Voodoo
Senior/Staff Backend Engineer - Golang
RemoteParis, Île-de-France, FranceB2CPlatformAI/ML
Our Take
Build scalable backend platforms for Voodoo's hit mobile games, reaching millions daily.
What you’ll do
- Work on gaming backend platform
- Collaborate with game teams
- Design and code backend features
- Integrate with client-side
- Scale platform for new titles
What they’re looking for
- 5-7+ years backend development
- Strong Golang fluency
- Mastery of SQL and NoSQL
- Background in high-scale systems
- Understanding of Unix-like environments
What you get
- Competitive salary
- Swile lunch voucher
- Gymlib membership
- Premium healthcare coverage
- Wellness activities
Skills & Focus Areas
- Golang
- SQL
- NoSQL
- backend development
- API design
- infrastructure
- agile
As posted by Voodoo
About Voodoo
Founded in 2013, Voodoo is a tech company that creates mobile games and apps with a mission to entertain the world. Gathering 800 employees, 7 billion downloads, and over 200 million active users, Voodoo is the #3 mobile publisher worldwide in terms of downloads after Google and Meta. Our portfolio includes chart-topping games like Mob Control and Block Jam, alongside popular apps such as BeReal and Wizz.
Team
You will be a part of a team of 5 engineers, working on the gaming backend platform. This team collaborates closely with all departments of the company, including Core Gaming, Live Gaming and Engineering & Data.
Our 'Core' games team supports internal and external studios worldwide in creating, developing, and launching new hit games, whilst our 'Live' games team focuses on delivering higher engagement on our existing and successful games. The Engineering & Data team builds innovative tech products and platforms to support the growth of their gaming and consumer apps.
This team is a crucial part of Voodoo’s transition from Hyper-Casual games to Hybrid, Casual & Mid-Core. The backend platform has helped big titles like Mob Control & Marble sort & castle busters achieve amazing growth. In the next phase of evolution, we want to scale this platform to our upcoming promising titles. The objective is to scale the most common features as well as develop new features based on studios'.
This position can be fully remote in any EU country.
Role
You will work on the backend platform supporting highly scalable mobile games, played by millions of people every day. You will work closely with client-developers & game designers starting from feature design to delivery, validation, and iteration.
The responsibilities are cross-functional, ranging from infrastructure, API design & coding all the way to client-side integration (we are using Golang). To succeed in this role, you will need to have passion for everything you do. You love to write code that scales to millions of users, are skilled at requirements gathering, champion new tech initiatives & leverage existing solutions.
5+ years of backend development experience
Strong knowledge of computer science fundamentals
Extreme fluency in Golang
Mastery of SQL and NoSQL
Background in high-scale systems
Understanding of Unix-like environments
Experience working in cross-functional agile teams
Profile
Strong analytical skills with a track record of solving complex problems related to scalability, performance, and integration in high-stakes environments.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, capable of influencing teams and interfacing effectively with various stakeholders.
Ability to be self sufficient and work autonomously.
A deep interest in game development is a plus.
Benefits
Competitive salary based on experience
Swile Lunch voucher
Gymlib (100% covered by Voodoo)
Premium healthcare coverage with SideCare, 100% covered for you and your family
Wellness activities in our Paris office