Sr DevOps Engineer - Wizard of Oz Slots

Responsibilities

• Design, architect, and support back-end services running in AWS
• Develop, integrate, and advocate for new technologies and tools
• Load-test, benchmark and optimize infrastructure
• Define, architect, and develop features and gameplay functionality in PHP
• Maintain and develop CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code tooling
• Provide escalation support and infrastructure monitoring
• Follow engineering standard methodologies to ensure code quality, performance and reliability
• Work to identify and help to improve team and process inefficiencies
• Help to mentor other engineers
• What You Bring:
• Degree in a technical field (e.g., Computer Science, Computer Engineering) or equivalent experience
• 5+ Years of backend software development experience
• Deep hands-on experience with AWS
• Experience maintaining and developing CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code tooling
• Experience with PHP or a siilar programming language
• Experience building and operating high-traffic, low-latency backend systems at scale
• Strong familiarity and experience with database systems (SQL, NoSQL)
• Solid foundation in data structures, algorithms and software methodologies
• Strong communication skills and comfort working in a collaborative environment
• Bonus Points:
• Prior game development experience (on shipped titles or live games experience)
• Experience with Chef, Terraform and/or Jenkins
• Experience in Vue.js or similar frontend frameworks
• Experience migrating monolithic architectures to distributed microservices
• What We Offer You :
• 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 $96,400 and $142,660 CAD per Year.
• The pay range for this position in California at the start of employment is expected to be between $108,900 and $161,160 per Year.
• The pay range for this position in Illinois at the start of employment is expected to be between $98,100 and $145,200 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.

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Additional Information

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: Zynga is looking for a server-side engineer in the Austin, Chicago, Bay Area, or Toronto areas, and more specifically, someone whose level of experience should be equivalent to a Senior Software Engineer on the Wizard of Oz Slots. We have a well-rounded and tight-knit, distributed team with a healthy mix of engineering skill levels, and are looking to strengthen our team. We need a self-driven and motivated engineer who is a strong communicator, works well as a team player, and performs well under pressure of tight deadlines. The candidate would have an opportunity to work on critical game components that contribute to user-facing features, gameplay functionality, existing functionality & systems, and have a general focus on solving challenging problems for high profile titles.

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