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Principal Software Engineer - Developer Services, ZMGT

Texas, United States (On-site)

Principal Software Engineer - Developer Services, ZMGT

1 Month ago • 8 Years + • DevOps • Undisclosed

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Job Description

As a Principal Software Engineer at Zynga's Zynga Mobile Game Tech, you'll design, deploy, and maintain centralized build & release pipelines for mobile game development. This involves managing CI/CD platforms, build farms, SCM systems, and code review tools. You'll mentor junior engineers, ensure infrastructure security and integrity, and collaborate with game teams to meet their workflow needs. Responsibilities include automating project delivery, establishing performance metrics, improving system architecture, and resolving deployment issues. Strong full-stack programming, Python development, and cloud computing experience (AWS preferred) are essential.

Must have:

8+ years full-stack software programming
5+ years Python application development
Experience with cloud computing (AWS)
Design, deploy and maintain CI/CD infrastructure
Mentor junior engineers
Ensure infrastructure security and integrity

Good to have:

C+/C# programming
Terraform/Ansible experience
Jenkins CI/CD experience
Datadog/Splunk monitoring
Docker/Kubernetes experience
Secrets management experience
Unity/Unreal game development

Who We Are:

Zynga is a global leader in interactive entertainment with a mission to connect the world through games and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO). With massive global reach in more than 175 countries and regions, the combined diverse portfolio of popular game franchises has been downloaded more than 6 billion times on mobile, including Star Wars™: Hunters, CSR Racing™, Dragon City, Empires & Puzzles™, FarmVille™, Golf Rival™, Hair Challenge™, Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells™, High Heels!™, Merge Dragons!™, Merge Magic!™, Monster Legends, Toon Blast™, Top Eleven, Toy Blast™, Two Dots, Words With Friends™, and Zynga Poker™.Founded in 2007, Zynga is headquartered in California with locations in North America, Europe, and Asia. For more information, visit www.zynga.com or follow Zynga on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, or the Zynga blog

Position Overview:

Come join the team at Zynga making an impact across all of the company’s games - Zynga Mobile Game Tech! We’re looking for a Principal Software Engineer to design, deploy and maintain centralized build & release pipelines that provide teammates with fresh mobile builds to increase their productivity. You will work closely with other incredible professionals inside game teams and your solutions will empower the workflow of their processes.

What You'll Do:

Design, deploy and maintain centralized build & release engineering infrastructure, including CICD platforms, build farms, SCM systems, package management, and code review tools
Mentor junior engineers in software development and infrastructure design
Ensure the automation and delivery of required projects
Verify the security and integrity of the infrastructure
Maintain crucial skills in modern technology/standards and use automation whenever possible
Establish testing and reporting methods that drive critical metrics for system performance
Communicate with internal customers and game teams to understand system requirements
Propose improvements to system architecture and drive automation efforts
Update and maintain documentation/runbooks
Root cause and resolve problems with automated systems and deployments

What You Bring:

B.S. or equivalent experience in Computer Science,
Motivated, not afraid of learning new technologies
Track record of experience as a technical leader and serving as a mentor to other engineers
Track record of successfully designing and implementing projects with minimal guidance and consistent delivery
Track record of leading projects from ground up, demonstrating proficiency in creating achievements, breaking up work into components, and delivering results as projected
8+ years of hands-on experience with fullstack software programming
5+ years in Python application development
Experience writing CLI programs
Experience writing UI interfaces, API applications, database design
Experience with cloud computing (preferably AWS)

Bonus Points:

Experience with software programming in C+/C#
Experience with infrastructure/configuration-as-code (preferably Terraform, Ansible)
Experience with CI/CD tools in a multi-site environment (preferably Jenkins)
Experience with monitoring and diagnostic tools (preferably Datadog, Splunk)
Experience with building and deploying containers (Docker, Kubernetes)
Experience with secrets management
Experience with building Unity/Unreal games

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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