Architect, Server - Tech Enablement, Central Tech Bengaluru, India

Connected Worker Type : Connected

Requisition Id : R 110157

Why Zynga

Zynga is a global leader in interactive entertainment with a mission to connect the world through games. To date, more than one billion people have played Zynga’s franchises including CSR Racing™, Empires & Puzzles™, Merge Dragons!™, Merge Magic!™, Toon Blast™, Toy Blast™, Words With Friends™ and Zynga Poker™.

Zynga’s games are available in more than 150 countries and are playable across social platforms and mobile devices worldwide.

Founded in 2007, the company is headquartered in San Francisco with locations in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Ireland, India, Turkey, and Finland.

For more information, visit www.zynga.com or follow Zynga on Twitter , Instagram , Facebook , or the Zynga blog .

Zynga India is Zynga’s largest studio outside USA with 500+ people and growing rapidly. It manages some of Zynga’s biggest global games in the Casual Gaming, Action Strategy, Match-3, Slots, and Invest Express genres.

The game teams are responsible for the long term-vision of the game, its entire Game Design & Tuning, Product Roadmap, Features, Content & Creative decisions, Art work (2D, 3D, Animation), Development, QA / Testing, Analytics & Performance Tracking, User Acquisition & Live Operations.

The Zynga India team is full of passionate gamers, who love to play, build great products, and have fun doing it. Studio I expects continued growth and is looking for strong leaders to expand the studio into this next growth phase.

Position Overview

Come join the team at Zynga making an impact across all of the company’s games Central Technology! As a Software Architect, you will be responsible for the technical vision, design and implementation of backend services that power our games at scale.

We’re looking for outstanding engineers with a passion for technology and the desire to work in a team with dynamic strengths.

The Architect will play a key role as part of the Central Technology Organization, focusing on advanced technology developments for building scalable end-to-end products which can be integrated into the various games.

Main Responsibilities

Design and architect new backend applications and services running in AWS

Analyze and improve efficiency, scalability and stability of various system resources

Advocate for and implement new technologies and engineering standards across the team

Review detailed designs from others, align with Zynga-wide technical vision, and exercise technical leadership on the team and engineering organization

Document and build plans for architecture and system designs

Work collaboratively across teams to understand product and customer requirements and propose solutions

Establish engineering processes and metrics to measure software process, operations, and quality

Coach and mentor engineers

Desired skills and Experience

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, or equivalent

10+ years of professional experience in software development of cloud based software

Experience programming RESTful services using Java, GoLang, Python or PHP

Strong familiarity and experience using AWS and / or other cloud computing platforms (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS)

Experience with containers and Kubernetes / EKS

Experience with database systems (SQL, NoSQL)

Deep understanding of algorithms, design patterns, debugging and performance optimization

Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate with senior leadership with confidence and clarity

Familiarity with web development using JS, Angular and React is a plus

What we offer you

• Work in a studio that has complete P&L ownership of games
• Create next-gen games that will be played and loved by millions of players around the world
• Work in a collaborative team that invests in your development and growth on-the-job
• Competitive salary, bonus plan and Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• 20 days annual leave + company holidays
• Extended medical coverage that includes OPD, dental, vision and telehealth
• Group Life, Disability and Critical Illness insurance
• Equitable Childcare facilities for all employees
• Virtual mental health and neurodiversity support programs
• Family planning and nurturing support programs
• Comprehensive leave options and flexible working hours to ensure work life balance.
• Keep your health on track with our wellbeing programs covering fitness expenses and complimentary meals served around the clock
• Employee Assistance Programs
• Around the year employee events and casual dress every single day
• A diverse team of friendly, fun and supportive co-workers to work with and, impact millions of daily players
• Re-engage with your special interest by being a part of our employee resource groups that connect Zyngites through inclusivity, culture, lifestyle and fun

Zynga does not engage in financial exchanges during the recruitment or onboarding process. We do not conduct job interviews over third-party messaging apps such as Telegram, WhatsApp or others.

We will never ask you for your personal or financial information over unofficial chat channels. Our in-house recruitment team only contacts individuals via official company email addresses (i.

e., via a zynga.com or naturalmotion.com email domain).

If you believe you have been the victim of a scam, you may wish to contact the authorities. In the United States, you may file a complaint with the FBI.

More information is available here : https : / / www.ic3.gov .

Zynga is a leading developer of the world's most popular social games that are played by millions of people around the world each day.

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