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Recruitment began on June 21, 2024
Expires July 5, 2024
Full-time, Internship, Part-time
At Rockstar Games, we create world-class entertainment experiences.
A career at Rockstar Games is about being part of a team working on some of the most creatively rewarding and ambitious projects to be found in any entertainment medium. You would be welcomed to a dedicated and inclusive environment where you can learn, and collaborate with some of the most talented people in the industry.
Rockstar NYC is on the lookout for an intern who has a passion for data analysis and the insights that data provide to help build an immersive game experience.
This is a paid, in-office, fixed term contract position running for 15 weeks from late August 2024 to early December 2024. This is a full-time position, with the expectation of a 40-hour work week. The successful candidate will work in Rockstar’s unique game development studio in the heart of downtown Manhattan.
WHAT WE DO
- The Rockstar Analytics team provides insights and actionable results to a wide variety of stakeholders across the organization in support of their decision making.
- We innovate as a global team to develop cutting-edge data products, reports, analyses, and machine learning applications.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Provide strategic insight and predictive modeling on player behavior.
- Deliver reports and analysis projects using player, game, and platform data.
- Achieve well scoped goals based on guidance and support from Leads and team members.
- Work autonomously and proactively communicate progress and concerns while in the work from home environment.
- Experiment with and explore new opportunities for machine learning applications while contributing to existing models & pipelines.
- Collaborate with fellow interns on Research and Development projects.
QUALIFICATIONS
- This internship is intended for undergraduate students, graduate students, or recent graduates who have completed coursework in data science, data analytics, or a related field.
- Applicant must be eligible to work in the US.
SKILLS
- Exposure to statistical methods, including distributions, predictive modeling, data validation, and hypothesis testing.
- Ability to understand a business problem and translate it into a technical problem.
- Ability to communicate results and present findings to a variety of stakeholders.
- Excellent problem-solving ability.
- Exposure to Python or another programming language.
- Curiosity in how to use machine learning and advanced analytical methods to solve problems.
- Great team communication skills.
- Excellent writing skills.
PLUSES
Please note that these are desirable skills and are not required to apply for the position.
- Experience querying data from a database using SQL (or an equivalent).
- Familiarity with cloud computing and big data technologies.
- Familiarity with Rockstar Products.
HOW TO APPLY
Please apply with a resume and cover letter demonstrating how you meet the skills above. If we would like to move forward with your application, a Rockstar recruiter will reach out to you to explain next steps and guide you through the process.
Rockstar is committed to creating a work environment that promotes equal opportunity, dignity and respect. In line with this commitment, Rockstar will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified job applicants with disabilities during the recruitment process in order for such applicants to be considered for the position for which they are applying, as well as to qualified employees to enable them to perform the essential functions of their roles. If you need more information about Rockstar’s reasonable accommodation policies or process, or need to request an accommodation, please contact the Human Resources Department.
If you’ve got the right skills for the job, we want to hear from you. We encourage applications from all suitable candidates regardless of age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, belief, race, or any other protected category.
The pay range for this position in New York State (inclusive of New York City) at the start of employment is expected to be between the range below* per hour. However, base pay offered is based on market location, and may vary further depending on individualized factors for job candidates, such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and other objective business considerations. Subject to those same considerations, the total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a bonus and/or equity awards, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment. If hired, employee will be in an “at-will position” and the company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation or benefit program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.
