Director Of Engineering - Web3

Zynga’s Web3 gaming studio is looking for a Director of Engineering to join us on our journey! Our mission is to empower players as owners through fun, high-quality and enduring Web3 games they can trust, enjoy and value.

We have a well-rounded, tight-knit, distributed team with a healthy mix of engineering skill levels. We are looking to strengthen our team by finding a proven engineering leader that fits within our culture. This strategic leader will help us bring an original Web3 game to market and elevate our overall technical infrastructure and approach.

As a Director of Engineering, you will manage a team of engineers, provide tactical and strategic direction, mentor talent and oversee internal and external partnerships.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Interface with other technical departments and 3rd party vendors to collectively strategize, as well as route and schedule required work to appropriate parties
• Lead multiple internal/external software engineering teams
• Provide roadmap guidance for individual games, services, and the division
• Validate technology choices, architectural design, and code quality, diving deeper when necessary
• Partner with leadership team to create processes and project plans that enable the team to efficiently produce a high quality product on time and on budget
• Manage all development processes including scheduling, quality assurance, release, product reviews, year-to-year projections for staffing, service and hardware
• Mentor engineering career progression, providing technical coaching and skill development
• Ability to actively listen, critically think and react to fast dev changes due to fluid Web3 gaming market conditions
• Define and scope tasks, systems, and timelines
• Collaborate with design, product, analytics, user experience, central tech and leadership teams to specify and build competitive game features and development tools

DESIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Solid understanding of best practices for engineering process, code quality, build/release pipelines, security and live operations
• Familiarity with multiple programming languages and platforms (Java, C#, C++, and Go)
• Full stack experience on iOS, Android and AWS/Cloud technologies
• Excellent communication skills and comfortable working in a collaborative but distributed environment
• Comfortable building zero to one product in dynamic startup like environment
• 5+ years of experience in engineering leadership roles managing teams of software engineers
• 15+ years of prior hands-on software development experience
• Aware, curious and/or passionate about Web3, blockchain and decentralized systems

BONUS SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Web3/blockchain development experience with a focus on web-based browser games
• Server experience; for example, web service integration, application server performance, relational databases or data analytics
• Experience in Solidity, Rust, HTML5, Javascript or similar programming languages and platforms

WHAT WE OFFER YOU

• Generous paid maternity/parental leave
• Competitive salary, bonus plan, Take-Two RSU’s (Restricted Stock Units), ESPP (Employee Stock Purchase Plan)
• Extended Health coverage, dental, disability, critical illness, EAP, and life insurance (Canada)
• 401K Company Match Contribution (US)
• Zynga happy hours and frequent employee events
• Culture of diversity and inclusion including employee resource groups
• Work with cool people and impact millions of daily players
• RRSP Company Match Contribution (Canada)
• Family planning support program
• Flexible working hours on many teams
• Virtual mental health and neurodiversity support programs
• Medical, dental, vision, EAP, life insurance, and disability benefits (US)
• Fitness benefits (offering varies by location)
• Subsidized Back-up child care
• Financial wellness program with unlimited access to certified financial planners
• Discretionary Time Off policy for many employees

We are an equal opportunity employer and we are committed to building a diverse and talented workforce. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, religion, colour, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, medical condition, disability, or any other class or characteristic protected by applicable law. We welcome job-seekers, players, employees, and partners from all backgrounds to join us!

We will consider all qualified job-seekers with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with physical or mental disabilities in order to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us at [email protected] to request an accommodation associated with your application for an open position.