Openings for the post of Principal Software Engineer in Zynga

Job Description

Zynga is looking for a commando team of strong Principal Software Engineer to join their growing team! You'll be responsible for owning the development of our Existing/up-and-coming games. Are you ready to put your ideas into our games that will be viewed instantly by millions?

Description

Principal Software Engineer

We are committed to developing high quality casual and multi player games! Come join us ... we're having a ball!

Responsibilities:

The best candidates will have solid experience developing web applications utilizing Web 2.0 technologies. You will be joining a team who's committed to working on high quality code in a PHP/LAMP.

Must have experience with database-driven web technologies to work on high-volume, high-availability, large-scale lamp system.

Provide support to the Monitoring team in analyzing/troubleshooting issues.

Will be instrumental for designing features and addressing critical issues on some of our biggest game titles, which have several million users across multiple social networks. You must be able to write coherent, organized code and be comfortable working on a complicated code-base with high levels of abstraction.

Desired Skills & Experience

Required Skills:
Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or equivalent
6-8 years software development experience
Must have strong Unix/Windows background
Skilled at Web 2.0 development
Must have worked on creating end to end enterprise applications
Must have strong experience in Object Oriented Technologies (C++,Java)
Worked on OS Internals/System side projects (Device Drivers, File Systems, IO, Security)
Familiarity with the LAMP stack
Excellent teamwork skills, flexibility, and ability to handle multiple tasks

Company Description

Zynga is the #1 social gaming company on the web. Zynga was founded specifically to add a social element to casual online games because we love games, and we love them most when we're playing with friends! Social games provide a more fun, competitive and contagious experience. Zynga delivers on the promise of social networks, making it easy to connect with old friends and make new ones (no download required!). Zynga has something for everyone: casino games, word games, board games, role playing games and party games which can be found on Facebook, MySpace, Bebo, Friendster, and Hi5.

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