--- title: 'Senior Data Engineer at Zynga' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/senior-data-engineer-zynga-barcelona-sdjwbnwbv9k9' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-15' --- # Senior Data Engineer at Zynga - **Company:** Zynga - **Location:** Barcelona, Spain - **Posted:** 2026-10-13 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-15 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/zyngacareers/jobs/6206747004 ## Job description 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: Join our Central Analytics team to build high-quality data marts, tools, and AI-powered workflows that shape player experience and drive game growth. You'll work alongside talented and experienced Analytics Engineers, partnering closely with game and marketing analysts to deliver solutions that make a real difference, all using a modern, cutting-edge technical stack. To truly make an impact, you'll need to learn quickly, thrive in a fast-paced environment, and collaborate closely within the team and with the stakeholders. What You’ll Take On: - Write and optimize complex SQL queries to support, experimentation, and model feature engineering across large-scale player datasets. - Design, build, and maintain cross-game data marts, providing clean and transformed data ready for Analysts to use. - Develop scalable, reusable, and maintainable code, tools, and frameworks that can be adopted across different game teams. - Partner with game analytics teams to co-design, build, and maintain data tools and products used across multiple applications. - Build and maintain end-to-end AI pipelines to support the day to day Analysts tasks. - Share knowledge across the team by educating game analysts on coding and software engineering best practices. Why should you join us? - We are committed to continuous improvement, you will never stop learning. - We are a collaborative team that learns from each other every day. - We run a large production pipeline spanning ETLs, analytical tools and AI/ML models. - We focus on delivering innovative solutions to real-world problems. What You Bring: - A bachelor degree in a quantitative field (e.g Engineering, Computer Science, Maths, Statistics or Physics). - Advanced SQL skills, including experience with CTEs, query optimization, and large-scale data warehouses. - Advanced experience building and maintaining data pipelines in production environments, using tools such as Airflow, Docker, S3, and CI/CD workflows. - Advanced experience in Python for developing production-level data analytics solutions. - Basic to intermediate experience integrating LLMs or working with generative AI tools and workflows. - A collaborative team player who builds trust, communicates openly, and contributes to shared success. - A fast learner who is proactive and comfortable working with ambiguity. - Detail-oriented, with a strong commitment to accuracy and high-quality outcomes. - Pragmatic, with the ability to balance short-term delivery needs with long-term technical quality. Nice-to-haves: - Experience creating and maintaining dashboards in Tableau or a similar BI tool. - Background in the Mobile Gaming industry. - Background in Marketing Analytics. What's in it for you as a Socialpointer? - Hybrid working from home/office system. So, what does this mean? All we ask is that you live within commuting distance of our office in Barcelona so you are able to come into the office for important meetings/events. - Relocation support to help you move to Barcelona (if you’re not already here). - An impressive 25 days annual leave, not including public holidays. - 5 additional days annual leave on Christmas. - A very generous ticket-restaurant to restore some life-points. - 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 (English & Spanish ). - Spotify Premium to add that special soundtrack that every adventure deserves. - Legendary social events & parties to let off some steam. - Players develop…Oops, sorry! People development is key for us: an amazing budget just for you to spend skilling up your abilities & knowledge to achieve real growth opportunities! Coming to work in the office?  Don’t worry - we have you covered. Check out some of our onsite benefits: - Want to stay in shape? We have state of the art gym facilities so you can level up your build stats. - A massive gaming room equipped with all consoles and games you could ask for. - Book an appointment with our onsite physiotherapist for your aches and pains. - 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 & apply now!  Please 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 – 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, take2games.com, naturalmotion.com, smallgiantgames.com, themavens.com, gram.gs email domain). ## About Zynga ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Zynga is a global leader in mobile interactive entertainment, connecting the world through games, and operates as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. - **Entity Type**: Public subsidiary (parent: Take-Two Interactive, NASDAQ: TTWO) - **Headquarters**: San Mateo, California, USA (with offices in Austin, Chicago, Toronto, London, Barcelona, Istanbul, Bengaluru, Helsinki, and more) - **Founded**: 2007 - **Founders**: Mark Pincus (named after his dog Zinga) ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Mobile gaming / Interactive entertainment - **Target customers**: B2C – mass market mobile players in 175+ countries - **Mission**: To connect the world through games ## Products & Services Major game franchises (all mobile, free-to-play with in-app purchases): - **Words With Friends™**: Social word puzzle game (over 70 million words played daily) - **Zynga Poker™**: Largest free mobile poker game - **Toon Blast™** & **Toy Blast™**: Puzzle games (acquired via Peak Games) - **Merge Dragons!