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Senior Software Engineer -Backend

ZYNGA GAMES

Senior Software Engineer

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:

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.

Video link Zynga India:

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Zynga - India Studio

Work for a game company where tech meets creativity. Learn more about our Zynga – India Studio and apply for our open positions today!

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Responsibilities

• Develop new and innovative features played by millions of players using Java, C#, C++, Python, javascript.

• Follow engineering best practices towards ensuring performance, reliability, and measurability
• Work on large problems and break it up for others to implement.
• Strong Analytical, programming and debugging skills
• Perform Design and Code reviews.
• Be responsible for the Live game health
• Closely work with other functions like PM, UI/UX, Art, QA
• Mentor Junior Engineers.
• Constantly look for opportunities to improve the game performance.
• Take a hands-on approach in the development of prototypes quickly

Required Skills

• Masters or Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent
• 5+ years professional experience working in C#, C++, Javascript, Android, IOS, React, Java
• Solid fundamental programming skills (algorithms, data structures, OOP, OS, Networking, AWS Cloud)
• Experience with source control management and giving code reviews
• Good Communication skills and Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams (UX, game design, PM) in an agile environment

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, Take-Two RSU’s (Restricted Stock Units)
• Extended Health coverage, disability, critical illness and life insurance
• Child care facilities for women employees and discounted facilities for male employees
• Virtual mental health and neurodiversity support programs
• Family planning support program
• Additional leave options for most employees
• Employee Assistance Programs
• Frequent employee events
• Flexible working hours on many teams
• A diverse team of friendly, fun and supportive co-workers
• Culture of diversity and inclusion including employee resource groups that connect Zyngites through culture, lifestyle and fun