Senior Software Engineer, Zynga
Client, Words With Friends
$98.4-145.6k
Salary shown is for applicants residing in California
Social game developer
Open for applications
Social game developer
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$98.4-145.6k
Salary shown is for applicants residing in California
1001+ employees
Company mission
To connect the world through games.
Role
Who you are
- We are looking for a self-driven and motivated engineer who is a strong communicator, has a strong sense of ownership, works well as a team player, and performs well under deadlines
- The ideal candidate will have strong software design skills, capable of owning feature work throughout the entire development pipeline of design, architecture, development, testing, release and monitoring
- The candidate can write clean code and automated tests; can provide scalable solutions in a distributed environment; and has at least three years of experience working on mobile games or live service software
- Web-frontend development experience – Javascript, CSS, HTML, Node.js, npm
- Proficient in C# and Unity
- Amazon Web Services experience - S3, CloudFront, Lambda, Cloud Watch, API Gateway
- Demonstrated experience with integrating 3rd party web APIs and architecting scalable systems
- B.Sc. degree in computer science or equivalent experience
- Demonstrable significant prior success as web developer who designed and implemented complex UIs
- Ability to work independently, and in collaboration with others
- Ability to own a project end-to-end from inception to release and ongoing maintenance
- Facebook Applications
Desirable
- TypeScript/React.js
- Ruby on Rails
- Jenkins
- Agile/JIRA
What the job involves
- The candidate would have an opportunity to develop and maintain web-based games under the Words With Friends umbrella, including wordswithfriends.com and those hosted on the Facebook Canvas and Instant Games platforms
- These games are built using an in-house JavaScript framework that interfaces with AWS Lambda, Zynga APIs and other third-party APIs to bring the game experience to our players on the web
- Develop and maintain the web-based versions of Words With Friends hosted on wordswithfriends.com and the Facebook Canvas and Instant Games platforms
- Collaborate with Customer Service, Live-Ops, Product, Analytics, Design, Engineering & QA to ensure Words With Friends on the web continues to meet its product goals
- Write clear, maintainable, portable, and highly functional code that is well tested and documented
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.
Freddie
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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