Senior Software Engineer Bengaluru, India

Zynga; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading gaming company in Toronto is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to build high-quality data platforms that support game analytics. You will lead development efforts for scalable infrastructure, collaborate with diverse teams, and guide junior engineers. The ideal candidate has at least 5 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in a related field. The offer includes a competitive benefits package and opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

World-class benefits package

Professional growth opportunities

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in building large-scale, distributed data platforms.
• Proficient in AWS services like Redshift, Kinesis, S3.
• Proven track record to deliver work on time with quality.

Responsibilities

• Build and operate a multi PB-scale data platform.
• Design and improve systems and data pipelines.
• Support the professional growth of junior engineers.

Skills

Data engineering design

SQL

Python or JVM-based languages

Heterogeneous data storage systems

AWS services

Open source software and frameworks

Infrastructure provisioning

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

DataDog

Job description

Overview

Position Overview :

We are seeking expert and hardworking engineers to join our collaborative and innovative team. Zynga’s mission is to “Connect the World through Games” by building a truly social experience that makes the world a better place. The ideal candidate needs to have a strong focus on building high-quality, maintainable software that has global impact.

The Analytics Engineering team is responsible for all things data at Zynga. We own the full game and player data pipeline - from ingestion to storage to driving insights and analytics. A Senior Software Engineer looks after the software design and development of quality services and products to support the Analytics needs of our games. In this role, you will be part of our Analytics Engineering group focusing on sophisticated technology developments for building scalable data infrastructure and end-to-end services which can be used by the various games. We are a 120+ organization servicing 1500 others across 13 global locations.

What You'll Do

• Build and operate a multi PB-scale data platform.
• Design, code, and develop new features / fix bugs / improvements to systems and data pipelines (ETLs) while adhering to the SLOs.
• Follow engineering best methodologies towards ensuring performance, reliability, scalability, and observability of the code.
• Collaborate with other Software Engineers, ML Engineers, Data Scientists, and other collaborators, taking on learning and leadership opportunities that will arise every single day.
• Support the professional growth of junior engineers.
• Contribute to and promote sustainable engineering practices by incorporating best practices, producing outstanding code, documentation, testing and monitoring.

What You Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 5 years of strong data engineering design / development experience in building large-scale, distributed data platforms / products.
• Advanced coding expertise in SQL & Python / JVM-based language.
• Exposure to heterogeneous data storage systems like relational, NoSQL, in-memory etc.
• Knowledge of data modeling, lineage, data access and its governance.
• Proficient in AWS services like Redshift, Kinesis, Lambda, RDS, EKS / ECS, S3 etc.
• Exposure to open source software, frameworks and broader groundbreaking technologies (Airflow, Kafka, DataHub etc).
• Familiar with infrastructure provisioning, deployment, observability tools like Terraform, DataDog etc.
• Proven track record to deliver work on time with attention to quality.
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills and ability to work effectively in a geographically distributed team environment.
• We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every single requirement. Your unique perspective and experience could be exactly what we’re looking for.

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

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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

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. Please contact us at [e-mail] to request any accommodations or for support related to your application for an open position.

Please be aware that Zynga does not conduct job interviews or make job offers over third-party messaging apps such as Telegram, WhatsApp, or others. Zynga also does not engage in any financial exchanges during the recruitment or onboarding process, and will never ask a candidate for their personal or financial information over an app or other unofficial chat channel. Any attempt to do so may be the result of a scamp or phishing attack, and you should not engage. Zynga’s in-house recruitment team will only contact individuals through their official Company email addresses (i.e., via a zynga.com, naturalmotion.com, smallgiantgames.com, themavens.com, gram.gs email domain).

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