Mathematician

1 Day ago • 1 Years +

Job Summary

Job Description

Zynga is seeking an experienced Mathematician to work on their popular mobile games. The role involves collaborating with game designers to build slot games, providing detailed mathematical models, analyzing models, developing innovative game functionality, and validating models. The ideal candidate will have an advanced degree, experience in social slot game design, knowledge of combinatorics, statistics, and probability, proficiency in Excel and programming, and a creative approach to game design. The role requires working independently and as part of a team to create engaging experiences for players.
Must have:
  • Advanced degree in mathematics or related fields
  • 1+ year experience in social slot game design
  • Working knowledge in combinatorics and statistics
  • Proficiency with Excel and programming (C++ or python)
  • High degree of creativity and innovation
Perks:
  • Zynga offers a world-class benefits package

Job Details

Level Up Your Career with Zynga!

At Zynga, we bring people together through the power of play. As a global leader in interactive entertainment and a proud label of Take-Two Interactive, our games have been downloaded over 6 billion times—connecting players in 175+ countries through fun, strategy, and a little friendly competition.

From thrilling casino spins to epic strategy battles, mind-bending puzzles, and social word challenges, our diverse game portfolio has something for everyone. Fan-favorites and latest hits include FarmVille™, Words With Friends™, Zynga Poker™, Game of Thrones Slots Casino™, Wizard of Oz Slots™, Hit it Rich! Slots™, Wonka Slots™, Top Eleven™, Toon Blast™, Empires & Puzzles™, Merge Dragons!™, CSR Racing™, Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells™, Match Factory™, and Color Block Jam™—plus many more!

Founded in 2007 and headquartered in California, our teams span North America, Europe, and Asia, working together to craft unforgettable gaming experiences. Whether you're spinning, strategizing, matching, or competing, Zynga is where fun meets innovation—and where you can take your career to the next level.

Join us and be part of the play!

Position Overview

Zynga is looking for an experienced Mathematician to work on one of our existing popular games that run on mobile devices. We develop leading social casino games with a team of high caliber designers. As a Mathematician you will implement our game math models to create engaging experiences to captivate our players. 

What You'll Do:

  • As a member of the design team you will collaborate with game designers to build industry leading slot games to delight and engage our players.
  • Provide detailed mathematical models for slot games and other game features.
  • Offer detailed analysis and explanation of mathematical models.
  • Develop and explore innovative functionality of slot games.
  • Validate, simulate and sign-off mathematical models to ensure they work as intended.
  • Troubleshoot with engineers on technical implementation on mathematical models.

What You Bring:

  • Advanced degree in mathematics, computer science or related fields.
  • 1+ year experience in social slot game design and mathematics. 
  • Excellent working knowledge in combinatorics, statistics and probability theories.
  • Proficiency with Excel and programming, preferably C++ or python.
  • High degree of creativity and innovation on game designs and a proven ability to perform analysis on complicated concepts.
  • Comfortable to work and research independently as well as in a team.
  • Excellent understanding of successful elements of slot games.

What We Offer You :

Zynga offers a world-class benefits package that helps support and balance the needs of our teams. To find out more about our benefits, visit the Zynga Benefits

 

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, which means we are committed to creating and celebrating diverse thoughts, cultures, and backgrounds throughout our organization.  Employment with us is based on substantive ability, objective qualifications, and work ethic – not an individual’s race, creed, color, religion, sex or gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry, alienage or citizenship status, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, status as a victim of domestic violence or sex offenses, reproductive health decision, or any other characteristics protected by applicable law.

As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to providing the necessary support and accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities, health conditions, or impairments (subject to any local qualifying requirements) to ensure their full participation in the job application or interview process. Please contact us at accommodationrequest@zynga.com to request any accommodations or for support related to your application for an open position.

Please be aware that Zynga does not conduct job interviews or make job offers over third-party messaging apps such as Telegram, WhatsApp, or others.  Zynga also does not engage in any financial exchanges during the recruitment or onboarding process, and will never ask a candidate for their personal or financial information over an app or other unofficial chat channel.  Any attempt to do so may be the result of a scamp or phishing attack, and you should not engage.  Zynga’s  in-house recruitment team will only contact individuals through their official Company email addresses (i.e., via a zynga.com, naturalmotion.com, smallgiantgames.com, themavens.com, gram.gs email domain).  

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