Game Designer at AGS LLC – Las Vegas, Nevada

Position Title: Game Designer

Description

AGS is a fun, exciting, and growing company focused on making amazing slot machine games.We are looking for a self-motivated person who enjoys the complexities and trade-offs of working in amultidisciplinecreative environment.If you love making games and making them with other amazingpeople,then we want to meet you!About the role:Reporting to the Game Producer, the Game Designer will create, design, calculate, analyse and process game ideas which eventually translate into slot machines on the casino floor. The position is also involved in the development of new game concepts and is responsible for the creation and verification of all mathematical calculations for those games and providing game documentation and guidance to the game team throughout the game development process.What you will be doing:

• Making games with a diverse team of Game Designers, Artists, Sound Designers and Software Engineers.
• Utilising advanced game design, mathematical, and creative skills to create multiple assigned games, focusing on the entire scope of game design elements.
• Executing the full scope of game design activities that involve basic creative thinking, industry and competitive knowledge and technical skills.
• Developing and analysing game mathematical properties (i.e. pay tables) and the design of updates and changes to pay tables for assigned game applications.
• Utilising knowledge of customer and end user preferences, math probability theories, play design concepts for gaming machines, design tools and player preferences such as likes and dislikes.
• Productivity: Must efficiently and effectively perform assigned tasks and accept new projects, as demand requires with timely and accurate completion.
• Quality: Consistently perform to high standards of accuracy, thoroughness and timelines.
• Interaction: Exhibit a positive manner toward the job and work well with customers and co-workers.
• Accountability: Self-accountable and accepts consequences of his/her actions. Demonstrates unquestionable integrity in their daily duties.
• Pitching and presenting new game ideas internally with supporting documentation, prototypes, and reference materials.
• Peer reviewing other Game Designers mathematics.
• Participating in market research and competitive analysis to identify trends, successful mechanics, and whitespace opportunities.
• Staying up to date on regulatory changes (e.g., RTP caps and gameplay limitations) and ensuring all designs meet compliance requirements.

Your Strengths:

• Bachelors Degree in Mathematics, Computational Physics, Statistics, Software Engineeringor equivalent.
• 2+ years experience in a related field,gamingand/or casino industry experience.
• Strong Excel skillsisa must.
• Ability to create well-structured, well-documented, maintainable programs in C/C++/C# (or comparable language).
• Has knowledge of gaming products as well as deep knowledge of competitors and emerging industry products.
• Abilityto clearly document and communicate resultsutilisingstrong written and verbal skills.
• Creative, forward-thinking, and thrives in fast-paced technology product development environment.
• Self-motivated and proactiveapproach to working with multiple projects and tasks.
• Ability to work with deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong team player that can work across functional teams.

Also would be great if you could...

• Havea passion for casinoslotand table games.
• Havean interest ingames in general, whether it be card games, dice games, video games, etc.

This position is located in North Ryde, NSW Australia. Candidates must be an Australian resident with a valid work visa or equivalent. To get a sense of our organisational culture and day to day events please visit and 'Like' our Facebook Community and Careers page at https://www.facebook.com/AmericanGamingSystems or follow us on Instagram @ PLAY_AGS.
Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/protected veterans