Data Engineer

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

The Role joins the team acting as the backbone of mavens (Zynga & T2). You will build and scale the mission-critical data infrastructure that powers our products, moving data at high volumes and low latency. This is a hands-on, fast-paced role focused on ingestion, processing, and backend engineering.

What You'll Do

• Build & Scale: Design robust, observable external data integration pipelines and backend services.
• Manage Data: Maintain data lake/warehouse layers using modern formats (Apache Iceberg, BigQuery).
• Model: Design schemas for flexibility, performance, and cost-efficiency.
• Collaborate: Work globally with engineers to integrate external APIs and support product needs.

What You Bring

• Experience: 3+ years in Data or Backend Engineering working on distributed systems.
• Core Stack: Strong Python coding and proficient SQL (optimization/modeling).
• Architecture: Deep knowledge of batch processing and event-driven architectures (i.e. Kafka, PubSub).
• Tools: Experience with Cloud (GCP/AWS), Orchestration (Airflow), and RDBMS (PostgreSQL, BigQuery, Redshift).
• Mindset: You are pragmatic, curious, and excited by real-time challenges and clear communication.

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