Senior Software Developer

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At Zynga we bring people together through the power of play. As a global leader in interactive entertainment and a proud label of Take-Two Interactive our games have been downloaded over 6 billion timesconnecting players in 175 countries through fun strategy and a little friendly competition.

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Founded in 2007 and headquartered in California our teams span North America Europe and Asia working together to craft unforgettable gaming experiences. Whether youre spinning strategizing matching or competing Zynga is where fun meets innovationand where you can take your career to the next level.

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Position Overview:

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 Zynga is looking for a Senior 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 Senior Software Engineer you will collaborate closely with product managers producers and other stakeholders 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.

What Youll Do:

• Design build and own data-driven large-scale backend services to be consumed by clients across multiple platforms (mobile web console pc)
• Work closely with product teams to translate business requirements into technical requirements
• Work effectively with stakeholders to address outstanding tech debt and improve system performance and reliability
• Proactively 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

What You Bring:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline (or equivalent)
• 6 years of professional experience in software development and 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 AWS is highly preferred
• Experience with CI/CD and DevOps practices is a plus
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to interface with senior leadership with confidence and clarity

What We Offer You:

Zynga offers a world-class benefits package that helps support and balance the needs of our teams. To find out more about our benefits visit theZynga Benefits site.

The pay range for this position in Ontario at the start of employment is expected to be between $96400 and $142660 per year. However base pay offered is based on market location and may vary further depending on individualized factors for job candidates such as job-related knowledge skills experience and other objective business considerations.

Subject to those same considerations the total compensation package for this position may also include other elements including a bonus and/or equity awards and eligibility to participate in our 401(K) plan and Employee Stock Purchase Program. Regular full-time employees are also eligible for a range of benefits at the Company including: medical dental vision and basic life insurance coverage; 14 paid holidays per calendar year; paid vacation time per calendar year (ranging from 15 to 25 days) or eligibility to participate in the Companys discretionary time off program; up to 10 paid sick days per calendar year; paid parental and compassionate leave; wellbeing programs for mental health and other wellness support; family planning support through Maven; commuter benefits; and reimbursements for fitness-related expenses. The use of Artificial Intelligence is not being used to screen candidates. The position is for an existing vacancy.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer which means we are committed to creating and celebrating diverse thoughts cultures and backgrounds throughout our organization. Employment with us is based on substantive ability objective qualifications and work ethic not an individuals race creed color religion sex or gender gender identity or expression sexual orientation national origin or ancestry alienage or citizenship status physical or mental disability pregnancy age genetic information veteran status marital status status as a victim of domestic violence or sex offenses reproductive health decision or any other characteristics protected by applicable law.

As an equal opportunity employer we are committed to providing the necessary support and accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities health conditions or impairments (subject to any local qualifying requirements) to ensure their full participation in the job application or interview process. Please contact us at to request any accommodations or for support related to your application for an open position.

Please be aware that Zynga does not conduct job interviews or make job offers over third-party messaging apps such as Telegram WhatsApp or others. Zynga also does not engage in any financial exchanges during the recruitment or onboarding process and will never ask a candidate for their personal or financial information over an app or other unofficial chat channel. Any attempt to do so may be the result of a scamp or phishing attack and you should not engage. Zyngas in-house recruitment team will only contact individuals through their official Company email addresses (i.e. via a email domain).

Required Experience:

Senior IC

Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1
Yearly Salary Salary: 96400 - 142660