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Company Overview 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.

Who We Are We are the AdTech team at one of the world’s largest and most successful mobile gaming organizations and we power the monetization engine behind billions of game sessions played globally. We focus on scaling out solutions that drive business value while ensuring rich and meaningful experiences for our players.

Our AdTech stack delivers billions of impressions monthly to directly drive a significant portion of Zynga’s revenue; our work immediately moves business metrics at a global scale.

We are builders, fixers, and doers driven by a relentless focus on delivering. We take pride in understanding what our partners need, whether they’re internal game teams or external demand partners, and we own the responsibility to get it done. Here, you won’t just be writing code : you’ll be driving business results, unblocking growth, and delivering high‑impact solutions at scale.

Position Overview Zynga is seeking an experienced engineer for our AdTech team. Your team is delivering the technology that generates hundreds of millions of ad‑revenue! In this role, you will be responsible for the development of the end‑to‑end AdTech platform, collaborating with various game teams (such as Words with Friends, CSR2, Zynga Poker, Harry Potter, and more) to integrate our product and technologies into games played by millions of users daily.

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

What You’ll Do

Design, implement and maintain the full stack of the AdTech platform (Mobile SDKs, frontend portals and backend services).

Enhance, optimize and integrate advertising and publishing functionality into mobile games with worldwide outreach.

Analyze and improve performance, scalability, reliability and measurability of system components.

Mentor junior engineers and drive a culture of technical excellence.

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 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).

4+ years of software development experience in Unity / C# / Java / Swift / Objective‑C.

An obsession with ensuring client needs are always met.

Experience with mobile development in Objective‑C, Android Java, and / or Unity is a huge plus.

Good database development skills including SQL.

Experience in building high‑performance, large‑scale applications and reliable software.

Experience with complex distributed architecture and software design.

Experience with cloud environments like Amazon’s AWS.

Exhibits strong software development qualities including the ability to drive creative and innovative solutions to complex problems, and good technical judgment.

Excellent communication skills, and the ability to work effectively with others in a hybrid team environment.

Understanding of the advertising technology landscape is a plus.

What's in it for you as a Socialpointer

Hybrid working model from home and office (must live within commuting distance of our Barcelona office).

Relocation support to help you move to Barcelona, if you’re not already here.

25 days of annual leave, not including public holidays.

Additional 5 days of annual leave during Christmas.

Full catering for breakfast and lunch at the office.

Private medical insurance for you and your family.

Choice of the latest iOS or Android device upon joining (phone or tablet).

Free language lessons in English and Spanish.

Spotify Premium to add a special soundtrack to your adventure.

Legendary social events and parties to let off some steam.

Significant budget to develop your skills and knowledge.

What We Offer You (On‑site benefits)

Gym facilities.

New office with top‑tier amenities, including a professional barista and breakfast options.

Onsite physiotherapist.

Onsite hairdressers.

The list just goes on… so get your game on and apply now! 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 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 scam 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, naturalmotion.com, smallgiantgames.com, themavens.com, gram.gs email domain).

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