Senior Software Engineer; Client - Game of Thrones Slots Austin, TX; Toronto, Canada

Position Overview:

Zynga is looking for a client-side engineer. Specifically, someone whose level of experience should be equivalent toa Senior Software Engineer.

We have a well-rounded and tight-knit, distributed team with a healthy mix of engineering skill levels, and are looking to strengthen our team in tackling a variety of challenges that we face. We are looking for a self-driven and motivated engineer who is a strong communicator, works well as a team player, and performs well under tight deadlines.

The candidate will have an opportunity to work on user-facing features (including UI /UX), core gameplay functionality, engine-level systems, and opportunities to modernize legacy systems. The ideal candidate will have strong working knowledge in Unity and C#, and will have at least five years of experience working on teams in the game industry.

The ideal candidate will have strong software design skills, capable of owning feature work throughout the entire development pipeline of design, architecture, development, testing, release and monitoring. The candidate can write clean code, document new and existing systems, and mentor junior engineers. This role offers the candidate opportunities for full stack development, working with a PHP server and React web development for tools used by our internal customers.

• Help to architect and develop features & gameplay functionality in Unity and C#
• Dive into the internals of engine-level systems to extend them as-needed
• Develop and integrate new technologies & SDKs
• Help to define and scope out tasks & systems

• B.Sc. in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent education / work experience
• 5+ Years industry experience as a Software Developer
• Strong working knowledge in C#
• 2+ Years Unity experience
• Solid foundation in data structures, algorithms and software methodologies
• Prior game development experience (on shipped titles or live games experience)
• Excellent communication skills and comfort working in a collaborative environment

• Experience with git
• Mobile development experience with a focus on iOS and/or Android
• Experience with performance profiling and platform optimization
• Experience supporting a live-ops game using tools such as Bug Snag or Sentry
• Experience with backend systems

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 the Zynga Benefits site.

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