Data Science Intern (Analytics Engineering) - Summer 2025

Who We Are:

Zynga is a global leader in interactive entertainment with a mission to connect the world through games and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO). With massive global reach in more than 175 countries and regions, the combined diverse portfolio of popular game franchises has been downloaded more than 6 billion times on mobile, including Star Wars™: Hunters, CSR Racing™, Dragon City, Empires & Puzzles™, FarmVille™, Golf Rival™, Hair Challenge™, Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells™, High Heels!™, Merge Dragons!™, Merge Magic!™, Monster Legends, Toon Blast™, Top Eleven, Toy Blast™, Two Dots, Words With Friends™, and Zynga Poker™.Founded in 2007, Zynga is headquartered in California with locations in North America, Europe, and Asia. For more information, visit www.zynga.com or follow Zynga on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, or the Zynga blog

Position Overview:

Zynga’s Platform Machine Learning (PML) team is searching for a Data Scientist Intern for the summer of 2025. The PML team is a group of full-stack data scientists charged with building core products for the measurement, optimization, and automation of marketing, publishing, and product functions across our vast portfolio of games. These ML products are vital to Zynga’s success, informing all facets from operational and executive decision-making. The Data Science Intern for PML will be responsible for improving and maintaining existing machine learning models in production, as well as exploratory data analysis or proof-of-concept development for testing new models.

What You'll Do:

• Implement and improve on groundbreaking machine-learning pipeline technologies to scale and propel the marketing, publishing, and product functions
• Use our modern tech stack, AWS, Databricks and PySpark, Airflow, and Tableau to develop innovative tools
• Apply statistical methodologies to evaluate performance and account for uncertainties in major initiatives
• Design and develop in a CI/CD environment

What You Bring:

• Working towards an M.S. degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, Physics, Economics, or related quantitative or computational fields
• Experience in Python and SQL, specifically for data wrangling, exploratory data analysis, and modeling
• Solid problem-solving skills and essential knowledge of probability and statistics
• Foundational knowledge of statistical modeling techniques and methods
• Able to quickly learn new technologies and systems as needed
• Ability to work in a cross-functional and fast-paced environment
• Strong written and oral communication skills

What We Offer You:

• Daily lunches, tons of snacks and beverages
• Zynga happy hours and frequent employee events
• Flexible working hours on many teams
• Casual dress every single day
• Culture of diversity and inclusion including employee resource groups
• Work with cool people and impact millions of daily players

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, which means we are committed to creating and celebrating diverse thoughts, cultures, and backgrounds throughout our organization.  Employment with us is based on substantive ability, objective qualifications, and work ethic – not an individual’s race, creed, color, religion, sex or gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry, alienage or citizenship status, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, status as a victim of domestic violence or sex offenses, reproductive health decision, or any other characteristics protected by applicable law.

As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to providing the necessary support and accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities, health conditions, or impairments (subject to any local qualifying requirements) to ensure their full participation in the job application or interview process. Please contact us at accommodationrequest@zynga.com to request any accommodations or for support related to your application for an open position.

Please be aware that Zynga does not conduct job interviews or make job offers over third-party messaging apps such as Telegram, WhatsApp, or others.  Zynga also does not engage in any financial exchanges during the recruitment or onboarding process, and will never ask a candidate for their personal or financial information over an app or other unofficial chat channel.  Any attempt to do so may be the result of a scamp or phishing attack, and you should not engage.  Zynga’s  in-house recruitment team will only contact individuals through their official Company email addresses (i.e., via a zynga.com, naturalmotion.com, smallgiantgames.com, themavens.com, gram.gs email domain).