Software Architect

About the role

Come join the AI team at Zynga making an impact across all of the company's games - Central Technology! As a Software Architect you will be responsible for the technical vision, design and implementation of AI-powered tools and systems that elevate developer productivity and player experiences at scale. We're looking for outstanding engineers with a passion for artificial intelligence and the desire to work in a team with dynamic strengths.

Responsibilities

• Design and architect scalable AI systems, full stack applications, and cloud infrastructure running in AWS with a focus on LLM-powered services and agentic workflows
• Own cross-cutting architecture decisions and the technical strategy for AI tools that multiple game studios and engineering teams across Zynga depend on
• Establish and uphold engineering standards: code quality, testing, review culture, CI/CD, and reliability practices
• Advocate for and implement new AI technologies, frameworks, and engineering standards, keeping the team at the forefront of a rapidly evolving landscape
• Evaluate and choose AI platforms and infrastructure with a long-term lens
• Document and build comprehensive plans for architecture and system designs across the AI tooling ecosystem
• Work collaboratively across game studios, product, and central technology teams to understand developer needs and propose AI-driven solutions that meaningfully improve productivity
• Establish engineering processes and metrics to measure software process, operations, and quality
• Partner with stakeholder on realistic scoping and sequencing; flag technical risk early
• Coach and mentor engineers

Requirements

• 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 using 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
• Familiarity with web development using JS, Angular and React is a plus