Principal Software Engineer, Zynga
Analytics Engineering
+ Bonus and Stock Options
Social game developer
Job no longer available
Social game developer
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
+ Bonus and Stock Options
1001+ employees
Company mission
To connect the world through games.
Role
Who you are
- Are you interested in creating great products that impact millions of people?
- Passionate about data and building highly scalable systems that process millions of requests per minute and terabytes of data per day?
- Proven track record of designing and building large-scale microservices in cloud environments
- Strong familiarity and experience with Kubernetes and Cloud infrastructure (preferably Amazon AWS)
- Strong experience with one of AWS Kinesis Data streams, Apache Kafka or Apache Flink
- Experience with building mobile client SDKs for Android & iOS in C# is a big plus
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, or related technical subject area (or equivalent)
Desirable
- 8+ years of professional experience in software development of backend services
- Deep understanding of algorithms, data structures, design patterns, debugging and performance optimizations
- Familiarity with building RESTful backend services in Java, GoLang and/or Python
- Familiarity with database systems (SQL, NoSQL). Experience with Redshift is a plus
- Experience with CI/CD and DevOps practices is a plus
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work with senior leadership with confidence and clarity
What the job involves
- Zynga is looking for a Principal Software Engineer to join the Data Ingestion team in our Analytics organization
- The Data Ingestion team builds SDKs and near real-time ingestion pipelines to collect data for our analytics systems and platforms that power reporting, business intelligence, player engagement, machine learning and user acquisition
- As a Principal Software Engineer, you will collaborate closely with product managers, producers, engineering leads and other partners to drive the technical vision, architectural design and development of our data ingestion pipelines at Zynga
- Our team encourages critical problem solvers who enjoy fast-paced change and innovation
- Design, build and own data-driven large-scale backend services to be consumed by clients across multiple platforms (mobile, web, console, PC)
- Work collaboratively across teams to translate business requirements into technical requirements and architecture designs
- Review detailed designs from others, align with Zynga-wide technical vision, and exercise technical leadership on the team and engineering organization
- Proactively identify and recommend improvements, new approaches and emerging technologies to address systemic pain points and technical debt
- Provide production and integration support for products running in Zynga games and services
- Be a thought leader for the team and promote engineering best practices towards ensuring performance, reliability, and measurability
- Lead and mentor peer engineers and help advancing their skills
Otta's take
Theo Margolius
COO of Otta
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.
Insights
Some 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
Founders
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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