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As a global leader in interactive entertainment and a proud label of Take-Two Interactive, our games have been downloaded over 6 billion times-connecting players in 175+ countries through fun, strategy, and a little friendly competition.\nFrom thrilling casino spins to epic strategy battles, mind-bending puzzles, and social word challenges, our diverse game portfolio has something for everyone. Fan-favorites and latest hits include FarmVille™, Words With Friends™, Zynga Poker™, Game of Thrones Slots Casino™, Wizard of Oz Slots™, Hit it Rich! Slots™, Wonka Slots™, Top Eleven™, Toon Blast™, Empires & Puzzles™, Merge Dragons!™, CSR Racing™, Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells™, Match Factory™, and Color Block Jam™-plus many more!\nFounded in 2007 and headquartered in California, our teams span North America, Europe, and Asia, working together to craft unforgettable gaming experiences. 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.\nJoin us and be part of the play!\nPosition Overview: \nTo strengthen our current and future game developments, we are looking for an experienced Senior Technical Artist to join a specialized technical team focused on prototyping and creating \"new games\" using AI. You should have the technical skills to implement the tools and solutions our projects need, while also being able to communicate effectively with different project teams, artists, and programmers.\nYour primary objective is to reinvent mobile game development pipelines by capitalizing as much as possible on current AI tools.\nWhat You'll Do:\nAct as a \"one-man army\" across various disciplines (2D, 3D, animation, UI) to rapidly build and test prototypes.\n\nReinvent traditional art workflows by evaluating and integrating state-of-the-art AI tools to maximize production efficiency.\n\nMediate between different departments to ensure smooth and efficient asset integration for AI-driven prototypes.\n\nAchieve and maintain efficient art pipelines that are consistent across our projects, addressing the needs of the games in development.\n\nParticipate in the development of tools and solutions for our artists.\n\nTeaching and documenting pipelines and best practices.\n\nWhat You Bring:\nAt least 5 years of experience working as a Technical Artist or equivalent role\n\nStrong familiarity and applied experience with current AI tools and workflows (LLMs, Claude, Cursor, AI-assisted coding tools).\n\nPrevious experience and knowledge in mobile game development across multiple disciplines (2D, 3D, Animation, UI).\n\nExperience prototyping with HTML+CSS+Javascript (via AI) and/or Unity engine (C#).\n\nWorking knowledge of scripting languages (like Python) for developing AI automation tools.\n\nDeep understanding of 2D/3D game asset pipelines.\n\nOptimization techniques for mobile.\n\nA resourceful problem-solver mindset.\n\nExcellent communication skills.\n\nCreativity, curiosity, and passion!\n\nBonus Points:\nExperience with ComfyUI or similar generative AI workflows is highly valued.\n\nShader knowledge of CG, HLSL or Shader Graph.\n\nVFX knowledge.\n\nSpine2D knowledge.\n\nBasic 3D modelling skills (3dsmax and/or blender).\n\nWhat We Offer You:\nZynga 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\nThe pay range for this position in Ontario at the start of employment is expected to be between $99,800 and $147,680 CAD 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.The use of Artificial Intelligence is not being used to screen candidates. The position is for an existing vacancy.\nPlease note that Zynga is unable to provide visa sponsorship or assistance for this position. All candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without requiring current or future employer sponsorship.\nWe 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.\nAs 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  to request any accommodations or for support related to your application for an open position.\nPlease 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, take2games.com, naturalmotion.com, smallgiantgames.com, themavens.com, gram.gs email domain).","description_format":"text","description_chars":6871,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Equity","Insurance coverage","Life insurance"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Game Development","Mobile Games"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-28T21:40:03Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":79,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.874,"p_room":0.9,"age_days":21,"expected_fill_days":57,"reasons":["conf:2","velocity","win:mid"],"computed_at":"2026-10-20T05:45:00Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":103638,"is_top_pay":false},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/zynga-senior-technical-artist","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/zynga-senior-technical-artist.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-20T18:29:18Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":21315,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-21T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1549},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1549"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fzynga-senior-technical-artist"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fzynga-senior-technical-artist"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fzynga-senior-technical-artist"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/zynga-senior-technical-artist\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fzynga-senior-technical-artist"}]}