Game Mathematician I

Aristocrat has established itself as a leader in digital casino gaming over the past decade. To strengthen it further, it is expanding digital gaming in iGaming domain. Aristocrat India is participating in this opportunity under leadership of Rakesh Mendiratta to establish a new team to pursue this business initiative.

The purpose of this internal job posting is to be build strong end to end game math development and delivery team for this upcoming exciting initiative. The Candidate will manage the day-to-day operations, leading this team in India comprising of Game mathematicians/design.
The Person will work closely with all Stakeholders to work on both Strategic and Tactical levels while guiding the delivery of Projects throughout their life cycle.

What You'll Do

• Build team and enhance its competencies to deliver Digital Real Money Games as per business requirements in fast changing exciting environment.
• Lead the development effort while coordinating with various stakeholders like Project Manager, Creative Leads, Engineering, Test Leads and Technology Group across India and US.
• Setup development and quality processes. Regularly monitor and improve the timeliness, productivity, and quality of deliverables.
• Participate in planning activities - Identify dependencies and follow up to their resolution. Identify and raise risks in a timely manner and take necessary action to mitigate the same.
• Ensure timely deliveries with agreed quality of all the tasks undertaken by the team.
• Hiring and onboarding of new members of the team.
• Provide feedback and coaching to team members through regular communication and performance appraisals to maintain a culture of high-performance energetic team.
• Identify Training needs of the team and to execute the training plan to constantly enhance the skill levels of the team.
• Work with Sr. Management to accomplish business goals.
• Responsible for all math model calculations for assigned games, including return to player percentages, hit frequencies, standard deviations, and other metrics as appropriate.
• Verifying and analyzing math models using programming tools.
• Collaborating with other Game Designers and Mathematicians on new ideas, game reviews and improvements to games in production.
• Peer reviewing other Game Designer and Mathematicians’ math models and documentation.
• Coming up with new game ideas with an insight of what can work well in market.
• Schedule and manage time efficiently – work with agile development leaders to plan work
• Deliver assets on time to specification with a thorough and complete attention to detail
• Responsible for having peer reviews to check work for accuracy and quality
• Various other duties includes:
• Game Documentation as per business need
• Collaborate with multi-disciplined teams to achieve the highest quality games possible
• Follow guidelines set by management to manage / develop art assets to support business
• Bring in ideas/innovations to improve the overall testing process in terms of tools, processes etc.

What We're Looking For

• Minimum 6+ years’ experience; Preferable with people management minimum of 3-4 team members.
• 3-5 years’ experience candidate with Bachelor’s degree (or higher) with a strong mathematical component and specializing in Statistics is a plus
• Expertise in the full software/project life cycle, including specifications, requirements analysis, design/architecture, implementation, testing, and maintenance.
• Experience in managing team developing digital gaming content will be a plus.
• Proficiency in Excel.
• Programming skills desirable (C/C++ preferred).
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal).
• Ability to work well in a team environment.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Creativity.
• Must have good verbal and written communication skills to effectively interact with global stakeholders
• Suggests ideas to improve the overall testing process in terms of tools, processes, test cases etc.

Why Aristocrat?

Aristocrat is a world leader in gaming content and technology, and a top-tier publisher of free-to-play mobile games. We deliver great performance for our B2B customers and bring joy to the lives of the millions of people who love to play our casino and mobile games. And while we focus on fun, we never forget our responsibilities. We strive to lead the way in responsible gameplay, and to lift the bar in company governance, employee wellbeing and sustainability. We’re a diverse business united by shared values and an inspiring mission to bring joy to life through the power of play.

We aim to create an environment where individual differences are valued, and all employees have the opportunity to realize their potential. We welcome and encourage applications from all people regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, cultural background, disability status or LGBTQ+ identity. We offer a range of flexible working options through all.flex, our flexible hybrid work model and invite you to have a conversation with us about flexible working. EEO M/F/D/V

• World Leader in Gaming Entertainment

• Robust benefits package

• Global career opportunities

Our Values

• All about the Player

• Talent Unleashed

• Collective Brilliance

• Good Business Good Citizen

The US based roles may require registration with the Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) and/or other gaming jurisdictions in which we operate.

Travel Expectations

None