Retention Analytics Intern

If you want to build, develop, and see your impact, join Skillz and level up your Career

Skillz, the first publicly-traded mobile eSports platform that hosts billions of casual mobile gaming tournaments for millions of players worldwide, is revolutionizing the gaming industry. By fostering social competition within games, the Skillz platform helps developers build multi-million dollar franchises by enabling real-money activity in their games and providing operational support while connecting players through fair, enjoyable, and meaningful competition.

At Skillz, we understand the thrill of achievement and the satisfaction of overcoming challenges. Want to join a team made up of alums from Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Tesla, Twitter (X), Roblox, Zynga, Samsung, Lyft, EA, Riot, Nexon, Gameskraft, PlayStation, Unity, Scopely, Tinder, Intel, Deloitte, EY, Twitch, DraftKings, Wynn Resorts and more? Learn more to see if Skillz is the right fit for your next career move

Why Skillz

• Culture of Impact: Join a united team of builders, creators, innovators, and entrepreneurs driven by the desire to win. At Skillz, we create value, obsess over our product, and make a difference in the world.

• Comprehensive Benefits: Enjoy peace of mind with our comprehensive benefits package, which includes 100% coverage for medical, dental, and vision expenses for both you and your dependents. Additionally, take advantage of our 401K matching, equity incentives, pre-tax benefit options, and more.

• Wellness Support: Enhance your well-being with our array of wellness initiatives, including meditation and mental health resources, physical fitness coaching and classes, family planning assistance, health and parenting guidance, virtual therapy sessions, and more.

• Time off: We offer competitive paid time off (PTO) & company holidays, including a company-wide shutdown between Christmas and New Years, to help you recharge and pursue your passions.

• Las Vegas Headquarters: Skillz strongly believes in a five-day a week, collaborative office environment at our 36,000+ square foot headquarters. Enjoy free daily breakfast and catered lunch, snacks,a full-size gym with showers, commuter benefits, insurance, team bonding events and many more. 

• Recognized Success: Skillz has earned recognition as one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies, CNBC's Disruptor 50, San Francisco Business Times' Best Places to Work, Forbes' Next Billion-Dollar Startups, and the #1 fastest-growing company in America on the Inc. 5000 list, and many more.

• Development Opportunities: We hold our employees to high standards while providing them with professional growth opportunities. We operate like a startup, and encourage all of our employees to collaborate and voice feedback about our product and ways we can improve as a business. We believe in never settling, and that also pertains to your growth. 

Responsibilities 

• Validate Core Metrics by monitoring the accuracy of LTV model and flag discrepancies

• Build Dashboards which enable the UA/product team to improve campaign spend and see LTV of user cohorts

• Design, launch & analyze new user retention tests

Key Competencies 

• Analytical Rigor: Strong ability to analyze large, complex datasets to identify trends, inconsistencies, and actionable insights related to user acquisition performance.

• Attribution & Funnel Understanding: Familiarity with mobile attribution platforms (e.g., Appsflyer) and user funnel metrics such as installs, registrations, retention, and LTV.

• Data Validation & Quality Assurance: Attention to detail and precision in validating core business metrics across platforms, ensuring ≤2% discrepancy in critical KPIs.

• Dash boarding & Automation: Experience building dashboards and automating alerts using tools such as Looker, Tableau, or SQL-based reporting frameworks.

• Cohort & ROI Analysis: Capability to segment users by acquisition source and behavior, assess retention patterns, and recommend high-ROI optimization hypotheses.

Experience 

• Education: Currently enrolled in a related degree program at an accredited college or university.

• Familiarity with SQL: Prior projects or coursework involving SQL , Excel etc

• Statistical experience : Experience or coursework related to stats/ data analytics is a plue.

• Academic or Coop Achievements: Achievements from previous internships, Coop experiences, or academic recognitions that highlight their technical capabilities and growth mindset. Participation/achievement in Hackathons is a plus.

Location: Bangalore HQ

Note**: Upon hire, your title will be "Co-Op, Retention Analytics"

Join Skillz and Let's Redefine the Boundaries of Gaming

Together, we'll create a world where skill, passion, and innovation thrive. We look forward to having you on board

Skillz embraces diversity and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As part of our commitment to diversifying our workforce, we do not discriminate on the basis of age, race, sex, gender, gender identity, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, marital status, citizenship, veteran status, or disability status.

Skillz embraces diversity and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As part of our commitment to diversifying our workforce, we do not discriminate on the basis of age, race, sex, gender, gender identity, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, marital status, citizenship, veteran status, or disability status, and we operate in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.