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Principal Data Analyst - Poker

Zynga · Austin, TX; Toronto, Canada

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Level Up Your Career with Zynga!

At Zynga, we bring people together through the power of play. As a global leader in interactive entertainment and a proud label of Take-Two Interactive, our games have been downloaded over 6 billion times—connecting players in 175+ countries through fun, strategy, and a little friendly competition.

From thrilling casino spins to epic strategy battles, mind-bending puzzles, and social word challenges, our diverse game portfolio has something for everyone. Fan-favorites and latest hits include FarmVille™, Words With Friends™, Zynga Poker™, Game of Thrones Slots Casino™, Wizard of Oz Slots™, Hit it Rich! Slots™, Wonka Slots™, Top Eleven™, Toon Blast™, Empires & Puzzles™, Merge Dragons!™, CSR Racing™, Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells™, Match Factory™, and Color Block Jam™—plus many more!

Founded in 2007 and headquartered in California, our teams span North America, Europe, and Asia, working together to craft unforgettable gaming experiences. Whether you're spinning, strategizing, matching, or competing, Zynga is where fun meets innovation—and where you can take your career to the next level.

Join us and be part of the play!

Position Overview

Join the Zynga Poker Analytics Team

Zynga Poker is seeking a Principal Data Analyst to help drive decisions that impact millions of players worldwide. At Zynga, Principal is the next step above Senior; a great fit for analysts ready to take on broader ownership and scope. As part of our analytics team, you'll play a crucial role in shaping the future of our game through data-driven insights.

Here's how you'll shape the player experience

  • Product Strategy: Analyze long and short-term trends to deliver insights that influence product direction
  • Experimentation: Design, conduct, and analyze statistically sound experiments that drive measurable impact
  • Business Intelligence: Maintain comprehensive dashboards and ETL pipelines to keep the organization informed on game performance
  • Game Integrity: Enhance fraud detection and bad actor models to maintain a healthy gaming ecosystem

Join us if you love solving analytical puzzles that impact millions!

What You'll Do

  • Collaborate with the Product team to enhance revenue, retention, and engagement metrics. This includes conducting A/B testing, performing insights analysis, and developing dashboards.
  • Analyze player behavior to understand motivations and preferences, partnering with game design and consumer insights teams to translate findings into actionable experience improvements.
  • Design and maintain ETL pipelines to extract, transform, and load data from multiple sources, ensuring source of truth for analyses and business intelligence.
  • Participate in and contribute to the Analytics Org’s AI initiative, which is doing significant strides in improving analytics workflows through AI
  • Design game telemetry to capture meaningful player interaction data to improve the game experience.
  • Design and maintain a

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e for this position. All candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without requiring current or future employer sponsorship.
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