Base Salary
$86k - $127k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop features and gameplay functionality in Go.
- Build and integrate APIs, services, technologies, tools, and SDKs.
- Extend core systems and contribute to systems architecture for high-performance, large-scale applications.
- Collaborate with engineers and cross-functional stakeholders on multi-week or multi-month initiatives.
- Review and improve software developed by other engineers.
- Apply secure coding practices, protect user data, and identify and mitigate security risks.
- Identify technical risks, scalability concerns, and strategic opportunities.
- Help improve team and process inefficiencies.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent education or work experience.
- At least 2 years of game industry or mobile app experience as a software developer.
- Prior experience developing shipped titles or live games.
- Strong working knowledge of Go, C#, and HTML.
- Strong experience implementing APIs and services with gRPC and REST.
- Knowledge of data structures, algorithms, software methodologies, and the full software development lifecycle.
- Comfort with coding standards, code reviews, source control, build processes, testing, and operations.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
- Experience with Unity, Git, Jenkins, performance profiling, optimization, Docker, databases, Kafka, Redis, AWS, Protobuf, monitoring tools, or multiplayer/realtime systems is preferred.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance coverage.
- 14 paid holidays per calendar year.
- 15 to 25 paid vacation days per calendar year or eligibility for the company's discretionary time off program.
- Up to 10 paid sick days per calendar year.
- Paid parental and compassionate leave.
- Mental health and wellness programs, family planning support through Maven, commuter benefits, and fitness-expense reimbursements.
- Full-time position located in the Austin or San Mateo areas.
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About Zynga
Zynga was founded in 2007 with the vision that play would become one of the core activities on the Internet. We pioneered social games with the belief that if we could make games simple, accessible and social the world would start playing. We are excited that games have grown to become the second most popular activity by time spent, even surpassing email. But we have a lot of hard work, innovation and growth ahead of us to create a future where social gaming is a daily habit for everyone. Zynga is a global leader in interactive entertainment with a mission to connect the world through games and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. With massive global reach in more than 175 countries and regions, the combined diverse portfolio of popular game franchises has been downloaded more than 10 billion times on mobile, including Color Block Jam, CSR2™, Empires & Puzzles™, Game of Thrones: Legends™, Game of Thrones Slots Casino™, Golf Rival™, Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells™, Hit it Rich! Casino™, Match Factory!™, Merge Dragons!™, Toon Blast™, Toy Blast™, Wizard of Oz Slots Casino™, Words With Friends™, and Zynga Poker™. Founded in 2007, Zynga is headquartered in California with locations in North America, Europe, and Asia. For more information, visit www.zynga.com or follow Zynga on X, Instagram, Facebook, or the Zynga blog