Engineering Manager - GOTL Austin, TX; Bay Area, CA; Eugene, OR; Toronto, Canada

Zynga; Toronto; On-site; USD 123,000 - 183,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as an Engineering Manager and lead a dynamic team in the gaming industry. This exciting role involves managing engineers, contributing to code reviews, and enhancing game architecture. You will collaborate with diverse teams to create engaging user experiences while ensuring a positive work environment. If you have a passion for games and a strong technical background, this position offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact in a vibrant and innovative company. Embrace the chance to grow your career in a collaborative setting where creativity thrives!

Benefits

World-class benefits package

Flexible work environment

Career growth opportunities

Employee wellness programs

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience as an Engineering Manager required.
• 8+ years in the game industry as a Software Engineer preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple engineers, focusing on tasks, morale, and career growth.
• Define and scope tasks, systems, and timelines for projects.

Skills

Engineering Management

C#

Unity

Data Structures

Algorithms

Communication Skills

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Git

AWS

Job description

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.

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!

Position Overview:

Zynga is looking for an Engineering Manager to join our Game of Thrones: Legends team in the Eugene, Austin or Toronto areas, and more specifically, someone whose experience can allow them to both manage engineers as a lead, as well as execute on code reviews and architecture planning. 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 the challenges of running and extending a Live game.

The optimal candidate should have equivalent or better experience as a Senior Software Engineer 2, and should have at least four years of experience as an Engineering Manager. Ideally, the candidate will also have at least eight years of experience working on teams in the game industry.

Our mission is to “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, outstanding process skills, awesome people skills, a high level of integrity, great technical depth, and a strong desire to build successful engineering teams. You would have an opportunity to lead a pod of engineers on the team, while also contributing to user-facing live operations work.

What You'll Do:

• Manage multiple engineers on the team on a daily basis, both in their tasks as well as morale, career growth and future planning
• Help to define and scope out tasks, systems, and timelines
• Help to review and contribute to engineering architectures
• Help to monitor and improve engineering process
• Help manage release cycles and branch strategy

What You Bring:

• 4+ Years experience as an Engineering Manager
• 8+ Years industry experience as a Software Engineer
• Good working knowledge in Unity & C#
• 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
• Ability to build, manage, mentor and lead multiple teams of engineers.
• Able to work collaboratively with engineering stakeholders including design, user experience, product and analytics teams.

Bonus Points:

• Experience with git
• Mobile development experience with a focus on iOS and/or Android
• Server experience is a plus; for example, web service integration, application server performance, relational databases or data analytics.
• Experience with AWS and Amazon hosting services
• Strives for perfection in the development process including planning, time and quality estimation, problem solving, and communicating development status.
• Updates knowledge constantly. Always learning and seeking to learn

What We Offer You:

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.

The pay range for this position in California at the start of employment is expected to be between $123,500 and $182,780 per year.

However, base pay offered is based on market location, and may vary further depending on individualized factors for job candidates, such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and other objective business considerations. Subject to those same considerations, the total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a bonus and/or equity awards, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment. If hired, employee will be in an "at-will position" and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation or benefit program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement:

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, which means we are committed to creating and celebrating diverse thoughts, cultures, and backgrounds throughout our organization. Employment with us is based on substantive ability, objective qualifications, and work ethic – not an individual’s race, creed, color, religion, sex or gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry, alienage or citizenship status, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, status as a victim of domestic violence or sex offenses, reproductive health decision, or any other characteristics protected by applicable law.

As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to providing the necessary support and accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities, health conditions, or impairments (subject to any local qualifying requirements) to ensure their full participation in the job application or interview process.