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The Game Architect will be responsible for realizing the creative vision of Merge Dragons within its technical structure. The Architect will ensure synchronization and consistency across highly complex software systems by providing strategic technical direction to the development teams, mentoring senior engineers, and ensuring that software solutions meet business and technical requirements.

Key Responsibilities:
-Define architectural standards and frameworks for software development.
-Spearhead the development of critical systems that require high reliability.
-Contribute technical roadmaps and strategic planning sessions.
-Evaluate and adopt new technologies to solve business needs.
-Facilitate knowledge sharing and skills development across the engineering team.
-Maintain oversight of project timelines and deliverables to ensure quality. -Provide technical leadership and mentorship to software developers.
-Ensure the technical feasibility and resource allocation for new game features.
-Conducts and leads highly complex projects which requires technical harmonization of multiple systems and other disciplines.
-Contributes to corporate level technical programs and represent the studio’s technical views.

Required Education, Skills & Experience
-Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
-15+ Years of experience in software development or similar role
-To be an outstanding expert in technical architecture and programming
-Prior experience on system design and backend integration is a must
-Must have strategic understanding of game design and be able to engage in projects encompassing creative and technical art teams
-Must have hands on problem solving approach at debugging to resolve complex technical problems
-Experienced in performance management, talent acquisition, mentoring processes within technology teams
-Experienced in stakeholder management and facilitation

What We Offer You: 

  • Highly competitive salary
  • Private medical care
  • Company bonus scheme
  • Awesome onsite chef serving breakfast, lunch, and lots of treats (naughty and nice)
  • Life insurance and a favorable pension scheme
  • Healthcare cash plan including dental and optical coverage
  • Amazing tech to work with and consoles to play and relax with everywhere you look!

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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).  

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