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Zynga is a global leader in interactive entertainment, known for its diverse portfolio of games ... of tackling solo projects with ease Preferred : • Familiarity with FinOps practices • ...

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$128K - $166K/yr

... engineers, designers, data scientists, and game studio teams to deliver social features that are ... move members from solo play to connected experiences. Identify and manage cross-functional ...

Senior Product Manager, Developer Solutions

$129K - $170K/yr

ZBD is building the financial operating system for the gaming economy: the infrastructure layer ... Nobody is running a solo campaign here. Together, we're assembling a platform, and the integration ...

With more paths to profits and ways to win, developers have all the things needed to enjoy the game ... teams, not solo maintenance. * Define the multi-modal interface strategy across our product ...

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$310K - $545K/yr

... solo adventures to 8-player party games like Boggle Party and Pictionary. Bridge Viewing and ... Act as the central node between Game Studios, Platform Engineering, Mobile App teams, and Data ...

... solo adventures to 8-player party games like Boggle Party and Pictionary. * Bridge Viewing and ... Act as the central node between Game Studios, Platform Engineering, Mobile App teams, and Data ...

... solo adventures to 8-player party games like Boggle Party and Pictionary. * Bridge Viewing and ... Act as the central node between Game Studios, Platform Engineering, Mobile App teams, and Data ...

Fan-favorites and latest hits include FarmVille™, Words With Friends™, Zynga Poker™, Game of ... Experience working autonomously and capable of tackling solo projects with ease Bonus Points:

... solo control. If you love the process of brainstorming, quickly pitching story ideas, and ... Epic's award-winning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to ...

Sr. Software Developer - iOS Apps

Portland, ME · On-site

$61.50 - $79.50/hr

Required : • Be an Apple enthusiast and a game changer • 5+ years of commercial software ... solo • The ability to thrive in an environment that changes often • Bachelor's degree in ...

Sr. Software Developer - iOS Apps

Redlands, CA · On-site

$60.25 - $78.25/hr

Required : • Be an Apple enthusiast and a game changer • 5+ years of commercial software ... solo • The ability to thrive in an environment that changes often • Bachelor's degree in ...

Sr. Software Developer - iOS Apps

Portland, ME

$61.50 - $79.50/hr

Be an Apple enthusiast and a game changer * 5+ years of commercial software development experience ... A team player who can also fly solo * The ability to thrive in an environment that changes often

Sr. Software Developer - iOS Apps

Redlands, CA · On-site

$60.25 - $78.25/hr

Be an Apple enthusiast and a game changer * 5+ years of commercial software development experience ... A team player who can also fly solo * The ability to thrive in an environment that changes often

Our first focus is gaming: 3D environment generation and understanding for interactive ... Built fast growing products: solo or with a friend launched products that grew to 1000s of users.

Be an Apple enthusiast and a game changer * 5+ years of commercial software development experience ... A team player who can also fly solo * The ability to thrive in an environment that changes often

Be an Apple enthusiast and a game changer * 5+ years of commercial software development experience ... A team player who can also fly solo * The ability to thrive in an environment that changes often

... solo or with a co-educator. * Lead children's programming during Adamah holiday retreats. * Work ... Participate in theatrical presentations, large scale games, evening programming, and song sessions.

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As of Jul 26, 2026, the average yearly pay for solo game developer in the United States is $108,471.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $81,500.00 and $124,000.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.
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Principal Software Developer

Principal Software Developer

Zynga

Austin, TX • On-site

Full-time

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Job description

Job Summary:
Zynga is a global leader in interactive entertainment, known for its diverse portfolio of games. The Principal Software Developer will play a key role in financial analysis and data visualization within the FinOps team, ensuring effective cost management and strategic decision-making across the company's games.
Responsibilities:
• Lead financial analysis activities with regards to internal cost allocations for technology spend
• Lead data model design and data analysis aspects of the FinOps team’s software development, including close collaboration with other FinOps software engineers
• Engage with customers and stakeholders to design and iterate upon user-facing data visualizations
• Develop data ingestion and normalization to serve data visualizations and dashboards, as well as owning maintenance and ensuring ongoing data quality
• Support FinOps guidelines and work with other teams and partners to implement cost analysis and optimizations for technology spend across Zynga
• Interact with members of Finance and the C-suite with regards to technology cost allocations, forecasts, and ad hoc FinOps-related requests
Qualifications:
Required:
• B.S. in Computer Science, Math, Statistics, Engineering, or other quantitative field (or equivalent experience)
• Demonstrated proficiency with Python for data cleaning and data wrangling (pandas, NumPy), and ability to work with source code via pull requests, CICD pipelines, etc
• 8+ years of hands-on experience with the following: SQL, data warehouses, Tableau or similar data visualization tools
• Ability to design monitoring rules for validating data quality within data pipelines
• Experience collaborating with customers to assess their analysis and visualization needs and design solutions that present the data effectively and clearly
• Ability to think through the UI/UX of data visualizations to best serve the target audience's needs
• Comfort interacting with stakeholders at a much more senior level, ability to adjust communication style to the audience
• Experience working autonomously and capable of tackling solo projects with ease
Preferred:
• Familiarity with FinOps practices
• Familiarity with financial concepts related to budgeting, forecasts, amortization, etc
• Previous experience with software engineering platforms such as AWS, Splunk, Datadog
Company:
Zynga is a mobile game developer that creates and operates social games as live services played on the Internet. It is a sub-organization of Take-Two Interactive Software. Founded in 2007, the company is headquartered in San Mateo, USA, with a team of 1001-5000 employees. The company is currently Late Stage.