Position: Game Mathematician
Company: Playson
Experience required: 2y
Category: Other
English level: intermediate
Published: 2021-03-01T00:00:00+02:00

The chosen candidate will be collaborating with Product Owners and Mathematicians, and have an opportunity to contribute to the company’s overall goals. 
This is a full-time remote/office job with flexibility rendered by the company.

**To succeed in the advertised role, you have:**

- **Proven track record ( 2+ years) of successful work as a game mathematician in online gambling**
- University degree in STEM field (science, technology, engineering, mathematics, computer science) or equivalent
- Scripting skills, any programming language (Python preferred)
- Good understanding of main programming paradigms
- Talent for solving abstract and highly complex math problems
- High attention to detail: ability to spot even small mistakes in your math models and troubleshoot them
- Interest in slot games both from a developer and player point of view
- Ability to quickly prototype rough ideas
- Data-driven and analytical mindset in decision-making
- Motivated by challenges and stretch goals
- Good level of spoken and written English

**Would be beneficial to have:**

- Strong mathematical intuition, creativity, and curiosity
- Ability to look at games from the players’ point of view
- Practical experience with workflow management tools (Jira), collaboration software (Confluence)
- Practical experience with data analytics and visualization platforms (eg, Tableau), and libraries (eg, Python Pandas, Matplotlib, Seaborn)

**What’s in it for you?**

- Develop engaging game mathematics and mechanics in collaboration with - - Product Owners and other Mathematicians
- Fine-tune game mathematics and mechanics into the best possible product
- Perform simulations of game math to understand how it compares with the desired outcome and with other games in the portfolio
- Provide competitive game math analysis to reveal valuable insights
- Rapid prototyping of game mechanics to prove the concept
- Be involved in the game creation process from start to finish
- Collaborate with development teams, provide game math specifications
- Be a discussion sparring partner inside our team to help build better products
- Analyze risks and determine the probability of wins for player investigations
- Share knowledge, establish best practices, and challenge the status quo

**What you get in return:**

- **Competitive salary fixed in USD with yearly performance reviews**
- **Transparent bonus system on a quarterly basis**
- Private Entrepreneur formalization 
- Full taxation coverage from the company’s side
- Flexibility in your schedule (you decide when it is convenient for you to come to the office as long as it does not cripple down our development plans)
- Opportunity to work remotely 
- Medical Insurance for Covid-19 related situations 
- Special Life Event financial support  
- **Unlimited paid vacation leave and Ukrainian bank holidays**
- **Unlimited paid sick leave in case of necessity**
- Development courses / training reimbursement
- Online Corporate English classes
- Corporate team-building events, corporate parties
- Employee Referral bonus program 
- Opportunity to visit our corporate gym
- The kitchen as it should be: unlimited fruits, fresh vegetables, snacks, tea and coffee in the office with soul and spirit.

You know...this might be it! An opportunity to level up and **put your expertise to use in an innovative and rewarding environment, where you impact matters. ** Go ahead and **apply** - we cannot wait to discuss the opportunity with you!

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