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 shared client & server tech that drives the core gameplay experience under the hood. We’re looking for outstanding engineers with a passion for technology and the desire to work in a team with dynamic strengths. The Senior Software Engineer will be working with a complementary team of software engineers to craft and maintain Zynga’s core Payments platform, which enables flawless integration with app stores, consoles, and payments processing providers. They will play a key role in helping architect, build and improve the next-gen framework for our games.
What You'll Do:
- Design, code, and develop new backend applications/services running in AWS
- Optimize and refactor existing services to improve reliability, scalability and to lower cost
- Take a hands-on approach in architecting, writing and reviewing code
- Review detailed tech plans from others, aligning with the team and Zynga-wide technical vision
- Follow engineering standard methodologies to ensure code quality, performance and reliability
- Collaborate effectively with teammates, contributing to an innovative environment of technical excellence.
- Provide production and integration support for shared technology across Zynga game
What You Bring:
- Degree in a technical field (e.g., Computer Science, Computer Engineering) or equivalent experience
- 4+ years of hands-on software development experience
- Experience in programming RESTful services using Java
- Solid understanding of backend server applications, web services
- Strong familiarity and experience using AWS and/or other cloud computing platforms (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS)
- Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes
- Experience with caching (Valkey) and database systems (RDS / SQL, NoSQL)
- Familiarity with web development using JavaScript, Angular, and/or React is a strong plus
- Experience in object-oriented design of applications/systems
- Experience with agile development methodologies and tools
- Experience working with external groups/teams on technical implementations and procedures
- Experience working with AI tools
- Bonus: Any working experience with C#/Swift/Kotlin, iOS, Android, WebGL or Unity
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
The pay range for this position in Ontario at the start of employment is expected to be between $99,800 and $147,680 CAD per Year. However, base pay offered is based on market location, and may vary further depending on individualized factors for job candidates, such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and other objective business considerations. Subject to those same considerations, the total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a bonus and/or equity awards and eligibility to participate in our 401(K) plan and Employee Stock Purchase Program. Regular, full-time employees are also eligible for a range of benefits at the Company, including: medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance coverage; 14 paid holidays per calendar year; paid vacation time per calendar year (ranging from 15 to 25 days) or eligibility to participate in the Company’s discretionary time off program; up to 10 paid sick days per calendar year; paid parental and compassionate leave; wellbeing programs for mental health and other wellness support; family planning support through Maven; commuter benefits; and reimbursements for fitness-related expenses. The use of Artificial Intelligence is not being used to screen candidates. The position is for an existing vacancy.
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
- Degree in a technical field such as Computer Science or Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience
- 4+ years of hands-on software development experience
- Experience programming RESTful services using Java
- Understanding of backend server applications and web services
- Experience with AWS or other cloud computing platforms
- Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes
- Experience with caching systems such as Valkey and database systems including RDS, SQL, and NoSQL
- Experience with object-oriented application and systems design
- Experience with agile development methodologies and tools
- Experience working with external groups or teams on technical implementations and procedures
- Experience working with AI tools
- Web development experience with JavaScript, Angular, and/or React
- Working experience with C#, Swift, Kotlin, iOS, Android, WebGL, or Unity
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.
