Game Development Intern Jobs in Naperville, IL (NOW HIRING)

Welcome to the world of land-based gaming. At Light & Wonder, it's all about the games, and our Gaming team builds cutting-edge technology, products, and content for the most iconic casinos and operators across the globe.

Mathematicians at Light & Wonder bring our games to life by creating the math models that drive slot game play. We are seeking mathematically driven individuals to participate in our Math Internship program to join our team of mathematicians. This program will offer an introduction to the industry while you help our math team utilize a data driven approach to game design.

This is intended to be a three-month internship that could be converted to a full-time opportunity as an Associate Mathematician at the end of the internship.

Essential Job Functions

• Support the math design team in creative decision making by developing tools and datasets that help analyze game math attributes across various game design studios.

• Work with other mathematicians to leverage AI to create sophisticated tools for analyzing complex mathematical game math models.

Education

• Preferably enrolled in a Bachelors or Masters program pursuing a degree in mathematics, combinatorics, statistics, or any related field.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Proficient in mathematics, especially probability and statistics.

• Experience in Excel, especially in the use of linking and formulas to dynamically calculate probabilities and describe complicated probabilistic events.

• Programming skills in C++, Python, or any similar languages.

• Experience using AI.

• Excellent communication skills, and the ability to work well in a team environment.

• Strong creativity and imagination.

Hourly pay of $25.00, with opportunities for growth and advancement.

Work Conditions
Hybrid structure with 4 days a week on-site required.

The work conditions are representative and typical of similar jobs in comparable organizations

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, bend, use hands, operate a computer, and have specific vision abilities to include close and distance vision, and ability to adjust focus working with computer and business equipment.

Light & Wonder and its affiliates (collectively, L&W) are engaged in highly regulated gaming businesses. As a result, certain L&W employees may, among other things, be required to obtain a gaming or other license(s), undergo background investigations or security checks, or meet certain standards dictated by law, regulation or contracts.

In order to ensure L&W complies with its regulatory and contractual commitments, as a condition to hiring and continuing to employ its employees, L&W requires all of its employees to meet those requirements that are necessary to fulfill their individual roles. As a prerequisite to employment with L&W (to the extent permitted by law), you shall be asked to consent to L&W conducting a due diligence/background investigation on you.

This job description should not be interpreted as all-inclusive; it is intended to identify major responsibilities and requirements of the job. The employee in this position may be requested to perform other job-related tasks and responsibilities than those stated above.

Light & Wonder is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against applicants due to race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. If you'd like more information about your equal employment opportunity rights as an applicant under the law, please click here for EEOC Poster.