Senior Data Scientist

Scopely is looking for a Senior Data Scientist to join our Monopoly GO! game team in our Barcelona hub on a hybrid basis, or remotely in Spain or Portugal.

At Scopely, we care deeply about what we do and want to inspire play, every day. We are a global team of game lovers who are developing, publishing, and innovating the mobile games industry, connecting millions of people around the world daily.

Monopoly GO! is our global phenomenon and a key franchise that has become Scopely’s largest game, enjoyed by millions. The team is based across EMEA and the US, working daily to create captivating new experiences. We are looking for a "rare breed" of technical powerhouse and product-savvy leader who can bridge the gap between complex data and player experience.

What You Will Do

As a Senior Data Scientist, you will play a key role in supporting game growth by leveraging data to build innovative, player-centric solutions. You won't just analyze data; you will own the lifecycle of data products — from identifying a player pain point to deploying a production-level solution.

• Product Vision & Strategy: Partner with Product Managers and Stakeholders to identify high-value opportunities, helping to define the data science roadmap for the one of the world’s biggest mobile games.

• End-to-End Ownership: Own the process of creating new data products, from initial inception and requirement gathering to technical design, productionalization, and monitoring.

• Player Insights: Analyze player behavior to understand how features impact the game economy, progression, social dynamics, and sentiment.

• Advanced Modeling: Design and implement A/B tests, forecasting, clustering, and ML models that don't just "predict," but provide actionable "decision intelligence."

• Technical Excellence: Provide technical expertise throughout the product life cycle, ensuring high quality, scalability, and efficiency in our Data & Insights team.

• Collaborative Delivery: Work across departments (Product Analytics, Engineering, LiveOps, Marketing) to ensure data solutions are integrated and driving real-world impact for our players.

What We’re Looking For

We want a creative, highly motivated individual who enjoys tackling ambiguous problems and "figuring it out" with practical, scalable solutions.

• Product Mindset: Outstanding problem-solving skills with a "user-first" mentality. You can conceptualize player behavior and determine the best metrics to measure success, even when data is messy or non-existent.

• Technical Stack: Advanced proficiency in Python and SQL. Experience with BI tools (Looker) and visualization libraries (Plotly, etc.).

• Data Engineering Savvy: Experience with data transformation at scale using dbt and Airflow.

• Production Experience: Proven track record of deploying data products to production (on GCS, AWS, or Azure) and implementing monitoring/alerting to ensure service quality.

• Scientific Rigor: Strong background in statistics, A/B testing methodology, and applying ML/AI to improve business understanding.

• Communication: Ability to translate complex methodologies into clear "so-whats" for non-technical stakeholders and business users.

Bonus Points

• Gaming Passion: A deep love for F2P mobile games and an understanding of game loops/economies.

• Specialized Knowledge: Familiarity with causal inference, Bayesian statistics, or MLOps platforms.

• Deep Learning & GenAI: Hands-on experience with LLMs, predictions using Transformers, or other Deep Learning architectures applied to behavioral data or content generation.

About Scopely

Scopely is a leading video game and global interactive entertainment company, home to many of the world’s most beloved and enduring experiences, including two of the most successful mobile games of all-time “MONOPOLY GO!” and “Pokémon GO,” along with “Stumble Guys,” “Star Trek™ Fleet Command,” “MARVEL Strike Force,” “WWE Champions,” the Scrabble® franchise, “Yahtzee® With Buddies,” and many others. Across mobile, web, PC, and console, Scopely creates, develops, publishes, and live-operates one of the most diversified and award-winning portfolios in the games industry — bringing hundreds of millions of players together through a shared love of play.

Founded in 2011, Scopely is powered by its exceptional team — including thousands of world-class gamemakers around the globe, a distinctive tenet-driven culture, and its proprietary technology platform, Playgami. Together, these strengths have fueled Scopely’s position as the #1 mobile games company in the U.S. and #2 globally, generating more than $10 billion in lifetime revenue. Whether building global sensations like “MONOPOLY GO!” from the ground up, or expanding through strategic acquisitions, including the FoxNext, GSN, and Niantic games businesses — Scopely consistently delivers experiences players love today and return to for years to come.

Recognized multiple times as one of the "100 Most Influential Companies in the World" by TIME magazine and one of Fast Company's "World's Most Innovative Companies" and “Best Workplaces for Innovators,” Scopely believes that video games can be a force for good — creating meaningful connections, vibrant communities, and making life better through play.

Scopely has global operations and partners across four continents in more than a dozen countries worldwide. For more information, visit: https://www.scopely.com/.