan in the historic Meatpacking District, once we can safely do so.
We promote a friendly, honest, and collaborative work environment and believe we are at our best when we include everyone, regardless of one’s race, nationality, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, physical ability or attribute, and religious beliefs. We are proud of the diversity we’ve fostered and are continuing to make changes within the company to make Dots more equitable for everyone.
Benefits & Salary
As an intern here at Dots you’ll have these benefits:
- $15/hour wage
- Monthly $20 stipend for game In App Purchases
- 401k contributions
- Regular company outings/Zoom parties for team building
- Active Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion groups at Dots and Take-Two
- Daily catered in-office lunches
- And more...
If this role sounds interesting to you, we’d love to learn more about you and your experience!
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