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# Software Developer 1 at Zynga 

- **Company:** Zynga 
- **Location:** Toronto, Canada
- **Posted:** 2026-11-04
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-05
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/zyngacareers/jobs/6240735004

## 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:

Zynga's software engineers don't just develop some of the world's popular games, we deliver some of the world's largest infrastructures. Our software engineers are blazing trails in all facets of game design, mobile development, web technologies, and massive scalability. Zynga faces a number of technical challenges—but many are unique to our scale: the evolving landscape of online gaming requires us to continually push boundaries. Zynga software engineers pick up any languages, technologies, or methodologies necessary to smite a challenge—and if a conventional solution doesn't exist, we innovate as necessary. Our software engineers are comfortable moving between front-end, back-end, and architecture roles.

Zynga is seeking a talented and motivated junior engineer to join the Ad Tech team. Your team will be delivering the technology that generates $300M ads revenue which is 20% of Zynga’s total revenue! In this role, you will be responsible for the development of the end-to-end Ad Tech platform. You will be collaborating with various game teams (such as Words with Friends, CSR2, Zynga Poker, Harry Potter, Farmville, Merge Dragon!, and many more!) to integrate our product and technologies into games that are played by millions of users daily.

Join us as we solve challenges developing and operating products at scale, impacting millions of players daily and support our games to achieve the highest levels of success through expertly crafted software. No gaming experience is needed for the right candidate.

If you’re looking for a fast paced, results driven environment, you will be involved on the front lines collaborating with game studios in the earliest stages of development to support operations of our biggest live games. And you will be doing it with a seasoned team of professionals, pushing the capabilities and quality of our products and technology. Zynga also provides a competitive base salary, full medical/dental/extended benefits, and plenty of perks like gym membership, meals and snacks, and company-wide happy hours and activities.

What You'll Do:

- Design, implement and maintain the full stack of the Ad Tech platform (SDK and server).
- Leverage AI and agentic development to accelerate software delivery and enhance system automation.
- Mentor junior engineers and drive a culture of technical excellence.
- Analyze and improve performance, scalability, reliability and measurability of system components.
- Implement integration with multiple 3rd-party mobile advertising networks and web services.
- Work with Product Management to translate business requirements into technical requirements.
- Drive improvements and new approaches to address potential systemic pain points and technical debt.
- Maintain an understanding of end-to-end system interactions and architecture in order to assess implications and dependencies associated with design decisions.
- Collaborate with technical teams on new and emerging technologies, determining how they will integrate into current and evolving infrastructure.
- Provide production and integration support to Zynga’s game teams.

What You Bring:

- BS, MS in Computer Science, or related technical discipline (or equivalent).
- 1-2 years of software development experience in Java, or C#/C++.
- Basic database development skills including SQL.
- A self starter and proven ability to learn new technologies.
- Experience in an agile development environment.
- Excellent understanding of CS fundamentals, data structures and algorithms.
- Exhibits strong software development qualities including the ability to drive creative and innovative solutions to complex problems.
- Excellent communication skills, and ability to articulate technical concepts.
- Ability to work effectively with others in a team environment.

Bonus Points:

- Experience with mobile development in Unity, Swift/Objective-C, and/or Kotlin/Android Java.
- Knowledge of web technologies and frameworks.
- Experience with cloud environments like Amazon AWS.
- Understanding of the advertising technology landscape.

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](https://www.zynga.com/jobs/careers/#benefits)

The pay range for this position in Ontario at the start of employment is expected to be between $73,900 and $109,360 CAD 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. Regular, full-time employees are also eligible for a range of benefits at the Company, including: medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance coverage; 14 paid holidays per calendar year; paid vacation time per calendar year (ranging from 15 to 25 days) or eligibility to participate in the Company’s discretionary time off program; up to 10 paid sick days per calendar year; paid parental and compassionate leave; wellbeing programs for mental health and other wellness support; family planning support through Maven; commuter benefits; and reimbursements for fitness-related expenses. Ontario only: The use of Artificial Intelligence is not being used to screen candidates. The position is for an existing vacancy. 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

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