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# Senior Data Scientist at Wildlife Studios

- **Company:** Wildlife Studios
- **Location:** São Paulo, Brazil
- **Posted:** 2026-07-31
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-14
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/wildlifestudios/jobs/8662766002

## Job description

We're looking for a talented and passionate Senior Data Scientist to join Wildlife's Marketing Tech team in São Paulo, Brazil.

Wildlife is one of the largest mobile gaming companies in the world. A big part of that success is acquiring users more efficiently, and we do this through a mathematical understanding of market and user dynamics. We believe that our models are a core part of our edge, and we're looking for people to push them further.

As a Senior Data Scientist, you'll play a key role in sharpening that edge: how to handle data from millions of users more efficiently and effectively, how to better understand the mechanics of dozens of different channels, how to make sure we're operating thousands of campaigns the right way, among many others.

You'll be surrounded by exceptionally talented people: data scientists, engineers, and marketers who are among the best in the industry at what they do, in an environment where the bar is high, and learning happens fast.

The right person for this position is naturally curious, thrives when left to take initiative on their own, loves solving problems and puzzles, is resilient, and enjoys being in a fast and growing business.

Main Challenges

The team is responsible for designing, building, and evolving data-intensive applications. As a Senior Data Scientist, you will be part of a cross-functional team, directly contributing to:

- Directly shape how we deploy millions of dollars in Marketing by modeling player behavior at scale.
- Continuously improve our performance measurement framework, which includes estimating the causal impact of each campaign and the lifetime value of our users to understand the long-term return on our Marketing investments;
- Create and improve the tools to optimize our acquisition campaigns;
- Build the capabilities to run experiments to continuously improve the performance of our creative assets and our Marketing operations;
- Support the decision-making of our Marketing operations through high-quality data products and well-structured dashboards;
- Disrupt the status quo by incorporating agentic AI in the day-to-day operations: building agents that monitor, diagnose, and act on our campaigns, and a framework for continuous improvement of our end-to-end ecosystem.

## What you'll need

- Experience applying appropriate statistical or machine learning techniques in different situations (e.g., causal inference, experimentation design, predictive models, etc)
- Experience working on designing and developing data-intensive applications in the cloud with technologies such as Spark, SQL, Python, Airflow, etc
- Experience using AI tools to multiply your output; building agentic workflows is a plus
- Excellent high-level communication skills
- Proficiency in written English

More about you

- You are impact-driven and interested in learning more about adjacent disciplines;
- You like to solve open-ended problems with non-obvious solutions;
- You are an AI enthusiast, constantly pushing the boundaries of what is possible;
- You are an excellent teammate and raise the bar for those around you.

## About Wildlife

Wildlife is one of the world's leading mobile game developers and publishers. We have released more than 60 titles, reaching billions of people around the globe. Here, we create games that will excite, intrigue, and engage our players for years to come!

## Equal Opportunity

Wildlife is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law.

## About Wildlife Studios

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Wildlife Studios is a leading global mobile game developer and publisher, one of the 10 largest mobile gaming companies in the world, with a portfolio of over 60 games that have reached billions of players.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series B)
- **Headquarters**: São Paulo, Brazil
- **Founded**: 2011
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- Primary industry: Mobile gaming (free-to-play)
- Target customers: B2C – global mobile gamers
- Mission statement: "We dream of being the best technology company to work for in the world and we aspire to develop games that will be remembered by generations." [careers.wildlifestudios.com](https://careers.wildlifestudios.com/)

## Products & Services
- **[Zooba]**: Multiplayer battle royale mobile game with animal characters.
- **[War Machines]**: Real-time multiplayer tank battle game.
- **[Tennis Clash]**: Real-time multiplayer tennis game that reached #1 in over 100 countries.
- **[Sniper 3D]**: First-person shooter sniper game; was the giant shooting game worldwide until Fortnite’s launch.
- **[Castle Crush]**: Real-time multiplayer strategy card game.
- **[Bike Race]**: Physics-based racing game that won Apple Game of the Year (2012) and Facebook Game of the Year (2013).
- **[Colorfy]**: Coloring book app for mobile with over 90 million users.
- **[Racing Penguin]**: Early hit that reached 100,000 downloads per day.
- All products are mobile games (free-to-play with in-app purchases).

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: $3 billion (as of Series B round in 2021) [newsroom.wildlifestudios.com](https://newsroom.wildlifestudios.com/fast-facts/)
- **Key Metric**: Total funding of $120M (Series B, 2021); over 4.7 billion total game downloads; ~400 employees
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Lead investors not disclosed in provided sources. Affiliated studios include Never Forget Games (USA), Playabit (Turkey), 8 Bit Bandits (USA), Stellar Core (Finland), SuperWow! (USA), and FoxBear Games (USA). [newsroom.wildlifestudios.com](https://newsroom.wildlifestudios.com/fast-facts/)
- **Growth Signals**: Opened offices in the US, Brazil, Finland, Ireland, Argentina, and Israel; announced multiple affiliated studios in 2021–2022; portfolio expanded to 60+ games; reached 3 billion downloads milestone.

## Competitive Advantages
- Massive global user base (billions of downloads) and proven ability to create hit titles across multiple genres.
- Strong focus on talent acquisition and retention with a transparent, generous compensation philosophy.
- Global studio network with offices in key markets, enabling access to diverse talent and local insights.
- Commitment to diversity and equal opportunity in hiring, which helps build inclusive teams that reflect a global player base.

## Strategic Focus
- Continue expanding globally by opening new offices and forming affiliated studios.
- Scale development and delivery capacity by hiring top-tier talent worldwide.
- Maintain a portfolio of engaging, long-lived games (e.g., Sniper 3D still updated years after launch).
- Build a company culture that aims to be the best technology workplace in the world.

## Why Work Here
- Culture highlights: "Being in Wildlife is about being part of something big" – employees are called "Wilders" and are treated as part of a mission to create memorable games. [careers.wildlifestudios.com](https://careers.wildlifestudios.com/)
- Recruitment process is transparent, with clear expectations, coaching from recruiters, and a focus on candidate experience.
- Compensation philosophy: "We don’t offer the minimum possible wage… we try to be generous" and operate within a range based on market expectations and interview evaluation. [careers.wildlifestudios.com](https://careers.wildlifestudios.com/talent-acquisition/)
- Remote/hybrid policy: Transitioned to work-from-home during COVID-19; all roles were expected to begin as remote at that time. Current policy not specified in provided sources.
- Notable perks: Strong emphasis on diversity and inclusion; state-of-the-art technologies used in recruitment; HR teams dedicated to each business unit.

## Sources
1. [wildlifestudios.com](https://wildlifestudios.com/)
2. [careers.wildlifestudios.com](https://careers.wildlifestudios.com/)
3. [careers.wildlifestudios.com/talent-acquisition](https://careers.wildlifestudios.com/talent-acquisition/)
4. [newsroom.wildlifestudios.com/fast-facts](https://newsroom.wildlifestudios.com/fast-facts/)
5. [job-boards.greenhouse.io/wildlifestudios](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/wildlifestudios)

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