Senior DevOps Engineer — AWS & Game Backend

Zynga; Austin, Chicago (TX, IL); On-site; USD 98,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Paid holidays & vacation (15–25 days)

401(k) plan & Employee Stock Purchase

Job summary

Zynga is seeking a Sr DevOps Developer for Wizard of Oz Slots to join a distributed team across Austin, Chicago, and Toronto. You will design and maintain server-side services in AWS, drive backend features in PHP, and strengthen CI/CD and IaC tooling while mentoring peers.

The role emphasizes strong communication within a collaborative team, handling high-traffic, low-latency systems and implementing robust infrastructure improvements.

Qualifications

• Degree in a technical field or equivalent experience.
• 4+ years of backend software development experience.
• Deep hands-on experience with AWS.
• Experience with PHP or a similar language; knowledge of databases (SQL/NoSQL).
• Experience building high-traffic, low-latency backend systems at scale.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, architect, and support back-end services running in AWS.
• Develop, integrate, and advocate for new technologies and tools.
• Load-test, benchmark and optimize infrastructure.
• Define, architect, and develop features and gameplay functionality in PHP.
• Maintain and develop CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code tooling.
• Provide escalation support and infrastructure monitoring.
• Follow engineering standards to ensure code quality and reliability.
• Mentor other engineers.

Skills

Backend development

AWS

PHP

Database systems

Communication skills

CI/CD pipelines

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

Chef

Jenkins

Vue.js

Job description

Zynga is seeking a Sr DevOps Developer for Wizard of Oz Slots to join a distributed team across Austin, Chicago, and Toronto. You will design and maintain server-side services in AWS, drive backend features in PHP, and strengthen CI/CD and IaC tooling while mentoring peers.

The role emphasizes strong communication within a collaborative team, handling high-traffic, low-latency systems and implementing robust infrastructure improvements.