Senior Unity Engine Architect (C#)

Zynga; Eugene, Chicago, San Francisco, Austin, Carlsbad (OR, IL, CA, TX, CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) and Employee Stock Purchase

Paid holidays and vacation

Discretionary time off

Job summary

Zynga in Eugene, OR is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to own core client technology and engine‑level systems for a casual, cozy game. You will diagnose deep performance issues and drive multi‑week infrastructure initiatives.

You will define architecture in Unity and C#, lead tooling and build pipeline improvements, and mentor peers while collaborating with a distributed team to deliver scalable game infrastructure and features.

Qualifications

• B.Sc. in Computer Science or equivalent education / work experience.
• 6+ Years game industry / mobile app experience as a software developer.
• Shipped titles and/or live games experience, especially mobile (iOS/Android).
• Expert knowledge in C#.
• 3+ Years Unity experience, including engine-level and low-level systems work.
• Solid understanding of client/server architecture in modern mobile games.
• Experience with AWS, Kubernetes, and Datadog for backend monitoring.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work asynchronously with teams.
• Experience with performance profiling and optimization tools.

Responsibilities

• Define, architect, and develop core systems and client infrastructure in Unity and C#.
• Diagnose and resolve game-wide technical issues impacting load times, frame rates, and memory.
• Own evaluation, upgrade, and maintenance of third-party libraries, SDKs, and engine dependencies.
• Design foundational architecture changes enabling future feature roadmaps.
• Produce technical design docs and implementation plans for infrastructure initiatives.
• Scope and cost work from loose requirements with clear assumptions and risks.
• Adapt plans when requirements or platform constraints change.
• Review code and design documents for team members.
• Profile, optimize, and refactor to meet performance goals.
• Explore and integrate new technologies and tools for the broader team.
• Lead multi-week or month-long infrastructure and tooling efforts with peers.
• Give team tech talks on architectures you’ve built.
• Help evolve team processes and engineering standards and mentor others.

Skills

C#

Unity

Engine-level systems

Performance profiling

AWS

Kubernetes

Datadog

Git

Distributed systems

Communication

Education

B.Sc. in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Datadog

Git

Job description

Zynga in Eugene, OR is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to own core client technology and engine‑level systems for a casual, cozy game. You will diagnose deep performance issues and drive multi‑week infrastructure initiatives.

You will define architecture in Unity and C#, lead tooling and build pipeline improvements, and mentor peers while collaborating with a distributed team to deliver scalable game infrastructure and features.