Principal Software Engineer, Zynga
Game 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
- Proven experience leading projects from inception to completion, breaking work into logical components, and delivering results as projected
- 5+ years of hands-on experience with software programming using Golang
- 5+ years of experience working with cloud infrastructure, specifically AWS
- Preferably 5+ years of experience with software programming using React
- Experience with SQL tables and SQL queries
- Hands-on experience with NoSQL databases such as Redis and Elasticsearch
- Practical knowledge of async programming patterns and queueing and pub/sub systems
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code and continuous integration testing
- A history of serving as a mentor to other engineers
Desirable
- Preferred stack includes React, Golang, and Kubernetes
What the job involves
- This role is in our well-established Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) team, which maintains high-value services and tools to ensure Zynga's global compliance
- Write software and deploy it to cloud infrastructure, strictly following standard practices for code quality, documentation, testing, security, and automated deployments
- Propose and successfully implement new fullstack software architecture designs
- Coordinate with internal partners and customers to develop and rollout new features effectively
- Lead and mentor the team, ensuring that standard methodologies are followed and ambitious goals are met
- Evaluate and determine the best technologies and frameworks to be used in our projects
- Collaborate in the design and implementation of world-class infrastructure solutions for our services and tools
- Do quality Code reviews and ensure the services and releases stay stable and follow best practices
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
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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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