Data Scientist Intern

Who Are We?

HoYoverse is committed to providing immersive virtual world experiences to players around the world. We have brought fans popular games including Genshin Impact, Honkai: Star Rail, Honkai Impact 3rd, Tears of Themis, and Zenless Zone Zero, as well as a wide range of entertainment content.
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Community is at the heart of everything we do. We are devoted to engaging fans and fostering an enthusiastic and inclusive global community that provides access and encouragement for people to share their passion for ACG (Animation, Comics, and Games) through their own creativity and skills.
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Pushing the boundaries of imagination, we consistently explore cutting-edge game development technologies, and have accumulated leading technical capabilities in cel shading, cloud gaming, and other fields.
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In the future, we will continue to expand our content production, technology research, and publishing duties through operations in offices in Singapore, Montreal, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Seoul, and other areas.

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Overview:

Ever wonder how different platforms and games seamlessly integrate with HoYoverse’s services, from login and account management to payments, updates, and cross-platform gameplay? The SDK team at HoYoverse builds the core software development kits that empower our games and partners to connect effortlessly with our global ecosystem.

Our SDKs serve as the critical bridge between game clients and backend services — enabling secure authentication, smooth payment flows, efficient content updates, and compliance with regional regulations. By providing robust, developer-friendly, and high-performance solutions, we ensure that millions of players around the world enjoy a consistent and reliable experience across platforms.

As we continue to expand our global reach, we are looking for talented and passionate students to join our SDK team. Through this internship, you will gain hands-on experience designing and building highly reliable SDKs used by large-scale games, collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, and explore the cutting edge of game technology infrastructure.

This is a 3–6 month internship designed for final-year students, with the potential to be considered for a full-time graduate role upon successful completion and performance.

What You Will Do:

• Responsible for developing data-driven risk control solutions and algorithm modeling including but not limited to account security, payment security, and anti-bot scenarios.
• Apply data mining, data modeling and machine learning to extract risk patterns from raw data into meaningful insights.
• Monitor and analyze malicious behaviors and risk cases through comprehensive data analytics and visualisation methods.
• Collaborate with the operation team, business team, R&D team, and data team to design and optimize risk management.

What We Are Looking For:

• Good understanding of data structures and algorithms.
• In-depth understanding of common machine learning techniques.
• Possess strong data analytics skills (with proficiency in Python and SQL).
• Sensitive to data, logical and rigorous, with data visualization skills.
• Familiar with large-scale data processing tools (Hive, Spark, Flink) is a plus.
• Machine learning competition experience with good results is a plus.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and advanced Chinese to liaise with teams and review internal documentation.

We are an equal opportunity employer that believes diverse backgrounds are key to bringing our concepts to life. If you're looking to play a key role in creating the best immersive virtual world experience for our users, we invite you to join our team.