Game Mathematician

Company Description

Founded in 1999 and premium listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange, Playtech is a technology leader in the gambling industry with over 7,000 employees across 20 countries.

Playtech is the gambling industry's leading technology company delivering business intelligence-driven gambling software, services, content, and platform technology across the industry's most popular product verticals, including, casino, live casino, sports betting, virtual sports, bingo and poker. Read more about who we are and what we do here: www.playtech.com & www.playtechpeople.com

Here at Playtech, we genuinely believe that people are our biggest asset. Diverse thoughts, experiences, and individual characteristics enrich our work environment and lead to better business decisions. Recognizing differences and ensuring our processes are transparent is the core of Playtech’s overall commitment to responsible business practices.

Ready to level up your career?

Playtech's Psiclone Games is looking for a Game Mathematician with excellent communication, critical thinking and attention to detail.

Press play and let us design future technology together!

Job Description

Your influential mission. You will be... 

• Brainstorming new game ideas and evaluating feasibility.
• Creating spreadsheets and bespoke tools to model the maths for these games.
• Collaborate with the developers to ensure that the maths models are correctly implemented and debugging any errors.
• Creatively balancing the games to provide good gameplay experiences, to create profitable and successful slots, and to categorise and verify the maths.
• Playing and researching games, reporting on current trends.
• Liaising with maths providers within internal companies.
• Representing the mathematical creation and output for Psiclone games to various external companies and internal Playtech sister companies.
• Researching and analysing successful slot games, features and balances, to make data-driven decisions.
• Reviewing existing models and adapting these for specific markets.
• Producing documentation detailing the implementation and theory of the models.
• Drawing conclusions from historical statistical analysis on slot statistics, profits, rankings and player behaviour.

Qualifications

Components for success. You have... 

• Bachelor’s Degree in Maths, Computer Science, or related field
• Proficiency with Excel formulas
• Good knowledge of probability and statistical modelling
• The ability to produce and maintain technical documents
• The ability to clearly communicate concepts and methods
• Critical thinking and attention to detail

You'll get extra points for... 

• Experience with a programming language (C++/C#…)
• Knowledge of Excel VBA
• Familiarity with Monte Carlo methods and Markov Chains
• Experience in statistical data analysis
• An interest in gambling (slots or table games) or prior experience in the gambling industry

Additional Information

PSICLONE GAMES

Playtech’s retail content development Studio is expanding its maths team. Based in our Lichfield office and working directly with the content teams you will have strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work with a wide range of people, from artists and product owners to other game developers and testers.

Playtech is an equal opportunities employer. Our mission is to welcome everyone and create inclusive teams. We celebrate differences and encourage everyone to join us and be themselves at work.