About the role
Locations
Austin, TX; Bay Area, CA; Chicago, IL; Toronto, Canada
Position Overview
Zynga’s Game of Thrones Slots team is looking for a Full Stack Engineer to join a well-rounded, passionate, and tight-knit, distributed team. The team maintains a healthy mix of engineering skill levels and is seeking a self-driven, motivated engineer who is a strong communicator, works well as a team player, and performs well under tight deadlines. This role involves working on core slot machine gameplay and features, UI/UX, and engine-level systems, with a focus on solving technical challenges in slot machine development.
What You'll Do
- Architect and develop features and slot game functionality in Unity with C#, and on the server backend (PHP preferred)
- Dive into the internals of slot engine systems to extend them as-needed
- Develop tools for engineering and content creators
- Define and scope out tasks and systems
- Triage and address bugs quickly
What You Bring
- B.Sc. in Computer Science, or equivalent
- 1–2 years of industry experience as a Software Developer (Candidates from other fields should have 3+ years of relevant software engineering experience)
- Experience with git
- Strong working knowledge of Unity and C#
- Experience building features on a server backend (PHP preferred)
- Solid foundation in data structures, algorithms and software methodologies
- Excellent communication skills and comfort working in a collaborative environment
Bonus Points
- Mobile game development experience
- Performance profiling and optimization experience
- Experience developing Slot Machines
Compensation
- California: $85,700 to $126,860 per Year
- Toronto: $71,400 to $105,660 per Year
- Illinois: $77,100 to $114,120 per Year
- Note: Base pay is based on market location and may vary based on individualized factors such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and other objective business considerations.
- Total Compensation: May include a bonus and/or equity awards and eligibility to participate in the 401(K) plan and Employee Stock Purchase Program.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance coverage
- 14 paid holidays per calendar year
- Paid vacation time (15 to 25 days) or eligibility to participate in the 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
- Reimbursements for fitness-related expenses