Senior Data Scientist, Transparency & Regulatory
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 24, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 21, 2026. Epic Games scores A on the Alion truth index.
WHAT MAKES US EPIC?
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.
ANALYTICS
What We Do
Our Data & Analytics teams build powerful stories and visuals that inform the games we make, the technology we develop, and business decisions that drive Epic.
What You'll Do
We are looking for a Senior Data Scientist, Transparency and Regulatory, to join the Analytics team, where you will own the data and drive data tooling behind transparency reports Epic publishes under regulations such as the DSA, and support risk assessments, audits, compliance assessments, and other compliance reporting. You'll work with Legal, Compliance, Trust and Safety, and data engineering to turn regulatory requirements into clear metric definitions, bring in the figures other teams hold, and check every number before it is published.
In this role, you will
- Own the data for transparency reports, risk assessments, and other compliance reporting across our products like Fortnite, the Epic Games Store, and Fab; from data requests to published figures
- Work with Legal, Compliance, Engineering, and Trust and Safety policy teams to turn regulatory text into productionalized metric definitions
- Map Epic's internal moderation data to regulatory categories, and work with product and engineering teams so new features capture what a regulatory report may need before launch
- Partner with Data Engineering to drive the templates and validation tooling that other teams use to submit their data
- Review the reporting pipeline's data quality checks every month, and work with Data Engineering to fix drift and defects, and add new moderation flows
- Drive reporting methodology in partnership with leadership across the company
What we're looking for
- 5+ years of professional experience as a Data Scientist or in a related field, including 2+ years with Trust and Safety, integrity, risk, compliance, or regulatory reporting data
- Expertise with SQL, Python, and big data technologies such as Spark or Databricks
- Experience turning legal, policy, or regulatory language into precise metric definitions, documented well enough for someone else to audit
- Hands-on work on transparency reports or similar regulatory reporting (DSA, COPPA, audits, etc), delivering a recurring, deadline-bound report that depends on data from other teams
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with experience writing data specifications for engineers and presenting to Legal, Compliance, and senior leadership
- Experience with content moderation or child safety data, such as notices, appeals, statements of reasons, or age assurance
- Experience supporting an internal audit, a controls review, or a regulator's request for information
- Experience with data visualization, code version control (GitHub or similar), and orchestration (Airflow or similar)
- Experience using Al in daily data work and building Al tools or agents for documentation, reconciliation, or review work
- Passion for the gaming industry
This role is open to multiple locations across the US (including CA, NYC, & WA).
Pay Transparency Information
The expected annual base pay range(s) for this position are detailed below. Each base pay range is relevant only for individuals who are residents of or will be expected to work within the specified locale. Compensation varies based on a variety of factors, which include (but aren’t limited to) things such as skills and competencies, qualifications, knowledge, and experience. In addition to base pay, most employees are eligible to participate in Epic’s generous benefit plans and discretionary incentive programs (subject to the terms of those plans or programs).
New York City Base Pay Range
$181,477—$266,166 USD
California Base Pay Range
$159,700—$234,226 USD
Washington Base Pay Range
$145,181—$212,933 USD
ABOUT US
Epic Games is a leading interactive entertainment company. For over 30 years we've been making award-winning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epic's award-winning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build high-fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and VR, it is also a tool being embraced by content creators across a variety of industries such as media and entertainment, automotive, and architectural design. As we continue to build our Engine technology and develop remarkable games, we strive to build teams of world-class talent.
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