Senior Data Engineer

zyngacareers; Barcelona; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working from home/office

Relocation support to move toBarcelona

25 days annual leave

5 additional days for Christmas

Ticket restaurant

Private medical insurance

Device option on joining

Language lessons (English & Spanish)

Spotify Premium

Social events & parties

Learning budget for growth

Job summary

Zynga is seeking a Central Analytics Engineer to build data marts, tools, and AI-powered workflows shaping player experiences and game growth.

You'll collaborate with game and marketing analysts, delivering scalable data solutions using a modern tech stack in a hybrid Barcelona setting.

Qualifications

• Advanced SQL skills with CTEs and large-scale data warehouses.
• Production-grade data pipelines using tools like Airflow, Docker, S3, CI/CD.
• Proficient in Python for data analytics in production environments.
• Experience with integrating LLMs or generative AI workflows.

Responsibilities

• Write and optimize complex SQL queries for experiments and model features across large datasets.
• Design, build, and maintain cross-game data marts for Analysts.
• Develop scalable, reusable code, tools, and frameworks across game teams.
• Partner with game analytics teams to co-design data tools used across applications.
• Build and maintain end-to-end AI pipelines to support Analysts.

Skills

Advanced SQL

Python

LLMs / AI tooling

Data pipelines

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field

Tools

Airflow

Docker

S3

CI/CD

Tableau

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.

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!

Position Overview

Join our Central Analytics team to build high-quality data marts, tools, and AI-powered workflows that shape player experience and drive game growth. You'll work alongside talented and experienced Analytics Engineers, partnering closely with game and marketing analysts to deliver solutions that make a real difference, all using a modern, cutting-edge technical stack.

To truly make an impact, you'll need to learn quickly, thrive in a fast-paced environment, and collaborate closely within the team and with the stakeholders.

What You'll Take On

• Write and optimize complex SQL queries to support, experimentation, and model feature engineering across large-scale player datasets.
• Design, build, and maintain cross-game data marts, providing clean and transformed data ready for Analysts to use.
• Develop scalable, reusable, and maintainable code, tools, and frameworks that can be adopted across different game teams.
• Partner with game analytics teams to co-design, build, and maintain data tools and products used across multiple applications.
• Build and maintain end-to-end AI pipelines to support the day to day Analysts tasks.
• Share knowledge across the team by educating game analysts on coding and software engineering best practices.

Why should you join us

We are committed to continuous improvement, you will never stop learning.

We are a collaborative team that learns from each other every day.

We run a large production pipeline spanning ETLs, analytical tools and AI/ML models.

We focus on delivering innovative solutions to real-world problems.

What You Bring

• A bachelor degree in a quantitative field (e.g Engineering, Computer Science, Maths, Statistics or Physics).
• Advanced SQL skills, including experience with CTEs, query optimization, and large-scale data warehouses.
• Advanced experience building and maintaining data pipelines in production environments, using tools such as Airflow, Docker, S3, and CI/CD workflows.
• Advanced experience in Python for developing production-level data analytics solutions.
• Basic to intermediate experience integrating LLMs or working with generative AI tools and workflows.
• A collaborative team player who builds trust, communicates openly, and contributes to shared success.
• A fast learner who is proactive and comfortable working with ambiguity.
• Detail-oriented, with a strong commitment to accuracy and high-quality outcomes.
• Pragmatic, with the ability to balance short-term delivery needs with long-term technical quality.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience creating and maintaining dashboards in Tableau or a similar BI tool.
• Background in the Mobile Gaming industry.
• Background in Marketing Analytics.

What's in it for you as a Socialpointer

• Hybrid working from home/office system. So, what does this mean? All we ask is that you live within commuting distance of our office in Barcelona so you are able to come into the office for important meetings/events.
• Relocation support to help you move to Barcelona (if you're not already here).
• An impressive 25 days annual leave, not including public holidays.
• 5 additional days annual leave on Christmas.
• A very generous ticket-restaurant to restore some life-points.
• Private medical insurance for you and your family, to keep your health bar full.
• Choose from the latest IOS or Android device upon joining (phone or tablet).
• Free language lessons (English & Spanish ).
• Spotify Premium to add that special soundtrack that every adventure deserves.
• Legendary social events & parties to let off some steam.
• Players develop Oops, sorry! People development is key for us: an amazing budget just for you to spend skilling up your abilities & knowledge to achieve real growth opportunities!
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