Principal Software Engineer- Full Stack

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 Take-Two Interactive, our games have been downloaded over 6 billion times—connecting players in 175+ countries through fun, strategy, and a little friendly competition.

From thrilling casino spins to epic strategy battles, mind-bending puzzles, and social word challenges, our diverse game portfolio has something for everyone. Fan-favorites 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 Jam™—plus 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 you're spinning, strategizing, matching, or competing, Zynga is where fun meets innovation—and where you can take your career to the next level.

Join us and be part of the play!

Position Overview:

Join Zynga's Mobile Game Tech division and have a remarkable impact on all the company's games! Are you passionate about full stack development and crafting seamless websites with scalable backends? This role is in our well-established Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) team, which maintains high-value services and tools to ensure Zynga's global compliance. Based in Bengaluru, India at our Trinity studio, with a strong presence in Canada and North America.

What You'll Do:

• Write software and deploy it to cloud infrastructure, strictly following standard practices for code quality, documentation, testing, security, and automated deployments.
• Propose and successfully implement new fullstack software architecture designs.
• Coordinate with internal partners and customers to develop and rollout new features effectively.
• Lead and mentor the team, ensuring that standard methodologies are followed and ambitious goals are met.
• Evaluate and determine the best technologies and frameworks to be used in our projects.
• Collaborate in the design and implementation of world-class infrastructure solutions for our services and tools.
• Do quality Code reviews and ensure the services and releases stay stable and follow best practices

What You Bring:

• 7+ years of proven experience leading projects from inception to completion, breaking work into logical components, and delivering results as projected.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with software programming using Golang.
• 5+ years of experience working with cloud infrastructure, specifically AWS.
• Preferably 5+ years of experience with software programming using React.
• Experience with SQL tables and SQL queries.
• Hands-on experience with NoSQL databases such as Redis and Elasticsearch.
• Practical knowledge of async programming patterns and queueing and pub/sub systems.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code and continuous integration testing.
• A history of serving as a mentor to other engineers.

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

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