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Salary: CAD 118,300 - 168,300 / annual
Zynga, a global leader in interactive entertainment and label of Take-Two Interactive, is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join its AI team. This role focuses on building and maintaining AI-powered developer tools and applications that enhance productivity and player experiences across Zynga's game portfolio.
You will be responsible for the technical vision, design, and implementation of scalable AI systems spanning full-stack development. Key responsibilities include:
• Build, improve, and maintain AI-powered developer tools and applications across frontend interfaces, APIs, and backend services
• Design and architect scalable AI systems and integrations in cloud infrastructure, including LLM-powered features, agentic workflows, and MCP-based services
• Take a hands-on approach to architecting, writing, and reviewing code across frontend and backend layers
• Proactively identify and recommend improvements to address systemic problems, tech debt, and opportunities to enhance AI capabilities
• Follow engineering best practices to ensure code quality, performance, reliability, and responsible AI development standards
• Collaborate with teammates, product, and stakeholders across Zynga to contribute to an innovative environment of technical excellence
• Review detailed tech plans from others, aligning with the AI tools team and Zynga-wide technical vision
• Provide production and integration support for shared AI tools and services used across game studios and development teams
This is a hands-on technical leadership role where you will guide the direction of AI tooling infrastructure while remaining deeply involved in implementation.
REQUIREMENTS:
• B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent
• 6+ years of hands-on software development experience with significant exposure to AI/ML systems or developer tooling
• Strong full-stack programming experience across frontend (React, TypeScript) and backend (Python, GoLang, Node.js)
• Experience designing and building LLM-powered applications, agentic workflows, or AI developer tools
• Experience programming RESTful and event-driven services; familiarity with MCP or similar tool-integration protocols a plus
• Experience with database systems (SQL, NoSQL) and cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP)
• Experience in object-oriented and service-oriented design of scalable applications and systems
• Familiarity with IDE extensions, CLI tooling, or browser-based developer tools a plus
• Knowledge of the evolving AI/ML landscape, emerging foundation models, and responsible AI practices a plus
• Experience working cross-functionally with product, design, and engineering teams
