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Whether you're spinning, strategizing, matching, or competing, Zynga is where fun meets innovation—and where you can take your career to the next level. Join us and be part of the play! Position Overview:Zynga is looking for an experienced Principal Systems Designer to work on one of our new mobile games. This role leads and participates in direct design and creative input on content and system design in the game. What You'll Do: - Create or adapt game features and large scale systems to work with the game - Write user experience stories and design documentation for new features and systems - Own, drive, and collaborate with other disciplines for system development - Work closely with other disciplines to design and prototype new gameplay and systems - Create flexible sheets and models to balance sophisticated systems - Design and balance content for new systems - Create and improve tools to make the design pipeline faster and more efficient for the team - Be the advocate of good design practices across the studio - Pitch new ideas to the team/ lead brainstorming sessions - Analyze real-time feedback and metrics, and adjust game designs accordingly while maintaining live game balance - Remain up-to-date with Game Design literature and standard methodologies to be an evangelist for the craft of Game Design What You Bring: - At least 6 years' relevant experience - Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills - Expert with math, levels, and formulas in game environment - Possesses an extensive knowledge of games and strategies - Solid knowledge of game balancing and pacing - Translates direct consumer insights, market data, and analysis into creative design solutions - Passionate gamer - 2+ shipped games What We Offer You:Zynga offers a world-class benefits package that helps support and balance the needs of our teams. To find out more about our benefits, visit the Zynga Benefits site The pay range for this position in California at the start of employment is expected to be between $123,200 and $182,360 per Year. However, base pay offered is based on market location, and may vary further depending on individualized factors for job candidates, such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and other objective business considerations. Subject to those same considerations, the total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a bonus and/or equity awards and eligibility to participate in our 401(K) plan and Employee Stock Purchase Program. Regular, full-time employees are also eligible for a range of benefits at the Company, including: 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; and reimbursements for fitness-related expenses. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, which means we are committed to creating and celebrating diverse thoughts, cultures, and backgrounds throughout our organization. Employment with us is based on substantive ability, objective qualifications, and work ethic – not an individual’s race, creed, color, religion, sex or gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry, alienage or citizenship status, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, status as a victim of domestic violence or sex offenses, reproductive health decision, or any other characteristics protected by applicable law. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to providing the necessary support and accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities, health conditions, or impairments (subject to any local qualifying requirements) to ensure their full participation in the job application or interview process. Please contact us at accommodationrequest@zynga.com to request any accommodations or for support related to your application for an open position. Please be aware that Zynga does not conduct job interviews or make job offers over third-party messaging apps such as Telegram, WhatsApp, or others. Zynga also does not engage in any financial exchanges during the recruitment or onboarding process, and will never ask a candidate for their personal or financial information over an app or other unofficial chat channel. Any attempt to do so may be the result of a scamp or phishing attack, and you should not engage. Zynga’s in-house recruitment team will only contact individuals through their official Company email addresses (i.e., via a zynga.com, naturalmotion.com, smallgiantgames.com, themavens.com, gram.gs email domain).

