Senior Mathematical Game Designer

You will be responsible for: 

• Participating in designing all aspects of a game design including entertainment, pacing, mathematical outcomes, and player communication.
• Generating initial and final excel-based math models, par sheets, and JSON or XML control files used by our game engine.
• Testing mathematical outcomes to assure quality and that accurate calculations are achieved (through excel and programming).
• Creating and owning all design documentation and deliverables for projects, including game concepts, in-game messaging, marketing communication, game rules, some game documentation, and paytables.
• Play testing all games in studio development with detailed verbal or written feedback around all aspects of the player.
• Maintaining active field research, analysis and industry knowledge to clearly understand and convey player profiles to develop new features and products.
• Sharing innovative solutions and industry trends to help shape other project features with fellow game designers and development staff.
• Having meticulous attention to detail to achieve optimal designs.

Essential experience: 

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical subject, such as mathematics/statistics, engineering, or computer science.
• 5+ years designing mathematical models for slot games.
• Portfolio of successful slot games that includes free spin and bonus games.
• Portfolio of excel-based math models, par sheets, and control files used to develop successful slot games.
• Track record of developing concepts into successful packages of math models and games.
• Experience working in multi-disciplinary teams and providing specifications for other members of team.

Desirable experience: 

• Experience leading teams including programmers and graphic designers on game projects from conception to release.
• Solid knowledge of Object Oriented Programming, MVC and other design principles.
• Experience working in agile and iterative environments.
• Familiarity with project tracking tools such as JIRA or Trello.
• Familiarity with Git and feature branching approach.
• Experience with client-server integrations and serialization techniques.
• Open to challenges of learning new languages, technologies, frameworks and approaches to development.
• Experience with other programming languages (JavaScript, Java, / PHP / Python / C#, etc) is an asset.
• Genuinely wants to do a good job as a matter of pride in one’s work.
• Keen to learn and demonstrate ability.
• Self-motivated.
• Bilingual (French and English) is an asset.