Senior Manager, Engineering

2 Months ago • 12 Years + • Software Development & Engineering

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Senior Manager, Engineering at Zynga, you will lead and manage a talented Engineering Team, providing technical guidance and mentorship. You will also be responsible for managing the development pipeline, ensuring features are delivered on schedule while maintaining high quality. Other responsibilities include performing design and code reviews, establishing engineering best practices, and collaborating with other functions to deliver planned features. The role also involves fostering a problem-solving culture and driving player focus to provide the best gaming experience.
Must have:
  • 12+ years of experience in mobile/desktop/web application development.
  • 3-4+ years of experience in managing teams.
Perks:
  • Zynga Benefits

Job Details

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!

 
What You'll Do
  • Lead and manage a talented Engineering Team
  • Provide technical guidance and mentorship to team members and assist them in their career progression. Set OKRs, progress checks and do performance evaluations.
  • Manage the development pipeline to deliver features on schedule while maintaining high bar for quality
  • Perform Design reviews, Code reviews and deliver high quality games
  • Create a solid Tech backlog that involves modernizing tech stack, set goals for performance improvements, game stability and improvements
  • Establish best engineering practices and drive excellence in quality
  • Closely Interact with other functions such as PM, Design, UI/UX, Art, QA, and deliver planned features.
  • Facilitate and create problem solving culture in the team.
  • Drive culture of player focus and provide the best experience to our players.
What You Bring
  • Master’s or bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering or equivalent
  • Should have 12+ years of professional hands-on experience in mobile, desktop or web application development using C++, JAVA, C#, PYTHON,GO
  • Should have 3-4+ years of experience in managing teams, including hiring, mentoring and building strong teams.
  • Shown ability to motivate teams and operate effectively in a fast-paced, high-energy environment. Exposure to using Agile and Scrum methodologies.
  • Good communication skills, interpersonal skills with experience in building strong internal relationships
  • Good Analytical, Problem solving and Debugging skills.
  • Hands on experience in Designing, Coding and release management.
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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We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, which means we are committed to creating and celebrating diverse thoughts, cultures, and backgrounds throughout our organization.  Employment with us is based on substantive ability, objective qualifications, and work ethic – not an individual’s race, creed, color, religion, sex or gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry, alienage or citizenship status, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, status as a victim of domestic violence or sex offenses, reproductive health decision, or any other characteristics protected by applicable law.

As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to providing the necessary support and accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities, health conditions, or impairments (subject to any local qualifying requirements) to ensure their full participation in the job application or interview process. Please contact us at accommodationrequest@zynga.com to request any accommodations or for support related to your application for an open position.

Please be aware that Zynga does not conduct job interviews or make job offers over third-party messaging apps such as Telegram, WhatsApp, or others.  Zynga also does not engage in any financial exchanges during the recruitment or onboarding process, and will never ask a candidate for their personal or financial information over an app or other unofficial chat channel.  Any attempt to do so may be the result of a scamp or phishing attack, and you should not engage.  Zynga’s  in-house recruitment team will only contact individuals through their official Company email addresses (i.e., via a zynga.com, naturalmotion.com, smallgiantgames.com, themavens.com, gram.gs email domain).  

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About The Company

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!

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