WHO WE ARE At Basis, we empower agencies and brands with cutting-edge software that automates digital media operations. Our all-in-one platform supports seamless planning, reporting, and financial reconciliation across direct, programmatic, search, and social media. We’re not just building advanced technology; we’re also building a culture where passionate, motivated individuals come together to drive meaningful change. Our commitment to inclusivity and growth ensures our employees thrive both professionally and personally. With our headquarters in Chicago, we offer flexible work options across the U.S. and Canada, including remote, hybrid, or on-site at headquarters. ABOUT THE TEAM Technology is at the core of what we do. Basis Technologies’ innovative Engineering team designs and develops new features and integrations for Basis, our industry-leading, comprehensive software solution. Our platform processes over 400 billion events per day and uses AI and machine learning to automate and simplify the entire digital campaign process. The Production Operations team is responsible for building and operating the distributed infrastructure that powers our real-time systems. We focus on reliability, scalability, and operational excellence, ensuring our services remain highly available and performant at global scale. WAYS YOU’LL CONTRIBUTE Reporting into the Director/Manager, Production Operations, you will partner with the Production Operations Team and will be responsible for engineering Basis DSP production and service systems. You will also contribute by: - Design, implement, and maintain highly available distributed infrastructure supporting the Basis DSP platform - Operate and optimize systems processing hundreds of billions of daily transactions - Drive automation and infrastructure-as-code practices to improve operational efficiency - Improve observability, monitoring, and alerting across critical production systems - Perform performance analysis and system tuning across Linux, networking, and application layers - Lead incident investigation, root cause analysis, and reliability improvements - Ensure security, resiliency, and scalability across infrastructure and services - Partner with software engineering teams to improve system reliability and deployment processes - Participate in an on-call rotation supporting production systems WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TABLE - Your passion about technology - 5+ years of hands-on experience in Systems Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, or Site Reliability Engineering - Strong Linux systems expertise (Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS or similar) - Experience designing and operating large-scale distributed systems - Experience with infrastructure automation and configuration management (e.g., Terraform, Ansible, SaltStack) - Strong understanding of system scalability and high availability architectures (clustering, partitioning, load balancing) - Experience troubleshooting complex production issues across system, network, and application layers - Programming or scripting experience (Python, Bash, or similar) - Experience operating database systems (MySQL, MongoDB, Cassandra) - Experience with monitoring, observability, and alerting systems - Experience managing infrastructure in cloud environments (AWS, GCP) and on-premises - Solid understanding of networking fundamentals and protocols - Strong written and verbal communication skills WHY JOIN US - Work on infrastructure handling hundreds of billions of daily events - Solve large-scale distributed systems challenges - Collaborate with experienced engineers in a high-impact platform team - Influence the reliability and scalability of mission-critical systems $117,629 - $183,506 a year This salary range reflects a typical compensation range for the role and level in most U.S. locations. Final compensation offered will depend on your location, experience, and skills. Total compensation may also include bonuses, equity, and competitive benefits. Integrity in Hiring At Basis, integrity is at the core of how we hire. To protect our candidates and our company, we verify identity, education, and employment history for all hires. Some roles may also require onsite or in-person interviews as part of the process. Any misrepresentation of identity, experience, or skills may result in removal from the hiring process or termination of employment. We value transparency and authenticity and expect the same from every applicant. Anything Else? Don’t have every skill listed? No problem! We know experience can be built in many ways. If you have relevant skills that aren't reflected in your resume, we encourage you to share them in an optional cover letter. Life with Basis We’re committed to our people’s growth and well-being because our success is tied to theirs. That’s why we’ve earned recognition as a top workplace, including: Ad Age, #1 Best Places to Work 2025, WorkLife's #1 Most Committed to Work Life Balance, and the Chicago Tribune's Top Workplaces in Chicago. We offer competitive perks, including a flexible work week, 401k/RRSP matching, mental health support, paid sabbaticals, generous parental leave, flexible work options, and more. Basis is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate all team members regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation, race or cultural background, religion, disability, age, and beyond. If you need assistance with interview accessibility, please contact talent.acquisition@basis.com. Your privacy is important to us, view our policy here.

• Dig deep into messaging protocols (iMessage, RCS, SMS) and become the expert on how they behave at scale • Build and run load tests, understand rate limits by protocol, and engineer around them • Design fallback systems so messages always get delivered • Monitor and get ahead of infrastructure issues — expired certs, degraded performance, protocol changes • Work closely with the engineering team to improve deliverability across the platform

• Design, implement, and maintain highly available distributed infrastructure supporting the Basis DSP platform • Operate and optimize systems processing hundreds of billions of daily transactions • Drive automation and infrastructure-as-code practices to improve operational efficiency • Improve observability, monitoring, and alerting across critical production systems • Perform performance analysis and system tuning across Linux, networking, and application layers • Lead incident investigation, root cause analysis, and reliability improvements • Ensure security, resiliency, and scalability across infrastructure and services • Partner with software engineering teams to improve system reliability and deployment processes • Participate in an on-call rotation supporting production systems