Jobs at Zynga

Develop and maintain Zynga’s full-stack advertising technology platform, including SDK and server components. Improve performance, scalability, reliability, and system measurability; integrate third-party mobile advertising networks; translate product requirements into technical solutions; support game teams in production and integrations; and collaborate on architecture, emerging technologies, automation, and technical debt reduction.

Creates user acquisition videos, playable ads, and static advertising creatives for Empires & Puzzles using generative AI. Helps improve AI workflows, develops AI-generated assets and creative variations, researches emerging tools and mobile gaming trends, and uses performance data and feedback to refine marketing content.

Support Zynga’s Chief Technology and Data Officer by managing complex calendars, global travel, meetings, events, expenses, communications, and confidential information. The Executive Assistant will coordinate leadership rhythms, track follow-ups, strengthen organizational culture, and use AI assistants and workflow automation to improve productivity. The role requires exceptional judgment, discretion, communication, composure, and ownership in a fast-paced global technology organization.

Lead analytics strategy across Zynga studios, solve complex player-behavior problems, develop statistical and machine learning methodologies, and deliver scalable data platforms, frameworks, dashboards, and experiments. Influence executive decisions through data storytelling, mentor analysts, establish governance and reproducibility standards, and guide production-scale models and game features that improve business and player metrics.

Lead the artistic vision for casual mobile games by creating and implementing high-quality 2D and 3D concepts, assets, and visual styles. Develop AI-assisted creative workflows, prototype and iterate designs using player feedback and performance data, and maintain visual quality throughout production. Mentor artists across art, VFX, UI, and animation while collaborating with design, engineering, production, and marketing teams.

Lead the company-wide analytics strategy and manage analysts, data engineers, and developers. Oversee data integration, integrity, reporting, visualization, KPI development, statistical modeling, and analytics infrastructure. Translate complex data into actionable insights for executives and cross-functional teams, while guiding portfolio-level data assets and models supporting free-to-play gaming decisions.

Analyze large datasets to identify opportunities that improve player experiences and game metrics. Develop dashboards, maintain trusted data sources, communicate insights, and support evidence-based decisions. Collaborate with product managers, game designers, engineers, analysts, and marketing teams to design, test, verify, and deploy machine learning models and product features at scale.

Create video trailers, motion graphics, and 2D animations for CSR2 user acquisition and marketing campaigns. Collaborate with art, creative, and user acquisition teams throughout the production lifecycle, from concept through polished assets. Manage multiple projects, support game launches and live events, and use performance insights and A/B testing to optimize creative effectiveness. Translate complex game features into engaging visual stories that drive player installs and engagement.

Manage mobile user acquisition campaigns for Two Dots, Dragon City, and Monster Legends across social, SDK, and programmatic channels. Responsibilities include campaign setup, optimization, budgeting, reporting, creative and audience testing, KPI analysis, forecasting, and cross-functional collaboration with Creative, Product, ASO, and BI teams. The role focuses on improving CPI, ROAS, IPM, and full-funnel growth through data-driven decision-making.

Design, deploy, and support scalable backend infrastructure and server architectures. Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines, manage cloud environments and build platforms, improve engineering workflows and tooling, contribute to architecture planning, and support reliable high-availability live services. The role also involves technical communication, best-practice sharing, and collaboration across engineering teams.

Lead end-to-end qualitative and quantitative primary research across marketing and game design. Design studies, run interviews and segmentation, analyze and visualize data, manage vendors and research panels, and communicate insights to stakeholders to inform live and in-development games.

Supports game production from planning through release by coordinating priorities, facilitating communication, tracking progress and risks, managing release readiness, and improving team processes. Collaborates with design, product, development, QA, art, leadership, and partner teams to help deliver high-quality game features on schedule and within budget. The role is a 12-month hybrid internship based in the Gram Games London office.

Design and own metagame, progression, economy and engagement features for a live FPS mobile title. Prototype, balance, analyze KPIs and player data, collaborate across design, art, UX, engineering and product to iterate and expand live features, and document concepts to align teams.

Leads Zynga’s distributed Core Services engineering team, overseeing project scoping, delivery, technical standards, architecture reviews, process improvement, service maintenance, and team morale and career development. The role requires managing engineers while providing technical mentorship on large-scale backend services, microservice architecture, APIs, AWS infrastructure, Kubernetes deployments, and infrastructure-as-code.

Leads multiple software engineering teams supporting mobile games, AI initiatives, research and development, and FinOps optimization. Sets technical direction, validates architecture and technology choices, improves engineering processes and code quality, owns team roadmaps, develops engineering talent, and partners with stakeholders across Zynga. The role also promotes AI-enabled development workflows, engineering best practices, security, release pipelines, and live operations excellence.

Senior Product Manager for an unannounced mobile free-to-play action game. Responsibilities include defining and implementing gameplay features, managing live operations schedules, shaping product strategy and roadmaps, conducting user and competitive research, analyzing data, and coordinating cross-functional stakeholders. The role requires independent ownership, strong communication, executive presentation skills, and experience with live game operations, mid-core genres, and product launches.

Lead tactical planning, costing, and delivery of core UX, UI, and systems features for an unannounced mobile free-to-play action game. Coordinate multidisciplinary and cross-game teams, communicate progress and risks to production and leadership, foster iterative development, and establish achievable delivery plans. The role requires shipped-game production experience, strong collaboration and communication skills, risk mitigation abilities, and proficiency with JIRA, Confluence, and Miro.

Supports Unity game development for mobile games by building gameplay features, internal tools, and workflows; testing, debugging, and optimizing experiences; participating in code reviews; collaborating with designers, artists, and developers; proposing technical solutions; and documenting improvements. The role is intended for a student pursuing computer science, game development, or a related field with Unity and C# experience.

Drive organic growth for Zynga’s mobile games through app store optimization. Responsibilities include optimizing and testing store listings and visual assets, developing creative briefs, running platform tests, coordinating in-game event promotions, managing Custom Product Pages, analyzing performance metrics, researching competitors, and communicating actionable insights to marketing, product, creative, and executive teams.

Build and optimize large-scale data pipelines, cross-game data marts, analytics tools, and AI-powered workflows. The role involves advanced SQL and Python development, production ETL maintenance, collaboration with game and marketing analysts, and educating stakeholders on software engineering best practices.