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About the Role
The Senior Software Engineer on the Ad Monetization team is responsible for bringing interactive advertising experiences to life by transforming approved creative concepts into polished, high-performing ad units. This individual owns the technical execution of each experience from implementation through deployment, ensuring reliability, performance, and visual polish.
Responsibilities
- Build high-quality playable ads and interactive creative units from approved storyboards, design assets, and creative briefs
- Implement gameplay mechanics, interactive behaviors, transitions, animations, and other UX elements for a seamless user experience
- Integrate creative assets supplied by designers and ensure they display and perform as intended across supported environments
- Optimize experiences for performance, responsiveness, file size, and reliability while maintaining creative quality
- Implement tracking, analytics, and event instrumentation to measure creative performance
- Perform thorough self-QA to identify and resolve issues before handoff, delivering production-ready builds with minimal oversight
- Take ownership of assigned projects from technical kickoff through final delivery
- Proactively identify opportunities to improve workflows, implementation efficiency, and build quality
- Consistently deliver dependable, high-quality work while meeting project timelines and production commitments
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline (or equivalent)
- 6+ years of professional experience in software development
- Extensive experience designing front-end architecture, optimizing web performance
- Proficiency in web technologies, including HTML5, CSS3
- Expertise in modern JavaScript (ES6+)
- Strong background in 2D HTML5 game frameworks like Phaser or CreateJS
- Experience with 2D and 3D JS frameworks such as PixiJS, and ThreeJS
- Strong understanding of 2D/3D coordinate systems, geometry, vector math, and pixel-level manipulation (ImageData)
- Experience working directly with the HTML5 Canvas API to render and manipulate shapes, text, and images
- Proficiency in managing complex render loops, frame rates (FPS), and animations via requestAnimationFrame
- Experience with Responsive Web Design and creating fluid layouts that work flawlessly across mobile, tablet, and desktop screens
- Experience with asset management building efficient loading pipelines for preloading, caching, and optimizing game assets (spritesheets, audio sprites, JSON data)
- Experience with Photoshop is highly preferred
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to interface with senior leadership with confidence and clarity
Skills
- HTML5
- CSS3
- JavaScript (ES6+)
- Phaser
- CreateJS
- PixiJS
- ThreeJS
- HTML5 Canvas API
- requestAnimationFrame
- Responsive Web Design
- Asset Management
- Photoshop
Location
- Toronto
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
- 6+ years of professional experience
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline (or equivalent)
Salary/Compensations
- $96,400 - $130,000 per year
Benefits
- Bonus and/or equity awards
- Eligibility to participate in our 401(K) plan and Employee Stock Purchase Program
- Medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance coverage
- 14 paid holidays per calendar year
- Paid vacation time per calendar year (ranging from 15 to 25 days) or eligibility to participate in the Company’s discretionary time off program
- Up to 10 paid sick days per calendar year
- Paid parental and compassionate leave
- Wellbeing programs for mental health and other wellness support
- Family planning support through Maven
- Commuter benefits
- Reimbursements for fitness-related expenses
About the Company
- Zynga brings people together through the power of play.
- A global leader in interactive entertainment and a proud label of Take-Two Interactive.
- Games have been downloaded over 6 billion times, connecting players in 175+ countries.
- Diverse game portfolio includes FarmVille™, Words With Friends™, Zynga Poker™, and many more.
- Founded in 2007 and headquartered in California, with teams spanning North America, Europe, and Asia.
Equal Opportunity
- We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to creating and celebrating diverse thoughts, cultures, and backgrounds.
- Employment is based on substantive ability, objective qualifications, and work ethic – not on protected characteristics.
- We are committed to providing necessary support and accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities, health conditions, or impairments to ensure their full participation in the job application or interview process.
- Please contact accommodationrequest@zynga.com to request any accommodations or for support related to your application.