Engineering Manager - Zynga Poker
Engineering Manager - Zynga Poker
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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 TakeTwo Interactive our games have been downloaded over 6 billion timesconnecting players in 175 countries through fun strategy and a little friendly competition.
From thrilling casino spins to epic strategy battles mindbending puzzles and social word challenges our diverse game portfolio has something for everyone. Fanfavorites 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 Jamplus 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 youre spinning strategizing matching or competing Zynga is where fun meets innovationand 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 in Austin and more specifically someone whose experience can allow them to both manage engineers as a lead as well as execute on coding tasks. We have a wellrounded and tightknit 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 and should have at least two years of experience as an Engineering Manager. Ideally the candidate will also have at least five 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 userfacing features (including UI / UX) and game engine systems plus help solve challenging problems for high profile titles.
What Youll Do:
Manage a pod of engineers on the team on a daily basis both in their tasks as well as morale career growth and future planning
Assist with feature & systems implementation (and bugs) in Unity with C# and/or Golang
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
What You Bring:
. in Computer Science Engineering or equivalent education / work experience
2 Years experience as an Engineering Manager
5 Years industry experience as a Software Engineer
Good working knowledge in C# and/or Golang
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 a team 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
Experience in both C# and Golang or similar programming language
Server experience is a plus; for example web service integration application server performance relational databases or data analytics.
AWS infrastructure experience
Live Operations work experience
What We Offer You:
Zynga offers a worldclass benefits package that helps support and balance the needs of our teams. To find out more about our benefits visit the Zynga Benefits site
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Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full Time
