Zynga
Senior Software Engineer (Kubernetes), Systems Austin, TX; Toronto, Canada
Zynga, Austin, Texas, us, 78716
Position Overview:
Join the team at Zynga making an impact across all of the company’s games - Mobile Game Tech. We focus on shared client & server tech that drives our games. We’re looking for outstanding engineers with a passion for technology who want to work with a world-class team. You will play a key role in helping architect, build and improve infrastructure for our games in AWS. You will be especially focused on maintaining our containerization processes that support our single-tenant and multi-tenant Kubernetes/EKS clusters. We are looking for an individual who is passionate about the Kubernetes ecosystem and community including 3rd party and opensource technologies in the CNCF landscape and eager to learn how Zynga leads Kubernetes upgrades and infrastructure add-ons.
What You'll Do:
Provision, improve and maintain Kubernetes clusters hosting core live services and games with your scope impacting over 70+ games using infrastructure as code
Write tech plans and perform upgrades of Kubernetes and add-ons across production clusters in an enterprise environment
Optimize existing tech stack to influence reliability, scalability, security and to lower cost
Work collaboratively across teams to create a culture of quality with a product-focused and platform approach
Opportunity to work with AI tooling & LLMs in infrastructure
Implement engineering procedures to uphold code quality, performance, and reliability using a continuous integration and continuous deployment strategy
Participate in on-call backed by a team of experienced engineers and SRE as first-line responders
Mentor Software Engineers and assist with their technical growth
What You Bring:
B.S. in Computer Science, Game Development, or equivalent OR similar training in a technical bootcamp. We are open to non-traditional backgrounds for cloud career paths.
5+ years of hands-on software development experience
Curious to gain professional-level knowledge in administrating, monitoring, and extending Kubernetes clusters at scale
Experience in programming using Golang, Python, and/or other modern programming languages
Experience in Shell Scripting, Linux Command Line environments (CLI), & Terraform
Knowledge of Amazon EKS
Understanding of algorithms, design patterns, debugging, and performance optimization
Excellent interpersonal skills and connect with peers with confidence and clarity
Demonstrate the ability to work independently
Bonus Points:
Proficient in Amazon EKS and exposure to production environments in AWS, AKS, GKE or equivalent experience
Experience writing unit, integration, and/or regression tests in at least one language
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 page.
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 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. Zynga also does not engage in any financial exchanges during recruitment and will never ask for personal or financial information over unofficial channels. Zynga’s in-house recruitment team will only contact individuals through their official company email addresses.
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Join the team at Zynga making an impact across all of the company’s games - Mobile Game Tech. We focus on shared client & server tech that drives our games. We’re looking for outstanding engineers with a passion for technology who want to work with a world-class team. You will play a key role in helping architect, build and improve infrastructure for our games in AWS. You will be especially focused on maintaining our containerization processes that support our single-tenant and multi-tenant Kubernetes/EKS clusters. We are looking for an individual who is passionate about the Kubernetes ecosystem and community including 3rd party and opensource technologies in the CNCF landscape and eager to learn how Zynga leads Kubernetes upgrades and infrastructure add-ons.
What You'll Do:
Provision, improve and maintain Kubernetes clusters hosting core live services and games with your scope impacting over 70+ games using infrastructure as code
Write tech plans and perform upgrades of Kubernetes and add-ons across production clusters in an enterprise environment
Optimize existing tech stack to influence reliability, scalability, security and to lower cost
Work collaboratively across teams to create a culture of quality with a product-focused and platform approach
Opportunity to work with AI tooling & LLMs in infrastructure
Implement engineering procedures to uphold code quality, performance, and reliability using a continuous integration and continuous deployment strategy
Participate in on-call backed by a team of experienced engineers and SRE as first-line responders
Mentor Software Engineers and assist with their technical growth
What You Bring:
B.S. in Computer Science, Game Development, or equivalent OR similar training in a technical bootcamp. We are open to non-traditional backgrounds for cloud career paths.
5+ years of hands-on software development experience
Curious to gain professional-level knowledge in administrating, monitoring, and extending Kubernetes clusters at scale
Experience in programming using Golang, Python, and/or other modern programming languages
Experience in Shell Scripting, Linux Command Line environments (CLI), & Terraform
Knowledge of Amazon EKS
Understanding of algorithms, design patterns, debugging, and performance optimization
Excellent interpersonal skills and connect with peers with confidence and clarity
Demonstrate the ability to work independently
Bonus Points:
Proficient in Amazon EKS and exposure to production environments in AWS, AKS, GKE or equivalent experience
Experience writing unit, integration, and/or regression tests in at least one language
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 page.
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 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. Zynga also does not engage in any financial exchanges during recruitment and will never ask for personal or financial information over unofficial channels. Zynga’s in-house recruitment team will only contact individuals through their official company email addresses.
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