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
Come join the team at Zynga making an impact across all of the company’s games - Central Technology! We focus on client & server tech that drives the core gameplay experience under the hood. We’re looking for an exceptional leader with a passion for technology and the ability to work with a diverse team. As Director of Engineering you will play a key role in managing multiple teams with a broad focus on game support, AI development, R&D and FinOps.
Main Responsibilities
- Lead multiple software engineering teams supporting mobile game development, AI initiatives, R&D projects, and FinOps cost optimisation
- Guide teams in using AI to accelerate development workflows and improve business outcomes
- Drive technical excellence by validating technology choices, architecture, and code quality, diving deep when needed
- Set teams up for success by identifying gaps, improving engineering processes, and creating growth opportunities
- Represent your teams with stakeholders across disciplines, both inside and outside the organization
- Own team roadmaps, incorporating feedback from stakeholders and leadership to support Central Technology objectives
- Partner with technical leaders across Zynga to advance best practices and engineering culture
Desired Skills and Experience
- B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent experience
- Experience directly managing software engineering teams
- Hands-on software development experience
- Solid understanding of best practices for engineering processes, code quality, build and release pipelines, security, and live operations
- Experience developing mobile applications (native iOS/Android, Unity, or Unreal)
- Familiarity with multiple programming languages, such as Java, C#, C++, Python, or Go
- Familiarity with Agile development methods and tools
Nice to Have
- Game development experience
- Experience with AWS cloud technologies
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 [email protected] 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, take2games.com, naturalmotion.com, smallgiantgames.com, themavens.com, gram.gs email domain).
Skills Required
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or equivalent experience
- Direct experience managing software engineering teams
- Hands-on software development experience
- Understanding of engineering processes, code quality, build and release pipelines, security, and live operations
- Experience developing mobile applications using native iOS or Android, Unity, or Unreal
- Familiarity with multiple programming languages, including Java, C#, C++, Python, or Go
- Familiarity with Agile development methods and tools
- Game development experience
- Experience with AWS cloud technologies
What the Team is Saying
Zynga Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Health insurance is portrayed as a notable strength, including employer-paid medical coverage for employees and substantial support for eligible dependents alongside disability and life insurance. Coverage breadth and employer contributions are repeatedly emphasized as standout elements.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental leave is consistently described as generous for birth parents, partners, and adoptive families, with infertility/family-planning support and emergency childcare also highlighted. The program’s scope and recent emphasis suggest strong support for various family needs.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is presented as flexible, with open/unlimited PTO policies noted in many roles along with strong sick leave and paid holidays. This structure is framed as enabling meaningful flexibility and work-life balance.
Zynga Insights
What We Do
Zynga was founded in 2007 with the vision that play would become one of the core activities on the Internet. We pioneered social games with the belief that if we could make games simple, accessible and social the world would start playing. We are excited that games have grown to become the second most popular activity by time spent, even surpassing email. But we have a lot of hard work, innovation and growth ahead of us to create a future where social gaming is a daily habit for everyone.
Zynga Offices
Hybrid Workspace
Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
