Principal Machine Learning Engineer, Zynga
$123.5-182.8k
Social game developer
Open for applications
Social game developer
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$123.5-182.8k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To connect the world through games.
Role
Who you are
- Interested in creating great products that impact millions of people? Interested in building high performance systems that rely on big data and machine learning? Want to solve complex large scale technical problems using the latest technologies?
- Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field
- 7+ years of production experience in software development with 5+ years in building ML applications and/or MLOps products
- Experience deploying and maintaining ML models in production
- Experience in Big Data Technologies: SQL, Spark, Airflow, NoSQL Databases, Data warehouse and Datalake systems
- Strong programming skills in Python, Golang, and/or Java
- Experience with ML development platform and cloud environments such as using DataBricks, AWS SageMaker, Google Vertex AI
- Experience with distributed systems, containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), and workflow orchestration (Airflow, Kuberflow)
- Experience with CI/CD tools and working with Git
- Excellent communication skills, and the ability to work effectively with others in a team environment, and the ability to translate technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders
What the job involves
- Zynga is seeking a Principal Machine Learning Engineer to join the Platform Machine Learning team in our Analytics organization!
- Zynga is one of the world’s largest mobile video game developers with over millions of monthly active users
- The Platform Machine Learning team continues Zynga’s tradition of using analytics technologies to enhance our games
- ML Engineers are responsible for creating and supporting a robust ML infrastructure that enables our Data Scientists to develop, deploy and manage ML workflows at scale
- ML Engineers also develop ML applications that are integrated into Zynga’s product ecosystem
- While ML Engineers apply their work to ML specific applications, we use standard techniques and technologies for big data infrastructure and large scale production services
- Demonstrate strong technical leadership and lead initiatives that push the boundaries of our ML capabilities
- Provide guidance and coaching to the machine learning engineering team, fostering a culture of innovation and technical excellence
- Work closely with our data science and data analytics teams to develop models that drive insights and inform business decisions
- Developing, deploying and maintaining machine learning models and infrastructure that powers our games
- Design and implement tools and processes that streamline our machine learning model development and deployment pipelines
Our take
Zynga is a games developer that rode Facebook's platform to success back in the late noughties and early 2010's. It is now one of the biggest casual game producers globally, with a presence across 175 countries and regions and over 80 million monthly active users.
Though the company hit a number of roadblocks after its initial success - such as falling stock prices, and numerous calls it was copying other games - its subsequent resurgence is proof of its staying power. It continues to use social media as a distribution channel, and boasts titles such as FarmVille, Merge Dragons! and Words With Friends.
Future success will lie in the company's continued investment in building viral games that people love. It will also need to attune to the social media waves and keep track of where users can be found, as the landscape has become more mobile. Notable recent activity includes a collaboration with BBC Earth ahead of 2024's Earth day, and grant to develop actionable push notifications that enable gameplay without entering the application.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
7% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Mar 2011
$490m
SERIES C
Oct 2010
$6.3m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $865.5m
Company benefits
- COMPENSATION - Performance bonuses, opportunities for equity participation & retirement/pension savings support
- HEALTH - Medical, dental & vision covered for employees, with participation for employees eligible dependents, plus disability and life insurance program
- FAMILY - Generous parental leave for birth parents, partners and adoptive families, plus Infertility support, emergency child care and flexible time-off policies
- WELLNESS - Gym benefits, wellness programs, employee assistance programs and generous time-off policies
- FOOD - Food and snacks made in-house or delivered, healthy snack kitchens with drinks and treats, coffee bars, regular social gatherings and happy hours
- WORK & LIFE - Flexible time-off policies (DTO), office rest areas, gaming spaces, employee discounts and more
- TRANSIT BENEFITS - Shuttle service in select locations, commuter/parking benefits, secure bicycle storage, business travel assistance
- RESOURCE GROUPS - Women at Zynga (WAZ), zCares charitable giving, zParents, zEndurance adventure club, BZU, zPride LGBTQ+ inclusion and belonging
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Mark Pincus
(Chairman)Previously founder and CEO of Freeloader, Supportsoft and Tribe.net, an early social network
Michael Luxton
(Co-founder)Previously an engineer at NetApp
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