What You'll do:

• Design and architect new backend applications and services running in AWS
• Analyze and improve efficiency, scalability and stability of various system resources
• Advocate for and implement new technologies and engineering standards across the team
• Review detailed designs from others, align with Zynga-wide technical vision, and exercise technical leadership on the team and engineering organization
• Document and build plans for architecture and system designs
• Work collaboratively across teams to understand product and customer requirements and propose solutions
• Establish engineering processes and metrics to measure software process, operations, and quality
• Coach and mentor engineers

What makes you a great fit:

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, or equivalent
• 8+ years of professional experience in software development of cloud based software
• Experience programming RESTful services using Java, GoLang, Python or PHP
• Strong familiarity and experience using AWS and/or other cloud computing platforms (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS)
• Experience with containers and Kubernetes/EKS
• Experience with database systems (SQL, NoSQL)
• Deep understanding of algorithms, design patterns, debugging and performance optimization
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate with senior leadership with confidence and clarity
• Familiarity with web development using JS, Angular and React is a plus