Game Mathematician

1 Month ago • All levels
Game Design

Job Description

As a Game Mathematician, you will play a significant role in shaping the game mechanics of slot games, ensuring they are engaging and fair. You will be responsible for configuring, testing, and fine-tuning games, collaborating closely with Product Owners and the product team to align game balance with the overall vision. Your role involves clear communication of ideas and proposals to ensure a cohesive and enjoyable player experience from concept to completion.
Good To Have:
  • Previous experience working with slot games
Must Have:
  • Genuinely interested in slots and gambling – understanding what attracts and retains players
  • Very skilled in Excel and accustomed to working with complex configurations
  • Analytical with good knowledge of probability theory and statistics
  • Creative and driven, enjoying problem-solving and experimenting for optimal solutions
  • Structured and meticulous with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
  • Communicative, expressing yourself clearly in both written and spoken Swedish and English
  • Technically interested with experience in scripting and software configuration
Perks:
  • Fun and stimulating work in a dynamic and creative environment
  • Opportunity to work with various game mechanics, concepts, and themes
  • Collaboration with skilled colleagues in the product team
  • Short project cycles, allowing quick results of your work
  • An employer that values diversity and inclusion
  • Active work to create an environment where all employees are respected, valued, and given opportunities to grow
  • Opportunity to develop together
  • On-site work in a bright office, two minutes from T-Centralen in Stockholm

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Do you love games and want to be part of building the next big slot experience? ELK Studios is growing and looking for a Game Mathematician who wants to shape the industry's most creative and entertaining slots!

ELK Studios is a leading game developer in iGaming, known for innovative and popular titles such as Pirots, Cygnus, Gold, and the Nitropolis series. We push the boundaries of what slots can be and are now looking for more people with the will and ability to create games that stand out!

About the role

As a Game Mathematician, you play a significant role in how the game mechanics in our slot games come to life. You are responsible for configuring and balancing the games so that they are both engaging and fair. Together with Product Owners and the team, you ensure that game balance and vision go hand in hand.

Your work days will consist of:

  • Building and balancing game experiences: Configuring, testing, and fine-tuning games to create wholeness and gaming joy.
  • Close collaboration with Product Owners and the product team: Ensuring the game holds together from idea to finished experience.
  • Clear communication: Presenting your ideas and proposals in an understandable and inspiring way to the product team and Product Owner.

Who are you?

We believe you love games and have a feel for what makes a game experience truly great. You are good with numbers, but above all, you use your skills to build experiences that players want to return to.

To succeed in the role, you need to be:

  • Genuinely interested in slots and gambling – you understand what attracts and retains players
  • Very skilled in Excel and accustomed to working with complex configurations
  • Analytical and have good knowledge of probability theory and statistics
  • Creative and driven – you enjoy problem-solving and experimenting to find the best solutions
  • Structured and meticulous with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
  • Communicative – you express yourself clearly, both in writing and orally, in Swedish and English
  • Technically interested and have experience with scripting and software configuration

Bonus:

  • Previous experience working with slot games

What we offer

We can offer a fun and stimulating job in a dynamic and creative work environment where you get the opportunity to work with various game mechanics, concepts, and themes together with skilled colleagues in the product team. Our project cycles are short, which means you quickly get to see the results of your work in the form of new and entertaining iGaming experiences.

We are proud to be an employer that values diversity and inclusion and actively works to create an environment where all employees are respected, valued, and given the opportunity to grow. At ELK Studios, we see the value of developing together. We work on-site in our bright office, only two minutes from T-Centralen in Stockholm.

Applications are handled continuously, so do not delay your application if you believe you are the right person for the job and for us. Feel free to include previous projects in your application.

The recruitment process for the right candidate includes: interviews (digital and at our studio), as well as a work sample and references.

Warmly welcome with your application!

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First application date: September 2, 2025

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