Software Architect

The role

The Software Architect will set the technical vision and design for AI-powered tools and systems used across Zynga's games. The role covers AI systems, full stack applications and cloud infrastructure, with a focus on LLM-powered services and agentic workflows.

What you will do

• Design and architect scalable AI systems, full stack applications and cloud infrastructure on AWS
• Own cross-cutting architecture decisions and the technical strategy for AI tools used across Zynga
• Establish and uphold engineering standards: code quality, testing, review culture, CI/CD and reliability
• Advocate for and implement new AI technologies, frameworks and engineering standards
• Evaluate and choose AI platforms and infrastructure with a long-term view
• Document and build plans for architecture and system designs across the AI tooling ecosystem
• Work with game studios, product and central technology teams to propose AI-driven solutions that improve productivity
• Establish engineering processes and metrics to measure software process, operations and quality
• Partner with stakeholders on realistic scoping and sequencing, and flag technical risk early
• Coach and mentor engineers

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, or equivalent
• 8+ years of professional experience in software development of cloud-based software
• Experience with AI/ML systems integration at the platform layer
• Demonstrated expertise in Python across multiple programming languages, architectures and system types
• Strong familiarity and experience with AWS and/or other cloud computing platforms (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS)
• Experience with containers and Kubernetes/EKS
• Experience with database systems (SQL, NoSQL)
• Deep understanding of algorithms, design patterns, debugging and performance optimization
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate with senior leadership with confidence and clarity

Nice to have

• Familiarity with web development using JS, Angular and React

Benefits

• World-class benefits package (details on the Zynga Benefits site)

Before you apply

• Zynga is unable to provide visa sponsorship or assistance for this position
• Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without current or future employer sponsorship
• The posting states that artificial intelligence is not used to screen candidates
• Zynga does not conduct interviews or make offers over third-party messaging apps and contacts candidates only through official company email domains

About the company

Zynga is an interactive entertainment company and a label of Take-Two Interactive, founded in 2007 and headquartered in California. Its games, including FarmVille, Words With Friends and Zynga Poker, have been downloaded over 6 billion times.