Data Quality Engineer

About the role

Who We Are

2K is headquartered in Novato, California and is a wholly owned label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO). Founded in 2005, 2K Games is a global video game company, publishing titles developed by some of the most influential game development studios in the world. Our studios responsible for developing 2K’s portfolio of world-class games across multiple platforms, include Visual Concepts, Firaxis, Hangar 13, CatDaddy, Cloud Chamber, 31st Union, HB Studios, and 2K SportsLab. Our portfolio of titles is expanding due to our global strategic plan, building and acquiring exciting studios whose content continues to inspire all of us! 2K publishes titles in today’s most popular gaming genres, including sports, shooters, action, role-playing, strategy, casual, and family entertainment.

Our team of engineers, marketers, artists, writers, data scientists, producers, thinkers and doers, are the professional publishing stewards of 2K’s portfolio currently includes several AAA, sports and entertainment brands, including global powerhouse NBA®️ 2K, renowned BioShock®️, Borderlands®️, Mafia, Sid Meier’s Civilization®️ and XCOM®️ brands; popular WWE®️ 2K and WWE®️ SuperCard franchises, TopSpin 2K25, as well as the critically and commercially acclaimed PGA TOUR®️ 2K

At 2K, we pride ourselves on creating an inclusive work environment, which means encouraging our teams to Come as You Are and do your best work! We encourage ALL applicants to explore our global positions, even if they don’t meet every requirement for the role. If you're interested in the job and think you have what it takes to work at 2K, we encourage you to apply!

What We Need

The Data Quality Engineer is a subject matter expert responsible for ensuring the reliability, accuracy, and integrity of data across the 2K gaming platform. This role involves designing and maintaining sophisticated systems to validate game telemetry, player data, and analytics pipelines. As a senior-level individual contributor, you will drive the technical direction for data quality standards, helping cross-functional teams make confident, data-driven decisions regarding gameplay, performance, and the player experience.

What You Will Do

- Develop and maintain advanced automated data quality checks for game telemetry, player events, and backend systems.

- Monitor complex data pipelines for anomalies, schema changes, and integrity issues, ensuring high availability and reliability.

- Define, document, and enforce global data quality standards, validation rules, and SLAs across the data ecosystem.

- Lead collaboration with engineering teams to ensure accurate and scalable instrumentation of in-game events.

- Investigate and resolve complex data discrepancies, performing deep root-cause analysis to prevent recurrence.

- Build and oversee dashboards and alerting systems to surface data quality issues in real time for stakeholders.

- Partner with analytics and product teams to ensure data sets are optimized and fit for strategic decision-making.