Zynga: Creator of Mafia Wars, Farmville Lands in India Date:   Tuesday , March 02, 2010 Zynga, the developer of the popular social networking games like Farmville and Mafia Wars, which started two years back, has now decided to open its first office outside the US in Bangalore. Zynga currently has 700 employees in the US and has planned to hire 100 in India. Zynga India is looking to hire computer scientists and engineers who are experienced in building scalable infrastructure to handle more than 70 million daily active users. “We are excited to be launching the first international facility for Zynga and will be focused on hiring about 100 of the best and brightest over the next year,” says Shan Kadavil, Country Manager, Zynga India. “Our focus will be on building the next generation infrastructure that can handle the tremendous growth of Zynga games.” By setting up a center in India, Zynga has opened new opportunities for developers and engineers in the country to be part of the rapidly expanding social network games platform.