Software Engineer, Zynga
Game of Thrones Slots
$77.1-126.9k
The pay range for this position in Toronto at the start of employment is expected to be between $71,400 to $105,660 per year. Salary dependent on location
Social game developer
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Social game developer
1001+ employees
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$77.1-126.9k
The pay range for this position in Toronto at the start of employment is expected to be between $71,400 to $105,660 per year. Salary dependent on location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To connect the world through games.
Role
Who you are
- We need a self-driven and motivated engineer who is a strong communicator, works well as a team player, and performs well under tight deadlines
- The ideal candidate will have strong working knowledge of Unity and C#, plus experience building features on the server backend (PHP preferred)
- To be successful in this role you will have a passion for games, a high level of integrity, great technical depth and skills, and a strong desire to grow in skill and experience building and deploying successful software features for live Games that delight our players
- B.Sc. in Computer Science, or equivalent
- 1–2 years of industry experience as a Software Developer. Candidates from other fields should have 3+ years of relevant software engineering experience
- Experience with git
- Strong working knowledge of Unity and C#
- Experience building features on a server backend (PHP preferred)
- Solid foundation in data structures, algorithms and software methodologies
- Excellent communication skills and comfort working in a collaborative environment
Desirable
- Mobile game development experience
- Performance profiling and optimization experience
- Experience developing Slot Machines
What the job involves
- Zynga’s Game of Thrones Slots team is looking for a Full Stack Engineer
- We have a well-rounded, passionate and tight-knit, distributed team with a healthy mix of engineering skill levels and are looking to strengthen our team in addressing the diverse and complex technical challenges at the core of our products
- The candidate would have an opportunity to work on core slot machine gameplay and features (including UI / UX), engine-level systems, and have a focus on solving challenging problems towards the development of slot machines
- Our mission is to “Connect the World through Games” by building a truly social experience that makes the world a better place
- Architect and develop features and slot game functionality in Unity with C#, and on the server backend (PHP preferred)
- Dive into the internals of slot engine systems to extend them as-needed
- Develop tools for engineering and content creators
- Define and scope out tasks & systems
- Triage and address bugs quickly
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 over 170 countries and regions and millions of 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. In 2024 the company announced it was developing push notifications that enable gameplay without entering the application, which will be an interesting addition to its outputs.
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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 & Co-founder)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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