Senior Software Engineer - Gram Games

Zynga; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000

Job description

Who We Are:

Zynga is a global leader in interactive entertainment with a mission to connect the world through games and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO). With massive global reach in more than 175 countries and regions, the combined diverse portfolio of popular game franchises has been downloaded more than 6 billion times on mobile, including Star Wars: Hunters, CSR Racing, Dragon City, Empires & Puzzles, FarmVille, Golf Rival, Hair Challenge, Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells, High Heels!, Merge Dragons!, Merge Magic!, Monster Legends, Toon Blast, Top Eleven, Toy Blast, Two Dots, Words With Friends, and Zynga Poker. Founded in 2007, Zynga is headquartered in California with locations in North America, Europe, and Asia. For more information, visit www.zynga.com or follow Zynga on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, or the Zynga blog.

Gram Games is the studio behind some of the most popular mobile titles in the world like 1010!, Six!, and Merge Dragons!. We have more awesome projects in the pipeline. We do things differently here; we work in small self-managing teams, enabling you to have an incredible amount of ownership, autonomy, and impact. We'll never ask you to abandon your craft and just focus on managing others or workload.

We are currently looking for a Senior Core Tech Developer with a passion to identify, investigate, and resolve performance and architectural challenges that come with iOS & Android game development. This will involve using game metrics and profiling tools on both the live game and upcoming features to dig into performance issues, optimisations, crashes, and ANR’s as well as improving the overall game architecture. You’ll be doing hands-on development and be responsible for making sure that our millions of daily players get the best, most uninterrupted experience possible.

Requirements

We're looking for someone who…

1. has at least 5+ years experience as a game developer
2. has a deep, wide, demonstrated knowledge in various areas of game programming like gameplay, graphics, UI, tools etc.
3. has previous experience working with mobile games
4. has previously shipped at least one product in a team environment
5. has a solid understanding of the Unity 3D game engine
6. has strong experience using C# (experience with other languages is a plus)
7. has a solid understanding of the life cycle of a game project both development and live operations
8. is very comfortable with modern version control systems (git)
9. has strong communication skills
10. is goal-oriented and a strong team player
11. designs, architects, and implements high quality, structured, and robust code.
12. can independently create quality solutions to problems.
13. can quickly, and efficiently, pick up and start working with pre-existing codebases.
14. is proficient in written and spoken English.

Nice to haves:

1. have a BSc in Game Development/Computer Science/Computer Engineering or related field
2. have understanding / experience with the Free-to-Play model, ECS systems, optimization
3. have some knowledge of Python, Objective-C, Swift, Java or Go
4. are familiar with unit tests, CI/CD, networking, backend integrations etc
5. has experience using profiling tools to look into performance issues
6. have worked on optimisations on previous projects that have improved the users experience or development process in some way

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 – 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 [e-mail] 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 scam 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).