Principal Software Engineer, Zynga
Developer Services, ZMGT
Social game developer
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Social game developer
1001+ employees
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1001+ employees
Company mission
To connect the world through games.
Role
Who you are
- B.S. or equivalent experience in Computer Science,
- Motivated, not afraid of learning new technologies
- Track record of experience as a technical leader and serving as a mentor to other engineers
- Track record of successfully designing and implementing projects with minimal guidance and consistent delivery
- Track record of leading projects from ground up, demonstrating proficiency in creating achievements, breaking up work into components, and delivering results as projected
- 8+ years of hands-on experience with fullstack software programming
- 5+ years in Python application development
- Experience writing CLI programs
- Experience writing UI interfaces, API applications, database design
- Experience with cloud computing (preferably AWS)
Desirable
- Experience with software programming in C+/C#
- Experience with infrastructure/configuration-as-code (preferably Terraform, Ansible)
- Experience with CI/CD tools in a multi-site environment (preferably Jenkins)
- Experience with monitoring and diagnostic tools (preferably Datadog, Splunk)
- Experience with building and deploying containers (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Experience with secrets management
- Experience with building Unity/Unreal games
What the job involves
- Come join the team at Zynga making an impact across all of the company’s games - Zynga Mobile Game Tech! We’re looking for a Principal Software Engineer to design, deploy and maintain centralized build & release pipelines that provide teammates with fresh mobile builds to increase their productivity. You will work closely with other incredible professionals inside game teams and your solutions will empower the workflow of their processes
- Design, deploy and maintain centralized build & release engineering infrastructure, including CICD platforms, build farms, SCM systems, package management, and code review tools
- Mentor junior engineers in software development and infrastructure design
- Ensure the automation and delivery of required projects
- Verify the security and integrity of the infrastructure
- Maintain crucial skills in modern technology/standards and use automation whenever possible
- Establish testing and reporting methods that drive critical metrics for system performance
- Communicate with internal customers and game teams to understand system requirements
- Propose improvements to system architecture and drive automation efforts
- Update and maintain documentation/runbooks
- Root cause and resolve problems with automated systems and deployments
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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Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
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
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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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