Senior Software Engineer
About The Position
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.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s 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
Responsibilities
- 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
Benefits
- 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 Company’s 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
- reimbursements for fitness-related expenses
- bonus and/or equity awards
- eligibility to participate in our 401(K) plan
- Employee Stock Purchase Program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
