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WHY ZYNGA

Zynga is a global leader in interactive entertainment with a mission to connect the world through games. To date, more than one billion people have played Zynga’s franchises including CSR Racing™, Empires & Puzzles™, Merge Dragons!™, Merge Magic!™, Toon Blast™, Toy Blast™, Words With Friends™ and Zynga Poker™. Zynga’s games are available in more than 150 countries and are playable across social platforms and mobile devices worldwide. Founded in 2007, the company is headquartered in San Francisco with locations in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Ireland, India, Turkey, and Finland.

ZYNGA INDIA:

Zynga India is Zynga’s largest studio outside USA with 500+ people and growing rapidly. It manages some of Zynga’s biggest global games in the Casual Gaming, Action Strategy, Match-3, Slots, and Invest Express genres. The game teams are responsible for the long term-vision of the game, its entire Game Design & Tuning, Product Roadmap, Features, Content & Creative decisions, Art work (2D, 3D, Animation), Development, QA/Testing, Analytics & Performance Tracking, User Acquisition & Live Operations.

The Zynga India team is full of passionate gamers, who love to play, build great products, and have fun doing it. Studio I expects continued growth and is looking for strong leaders to expand the studio into this next growth phase.

ABOUT TEAM

The Analytics Engineering team is responsible for all things data at Zynga. We own the full game and player data pipeline – from ingestion to storage to driving insights and analytics. As a Principal Data Engineer, you will be responsible for the software design and development of quality services and products to support the Analytics needs of our games. In this role, you will be part of our Central Technology group focusing on advanced technology developments for building scalable data infrastructure and end-to-end services which can be leveraged by the various games. We are a 120+ organization servicing 1500 others across 13 global locations.

Main Responsibilities:

  • Build and own a multi PB-scale data platform.
  • Design, code, and develop new features/fix bugs/enhancements to systems and data pipelines (ETLs) while adhering to the SLA.
  • Follow engineering best methodologies towards ensuring performance, reliability, scalability, and measurability.
  • Collaborate with other Software Engineers, ML Engineers, Data Scientists, and other stakeholders, taking on learning and leadership opportunities that will arise every single day.
  • Mentor junior engineers in the team to level them up.
  • Raise the bar on sustainable engineering by improving best practices, producing best in class of code, documentation, testing and monitoring.

Desired skills and experience:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, or a related technical discipline (or equivalent).
  • Minimum 8 years of strong data engineering design/development experience in building massively large scale distributed data platforms/products.
  • Advanced coding expertise in SQL & Python/JVM-based language.
  • Expert in heterogeneous data storage systems (relational, NoSQL, in-memory etc).
  • Deep knowledge of data modeling, lineage, access and its governance.
  • Excellent skills in AWS services like Redshift, Kinesis, Lambda, EMR, EKS/ECS etc.
  • Wide exposure to open source software, frameworks and broader cutting edge technologies (Airflow, Spark, Druid etc).
  • Familiar with infrastructure provisioning tools (e.g Terraform, Chef)
  • Consistent proven ability to deliver work on time with attention to quality.
  • Excellent written and spoken communication skills and ability to work effectively with others in a team environment.

WHAT WE OFFER YOU

  • Work in a studio that has complete P&L ownership of games
  • Create next-gen games that will be played and loved by millions of players around the world
  • Work in a collaborative team that invests in your development and growth on-the-job
  • Competitive salary, bonus plan, Take-Two RSU’s (Restricted Stock Units)
  • Extended Health coverage, disability, critical illness and life insurance
  • Child care facilities for women employees and discounted facilities for male employees
  • Virtual mental health and neurodiversity support programs
  • Family planning support program
  • Additional leave options for most employees
  • Employee Assistance Programs
  • Frequent employee events
  • Flexible working hours on many teams
  • A diverse team of friendly, fun and supportive co-workers
  • Culture of diversity and inclusion including employee resource groups that connect Zyngites through culture, lifestyle and fun

Zynga is an equal opportunity employer. We are proud of our diverse community; we do not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, medical condition, disability, or any other class or characteristic protected by applicable law. We welcome candidates, players, employees, and partners from all backgrounds. Join us!

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