Senior Software Engineer 1- Client

Level Up Your Career with Zynga!

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 times—connecting players in 175+ countries through fun, strategy, and a little friendly competition.

From thrilling casino spins to epic strategy battles, mind-bending puzzles, and social word challenges, our diverse game portfolio has something for everyone. Fan-favorites and latest hits include FarmVille™, Words With Friends™, Zynga Poker™, Game of Thrones Slots Casino™, Wizard of Oz Slots™, Hit it Rich! Slots™, Wonka Slots™, Top Eleven™, Toon Blast™, Empires & Puzzles™, Merge Dragons!™, CSR Racing™, Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells™, Match Factory™, and Color Block Jam™—plus many more!

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

Join us and be part of the play!

 

What You'll Do:

• Develop new and innovative features played by millions of players using C#, CPP, Unity, Android/iOS
• 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

What You Bring:

• Master’s or bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of professional experience in software engineering, with substantial experience in mobile applications or games development using platforms like Unity, Xcode/Android Studio or any web-based platforms.
• Strong analytical, programming, and debugging skills, with a solid foundation in computer science (algorithms, data structures, OOP, OS, Networking).
• Experience in building and debugging complex games/applications, preferably with C#, C++, Java, Objective-C/Swift or JavaScript.
• Experience in profiling games/application to improve memory consumption and load times.
• Experience in building or tweaking complex tools to help the game designers operate independently.
• Familiarity with version control systems, leveraging AI coding tools effectively to speed up the development of new features or prototypes.
• Experience with development tools such as Visual Studio, Rider, Xcode, or equivalent IDEs.
• Exposure to cloud services (such as AWS) and CI/CD practices (a plus).
• Excellent commu