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 timesāconnecting 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 FarmVilleā¢, Words With Friendsā¢, Zynga Pokerā¢, Game of Thrones Slots Casinoā¢, Wizard of Oz Slotsā¢, Hit it Rich! Slotsā¢, Wonka Slotsā¢, Top Elevenā¢, Toon Blastā¢, Empires \& Puzzlesā¢, Merge Dragons!ā¢, CSR Racingā¢, Harry Potter: Puzzles \& Spellsā¢, Match Factoryā¢, and Color Block Jamā¢āplus 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 innovationāand where you can take your career to the next level.
Join us and be part of the play!
Position Overview:
We're looking for software engineers that will work on services for games that are played \& loved by several million users every day, all over the world. Those services must scale-out to serve high users traffic every day and must be developed with the highest quality this competitive industry requires. We expect from our developers to keep our tech state-of-the-art and, at the same time, come up with great new ideas.
What You'll do:
Our backend applications are developed using several programming languages \& technologies (Golang, PHP, AWS EC2, Kubernetes, etcā¦), so you should be eager to work with our legacy code, extend, maintain \& continuously refactor the backend of our games
Having knowledge of frontend frameworks like React or Angular is considered a plus, as some of our internal tools rely on them.
Your job is not only about writing code. You will also have to work with other roles like mobile developers, data analysts and systems engineers to integrate your components, as well as write technical designs, documentation, knowledge share and train other team members.
As a backend engineer, you will also be part of our games team and work closely with game design, player experience, mobile, and other departments. You will be integrated with business decisions as part of our technology strategy.
What You Bring:
+3 years of experience as a Backends Engineer
Proactive team player that is ready to work with diverse roles and people
Strong background in programming languages like PHP and Golang
Knowledge of frontend frameworks such as React or Angular is a plus
Excellent strategic decision-making skills and a strong sense of responsibility/ownership
Prefer maintainable code over overengineering
Able to design, implement and maintain code in complex systems on your own
Able to manage infrastructure and understand what happens behind your code
Able to explain complex problems to both technical and non-technical people
Able to understand and tune application scalability, performance, and reliability
What's in it for you as a Socialpointer?
Hybrid working model from home and office. What does this mean? You need to live within commuting distance of our Barcelona office to attend important meetings and events.
Relocation support to help you move to Barcelona, if you're not already here.
An impressive 25 days of annual leave, not including public holidays.
An additional 5 days of annual leave during Christmas.
Full Catering for Breakfast and lunch at the office
Private medical insurance for you and your family to keep your health bar full.
Choose from the latest iOS or Android device upon joining (phone or tablet).
Free language lessons in English and Spanish.
Spotify Premium to add a special soundtrack to your adventure.
Legendary social events and parties to let off some steam.
Personal development is key for us: enjoy a significant budget to enhance your skills and knowledge, providing real growth opportunities!
What's in it for you as a Socialpointer?Hybrid working model from home and office. What does this mean? You need to live within commuting distance of our Barcelona office to attend important meetings and events.
Relocation support to help you move to Barcelona, if you're not already here.
An impressive 25 days of annual leave, not including public holidays.
An additional 5 days of annual leave during Christmas.
Full Catering for Breakfast and lunch at the office
Private medical insurance for you and your family to keep your health bar full.
Choose from the latest iOS or Android device upon joining (phone or tablet).
Free language lessons in English and Spanish.
Spotify Premium to add a special soundtrack to your adventure.
Legendary social events and parties to let off some steam.
Personal development is key for us: enjoy a significant budget to enhance your skills and knowledge, providing real growth opportunities!
What We Offer You:Coming to work in the office? Don't worry ā we have you covered. Check out some of our onsite benefits:
Gym Facilities: Want to stay in shape? We have state-of-the-art gym facilities so you can level up your build stats.
New Office: Enjoy our brand-new office, complete with top-tier amenities, including a professional barista and delicious breakfast options.
Onsite Physiotherapist: Book an appointment with our onsite physiotherapist for any aches and pains.
Onsite Hairdressers: Drop by our onsite hairdressers for a trim (and forget your wallet; it's a Guild perk).
The list just goes on \& on... so get your game on and apply now! Click "apply" to level up and submit your application in English.
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 ā 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 accommodationrequest@zynga.com 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, naturalmotion.com, smallgiantgames.com, themavens.com, gram.gs email domain).