Job Description Insight Global is looking for a Lead Data Scientist to join a large AAA gaming company remotely in Canada for a 6-month contract to hire opportunity. As a lead of the Mobile Porfolio in the Data and Analytics team, you will be supporting some of the largest mobile game titles in a high-profile role on a cutting-edge project to find mathematically vigorous new ways of getting games in hands. This team is fast-paced, and passion driven, and requires a Lead Data Scientist that is flexible to drive value, work in an agile environment, and who wants to make immediate impact. This role is 70% hands-on technical and 30% non-technical. Non-technical aspects include communicating with product stakeholders to acquire requirements and then prioritize and execute against them. Someone who is an excellent communicator, curious, self-driven and motivated will be a good fit. Areas of technical focus include working with supervised/unsupervised machine learning models such as classification and regression, and assisting getting models into production. Further, you will be working with data science experimental design and set up and statistical modelling on a day-to-day. Proficiency with huge data sets will be necessary prior experience. Overall, someone who has experience implementing machine learning models into products in a live environment, and preferably has seen both a successful and non-successful instance, will have transferable experience to be successful in this role. We are a company committed to creating inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal opportunity employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment opportunities without regard to race, religion, sex, age, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation, citizenship status, disability, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to Human Resources Request Form (https://airtable.com/app21VjYyxLDIX0ez/shrOg4IQS1J6dRiMo) . The EEOC "Know Your Rights" Poster is available here (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088\_EEOC\_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf) . To learn more about how we collect, keep, and process your private information, please review Insight Global's Workforce Privacy Policy: https://insightglobal.com/workforce-privacy-policy/ . Skills and Requirements 5+ years relevant professional experience, or 3+ years experience and a Masters in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Machine Learning, Finance, Economics, or another quantitative field  Experience with supervised/unsupervised machine learning (ML) such as classification and regression models, including at least some experience getting models into production (e.g. airflow, docker, Kubernetes)  Experience with data science experimental design and set up (e.g., treatment vs. control, statistical power) and statistical modelling (e.g., A/B testing, parametric and non-parametric tests, ANOVA)  Proficiency with huge data sets, including data wrangling and feature engineering capabilities  Proficient in SQL  Proficient in Python  Superior communication, self-starter, thought leader, strong stakeholder management capabilities Gaming background  PhD in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Machine Learning, Finance, Economics, or another quantitative field  Experience with neural networks and/or deep learning ML models  Experience with causal inference experimentation data science null We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion,sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military oruniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, andordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to HR@insightglobal.com.