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Data Science Intern

Epic Games · Cary,North Carolina,United States · On-site

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About Epic Games

Backed by Kleiner Perkins and Lightspeed.

About the role

We are looking for a Data Science Intern to join the Ecosystem Security team supporting initiatives related to fraud and abuse detection. As part of the EcoSec team, you will be given a detection problem to own as part of our development cycle. You will work with your data science mentor and the operations analysts who investigate these cases to explore the data, build a model, and measure its impact on how we protect players.

What they're looking for

  • Experience with Python for data analysis, pandas and scikit-learn preferred
  • Ability to write SQL against large datasets to pull and shape your own data
  • A grounding in statistics and machine learning fundamentals, including classification and evaluation metrics beyond accuracy
  • A desire to develop strong data science and software development skills
  • Genuine curiosity about adversarial problems, specifically how and why people find ways to game a system
  • Good interpersonal and communication skills, with demonstrated ability to communicate technical findings within a team
More about this role

At the core of Epic’s success are talented, passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment. Whether it’s building award-winning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences, we’re always innovating.

Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users. We’re constantly innovating to raise the bar of engine and game development.

Our ECOSEC team provides a safer experience for Epic's users. We work across multiple products and services to improve technology and craft transparent policies so our players and users can have positive experiences on our platforms.

We are looking for a Data Science Intern to join the Ecosystem Security team supporting initiatives related to fraud and abuse detection. As part of the EcoSec team, you will be given a detection problem to own as part of our development cycle. You will work with your data science mentor and the operations analysts who investigate these cases to explore the data, build a model, and measure its impact on how we protect players.

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