Senior Software Engineer (Backend, PHP) Hit It Rich

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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 timesconnecting players in 175 countries through fun strategy and a little friendly competition.

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Position Overview:

Zynga is looking for a server-side engineer in the Austin or Toronto areas and more specifically someone whose level of experience should be equivalent to a Senior Software Engineer.

We have a well-rounded and tight-knit distributed team with a healthy mix of engineering skill levels and are looking to strengthen our team in tackling a variety of challenges that we face. We need a self-driven and motivated engineer who is a strong communicator works well as a team player and performs well under tight deadlines.

The candidate would have an opportunity to work on critical game components that contribute to user-facing features gameplay functionality existing functionality & systems and have a general focus on solving challenging problems for high profile titles. The ideal candidate will have strong working knowledge in PHP and will have at least four years of experience as a software developer.

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 a high level of integrity great technical depth and skills and a strong desire to build successful software.

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What Youll Do:

• Help to develop features & gameplay functionality in PHP

• Dive into the internals of existing systems to extend them as-needed

• Create and work with data objects in relational and non-relational storage models

• Dive into existing functionality and systems to extend as-needed

• Develop and integrate new technologies and tools

• Assist with defining and scoping out work

What You Bring:

• . in Computer Science Engineering or equivalent education / work experience

• 4 Years industry experience as a Software Developer

• Strong working knowledge in PHP

• Solid foundation in data structures algorithms and software methodologies

• Excellent communication skills and comfort working in a collaborative environment

Bonus Points:

• Prior game development experience (on shipped titles or live games experience)

• Mobile development experience with a focus on iOS and/or Android

• Experience in Javascript Go or similar programming languages

• Experience with Source Control like git

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 site

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