Senior Data Analyst, Live Games

About Big Viking Games

• Big Viking Games is a Canadian gaming company focused on building, operating, and growing long-standing
• online game communities. Our games have entertained players for years, supported by loyal audiences, live
• operations, evolving content systems, product innovation, and deep player-driven economies.
• Our flagship titles, YoWorld and FishWorld, have served millions of players over their lifetime.
• These are enduring live-service virtual worlds with rich in-game economies, virtual goods, social interaction, and long-term
• player engagement at their core.
• We are entering a new phase of modernization and growth, with a focus on stronger data visibility, better
• decision-making, practical AI adoption, smarter live operations, and scalable systems that help our games and
• teams perform at a higher level.

About the Role

• Big Viking Games is hiring a Senior Data Analyst to support our live games, including YoWorld and FishWorld.
• This is a hands-on analytics role for someone who loves digging into player behavior, building dashboards that
• tell a clear story, and turning raw data into decisions that improve product, monetization, live operations, and
• player experience.
• You will partner closely with leadership, product, production, live operations, finance, and engineering to
• analyze what is happening in our games, why it is happening, and what we should do next. Your work will
• directly influence roadmap decisions, content strategy, monetization planning, player engagement, and
• business performance.
• This role is ideal for someone who is comfortable working in a fast-moving live-service environment, can bring
• structure to complex datasets, and can communicate insights clearly to both technical and non-technical
• stakeholders.
• *This is a hybrid role based in Toronto, with an expectation of working in office three days per week.

About Big Viking Games

• Big Viking Games is a Canadian gaming company focused on building, operating, and growing long-standing
• online game communities. Our games have entertained players for years, supported by loyal audiences, live
• operations, evolving content systems, product innovation, and deep player-driven economies.
• Our flagship titles, YoWorld and FishWorld, have served millions of players over their lifetime. These are
• enduring live-service virtual worlds with rich in-game economies, virtual goods, social interaction, and long-term
• player engagement at their core.
• We are entering a new phase of modernization and growth, with a focus on stronger data visibility, better
• decision-making, practical AI adoption, smarter live operations, and scalable systems that help our games and
• teams perform at a higher level.

About the Role

• Big Viking Games is hiring a Senior Data Analyst to support our live games, including YoWorld and FishWorld.
• This is a hands-on analytics role for someone who loves digging into player behavior, building dashboards that
• tell a clear story, and turning raw data into decisions that improve product, monetization, live operations, and
• player experience.
• You will partner closely with leadership, product, production, live operations, finance, and engineering to
• analyze what is happening in our games, why it is happening, and what we should do next. Your work will
• directly influence roadmap decisions, content strategy, monetization planning, player engagement, and
• business performance.
• This role is ideal for someone who is comfortable working in a fast-moving live-service environment, can bring
• structure to complex datasets, and can communicate insights clearly to both technical and non-technical
• stakeholders.
• This is a hybrid role based in Toronto, with an expectation of working in office three days per week.

What You’ll Do

• ● Analyze player behavior, retention, engagement, monetization, economy health, content performance,
• and live operations performance across YoWorld and FishWorld.
• ● Conduct quantitative analysis and financial modeling to evaluate feature opportunities, content plans,
• monetization risks, and strategic product decisions.
• ● Build, maintain, and improve dashboards that translate complex data into clear, actionable insights for
• stakeholders across the studio.
• ● Write, maintain, and validate complex SQL workflows to extract, transform, and analyze large-scale
• player and business datasets.
• ● Partner with product, production, live operations, and engineering teams to define telemetry,
• instrumentation, and data collection requirements.
• ● Investigate behavioral patterns, session habits, player lifecycle trends, wallet dynamics, purchase
• behavior, content engagement, and churn signals.
• ● Support live operations planning by identifying what content, events, offers, and engagement loops are
• working, where they are underperforming, and what should be tested next.
• ● Help define KPIs, reporting standards, metric definitions, and repeatable analytics processes.
• ● Present findings clearly and confidently to leadership and cross-functional teams.
• ● Turn ambiguous product and business questions into structured analysis, clear recommendations, and
• decision-ready narratives.
• ● Use AI tools thoughtfully to accelerate analysis, summarize findings, improve workflows, and reduce
• repetitive reporting work.
• ● Help improve data quality, reporting accuracy, and trust in the company’s analytics systems.

What You Bring

• ● 3+ years of experience in data analytics, product analytics, business intelligence, data science, or a
• related analytical role.
• ● Strong SQL skills with the ability to work across complex, multi-source data systems.
• ● Experience analyzing large datasets and turning analysis into real product or business decisions.
• ● Hands-on experience with data visualization tools such as Tableau, Power BI, Looker, Sigma,
• Metabase, or similar platforms.
• ● Comfort with Python, R, or similar scripting languages for data transformation, analysis, automation, or
• modeling.
• ● Strong understanding of metrics, cohorts, funnels, segmentation, retention, engagement, monetization,
• and behavioral analysis.
• ● Ability to build dashboards and reports that are clear, useful, and action-oriented.
• ● Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain complex analysis in plain business language.
• ● Ability to work independently, manage priorities, and bring structure to ambiguous problems.
• ● Strong attention to detail and a high bar for data accuracy, consistency, and reliability.
• ● Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Computer Science, Business
• Analytics, or equivalent practical experience.

Nice to Have

• ● Experience with Snowflake or similar modern cloud data platforms.
• ● Experience in gaming, live-service products, social games, casual games, free-to-play games, virtual
• worlds, or digital products.
• ● Experience with game economies, virtual currencies, pricing, bundles, offers, content performance, and
• player lifecycle analysis.
• ● Experience with A/B testing, experimentation, statistical analysis, forecasting, or predictive modeling.
• ● Experience supporting product managers, live operations teams, designers, finance teams, or executive
• stakeholders.
• ● Experience with data modeling, dbt, analytics engineering, ETL/ELT workflows, or data quality
• processes.
• ● Experience using AI tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or similar platforms to improve analytics
• workflows, reporting, research, and insight generation.
• ● A genuine interest in games, player behavior, social products, and long-running online communities.

Ideal Candidate Profile

• The ideal candidate is analytical, curious, practical, and commercially minded. They do not just produce
• reports. They help the business understand what matters, what changed, why it changed, and what action
• should be taken.
• They are comfortable working with imperfect data, but they care deeply about accuracy and clarity. They can
• move between SQL, dashboards, financial analysis, product questions, player behavior, and executive
• communication without losing the thread.
• This role is best suited for someone who wants their work to be seen, used, and acted on. You will have the
• opportunity to directly shape live games with loyal communities, meaningful revenue, and real growth
• opportunities.

Compensation

• The expected base salary range for this role is CAD $100,000 to $120,000, depending on experience, technical
• depth, live-service experience, and overall fit.

Benefits

• ● Group Retirement Savings Plan matching and participation.
• ● Comprehensive benefits package, including health, dental, and vision coverage.
• ● Health and Wellness spending account.
• ● Generous time off policies.
• ● Opportunity to work on long-running live-service games with established player communities.
• ● Exposure to product, live operations, monetization, data strategy, and business decision-making.
• ● A high-impact role where your insights can directly influence what we build and how we operate.

Accessibility and Accommodation

• Big Viking Games is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible environment for all candidates. We
• welcome applications from individuals of all abilities and will provide accommodations throughout the hiring
• process as needed.
• If you require accommodation during the hiring process, please contact [email hidden] so we can
• work with you to support your needs.