Senior Software Engineer; golang - Poker Austin, TX; Toronto, Canada

Senior Software Engineer (golang) - Poker

Austin, TX;
Toronto, Canada

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Zynga is looking for a server‑side engineer in the Austin or Toronto areas, and more specifically, someone whose level of experience should be equivalent to a 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 it with the right candidate. We need a self‑driven and motivated engineer who is a strong communicator, works well as a team player, and performs well under the pressure of tight deadlines.

You will have the opportunity to work on high‑performance, large‑scale applications, contribute to systems architecture, and focus on solving challenging problems for high‑profile titles. The ideal candidate is fluent in Go, experienced in building APIs and services using REST, and will have at least 4 years of experience working on teams in the game industry.

Our mission is “Connect the World through Games” by building a truly social experience that makes the world a better place. To be successful in this role you will have a passion for games, a high level of integrity, great technical depth and skills, and a strong desire to build successful software.

Define, architect, & develop features and gameplay functionality in Go

Develop & integrate new technologies and tools

Dive into the internals of core systems to extend them as‑needed

Develop and integrate new technologies & SDKs

Proactively optimize code & memory for high-performance game application

Scope out large tasks and systems with minimal direction, and help with the work breakdown; work closely with other engineers participate in multi‑week or months‑long efforts

Give team and/or divisional tech talks on architectures that you’ve built

Work to identify and help to improve team and process inefficiencies

Provide mentorship and technical leadership to less experienced team members

Demonstrate outstanding coding and development skills, including critical review and improvements to software developed by other specialists

Ensure features follow secure coding practices, protect user data, and identify and mitigate security risks during design and implementation

Be aware of the industry; identify future technical risks, scalability concerns, and strategic opportunities

Collaborate with cross‑functional teams and stakeholders to align technical solutions with product and design goals

4+ Years game industry / mobile app experience as a software developer

Prior game development experience (on shipped titles or live games experience)

Expert working knowledge in Golang, C#, and HTML

Strong working experience in implementing APIs and services (gRPC and REST)

Solid foundation in data structures, algorithms and software methodologies

Have solid working knowledge of the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations

Excellent communication skills and comfortable working in a collaborative environment

Experience with Unity3D

Experience with versioning and build systems:
Git and Jenkins

Experience with performance profiling and optimization

Knowledge of Docker, Database (Postgre

SQL, MySQL), Kafka, Redis, AWS, gRPC, and Protobuf

Experience with monitoring tools:
Bugsnag, Splunk/ELK, and Datadog

Experience with Multiplayer / Realtime Systems

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