™**: Merge puzzle game (acquired via Gram Games) - **Empires & Puzzles™**: Match-3 RPG (acquired via Small Giant Games) - **CSR2™ / CSR Racing™**: Racing simulation - **Game of Thrones Slots Casino™**, **Hit it Rich! Slots™**, **Wizard of Oz Slots™**: Social casino games - **Golf Rival™**: Sports game (acquired via StarLark) - **Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells™**: Licensed puzzle game - **Color Block Jam™**, **Match Factory!™**: Casual puzzle games - **Rollic** (hyper-casual games) and **Chartboost** (mobile monetization platform) also part of the portfolio ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available (subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive; Take-Two market cap ~$28B as of early 2025) - **Key Metric**: 183 million monthly active users (MAU) playing mobile games [zynga.com](https://www.zynga.com/about/our-story/); over 10 billion total mobile downloads [zynga.com](https://www.zynga.com/) (some pages cite 6 billion) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Early backers included Union Square Ventures and Foundry Group; acquired by Take-Two Interactive in May 2022 for $12.7 billion (all-stock) - **Growth Signals**: Rapid studio acquisitions (Gram Games, Small Giant, Peak, Rollic, Chartboost, StarLark) between 2018–2021; continued live operations growth; expansion into hyper-casual and ad monetization via Chartboost ## Competitive Advantages - **Data-driven live operations**: Pioneered big data and analytics in mobile gaming to optimize player engagement and monetization - **Diverse forever franchises**: Portfolio spans puzzle, social casino, word, racing, and RPG genres, reducing reliance on any single hit - **Scale and distribution**: Massive global footprint (175+ countries) and billions of installs provide strong network effects - **Parent company backing**: Access to Take-Two’s resources, IP (e.g., *Game of Thrones*, *Harry Potter*), and publishing expertise ## Strategic Focus - **Forever franchises**: Doubling down on long-lived mobile titles with continuous content updates and live events - **Mobile-first growth**: Continuing to expand mobile portfolio through organic development and targeted acquisitions - **Monetization & ad tech**: Leveraging Chartboost to enhance in-game advertising and cross-promotion - **Licensed IP**: Developing games based on major entertainment properties (Harry Potter, Game of Thrones) ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Emphasis on “connecting the world through games”; strong employee resource groups (Women at Zynga, zPride, NaZ for neurodiversity, zCares, ZAPI, zParents, zEndurance) - **Work model**: “Connected Workplace” – hybrid (Connected), full-time onsite, or fully remote roles depending on team and function - **Benefits**: Competitive salary, performance bonuses, equity participation, medical/dental/vision, generous parental leave, flexible time-off (DTO), wellness programs, gym benefits, shuttle/commuter perks, in-house food and snacks - **Engineering culture**: Engineers work on some of the world’s largest game infrastructures; data scientists and analytics drive game decisions; strong focus on innovation and rapid iteration - **Global locations**: Studios in North America, Europe, and Asia – opportunity to work in diverse international teams ## Sources 1. [zynga.com](https://www.zynga.com/) – Official company homepage 2. [zynga.com/about/our-story/](https://www.zynga.com/about/our-story/) – Company history and milestones 3. [zynga.com/jobs/careers/](https://www.zynga.com/jobs/careers/) – Careers page with benefits and culture details 4. [job-boards.greenhouse.io/zyngacareers](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/zyngacareers) – Current job listings 5. [linkedin.com/company/zynga](https://www.linkedin.com/company/zynga) – LinkedIn company page ## Other roles at Zynga - [Senior Product Manager - - Unannounced Project](https://feeny.ai/job/senior-product-manager-unannounced-project-zynga-london-n99xkxwfan7w) — London, United Kingdom - [Senior Producer - Unannounced Project](https://feeny.ai/job/senior-producer-unannounced-project-zynga-london-vk0g9srpqfg2) — London, United Kingdom - [Software Engineer Intern - Two Dots](https://feeny.ai/job/software-engineer-intern-two-dots-zynga-barcelona-97j9xwea3zjm) — Barcelona, Spain - [ASO Specialist](https://feeny.ai/job/aso-specialist-zynga-barcelona-73vkz0mqmxbb) — Barcelona, Spain - [Software Engineer - Unannounced Project](https://feeny.ai/job/software-engineer-unannounced-project-zynga-london-hp385zf8z2yr) — London, United Kingdom - [Server & Infrastructure Engineer - Unannounced Project](https://feeny.ai/job/server-infrastructure-engineer-unannounced-project-zynga-london-kn0xkad0q3pz) — London, United Kingdom - [Senior Technical Animator - Unannounced Project](https://feeny.ai/job/senior-technical-animator-unannounced-project-zynga-london-s5qash1edndp) — London, United Kingdom - [Product Manager Intern](https://feeny.ai/job/product-manager-intern-zynga-barcelona-26c0ekqn971w) — Barcelona, Spain - [Associate Manager, Business Operations](https://feeny.ai/job/associate-manager-business-operations-zynga-toronto-v679q763t5r3) — Toronto, Canada - [Senior Software Developer](https://feeny.ai/job/senior-software-developer-zynga-austin-cpd76411afr1) — Austin, TX / Toronto, Canada