About the role
Who we are
Socialpoint is a world-renowned mobile game studio and part of the Zynga & Take-Two Interactive family. Creators of hits like Dragon City, Two Dots, Top Troops, and Monster Legends, the studio focuses on crafting social games. Socialpoint values diversity and fosters an environment where work and play intertwine.
Position Overview
The Director of Engineering will lead multiple teams within Central Technology at Zynga. This role focuses on client and server technology, supporting core gameplay experiences. The position oversees game support, AI development, R&D, and FinOps, requiring a leader with a passion for technology and experience managing diverse teams.
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
- Education: B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
- Management: Experience directly managing software engineering teams.
- Technical Experience: Hands-on software development experience.
- Engineering Standards: Solid understanding of best practices for engineering processes, code quality, build and release pipelines, security, and live operations.
- Mobile Development: Experience developing mobile applications (native iOS/Android, Unity, or Unreal).
- Programming Languages: Familiarity with multiple programming languages, such as Java, C#, C++, Python, or Go.
- Methodologies: Familiarity with Agile development methods and tools.
Nice to Have
- Game development experience.
- Experience with AWS cloud technologies.
Equal Opportunity and Diversity
Socialpoint is an equal opportunity employer committed to celebrating diverse thoughts, cultures, and backgrounds. Employment is based on substantive ability, objective qualifications, and work ethic. The company provides support and accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities, health conditions, or impairments to ensure full participation in the application or interview process. Accommodation requests may be sent to recruitment@socialpoint.es.
Recruitment Security Notice
- Socialpoint does not conduct job interviews or make job offers over third-party messaging apps such as Telegram or WhatsApp.
- No financial exchanges are required during the recruitment or onboarding process.
- The company will never ask for personal or financial information over chat channels.
- Official communication is conducted only through company email addresses (e.g., zynga.com, take2games.com, naturalmotion.com, smallgiantgames.com, themavens.com, or gram.gs).