Senior Python Backend Engineer for Real-Money Gaming

Voodoo; Paris; Sur place; Plein temps

Description du poste

Overview

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
Blitz is a leading real-money mobile gaming platform where players compete in skill-based games for cash prizes. Our ecosystem includes flagship titles like Blitz Win Cash, alongside Rush Arena and Bingo Win Cash. Every day, hundreds of thousands of players compete on Blitz, with over $1M in prizes distributed daily across the platform. Built for both casual and competitive mobile gamers, Blitz combines accessible gameplay, high-performing live operations, and a creator-native approach to entertainment. Blitz is part of the Voodoo group, a global leader of mobile entertainment.

Role

We are looking for a talented Senior Backend Engineer (Python) who will play a key role in the development of Blitz, our real-money gaming platform.

• Design and implement services that plug and play with the existing microservice ecosystem
• Contribute to choice of the technology stack and observe best practices for reliability and availability
• Explore and solve open-ended problems that span across the back-end and infrastructure

Profile

• Excellent back-end programming skills with 6+ years of experience
• Experience with Python is mandatory
• A good understanding of the basics of algorithms and databases; experience writing production-grade systems in Python
• Experience with microservice architecture and highly distributed systems
• Write readable, maintainable, and testable code
• Experience with any cloud infrastructure provider (AWS, GCP, etc.)
• The willingness to learn and evolve
• Nice to have :
• Experience with Payment Services Providers
• Knowledge of frontend development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and frameworks associated (Bootstrap, JQuery, Vue.js, …)
• Knowledge of Kubernetes and Terraform
• Startup/scaleup/tech/app environment is a plus

Our Stack

• Programming Languages: Python, bash
• Databases: AWS DynamoDB, MongoDB, AWS Timestream, Redis, PostgreSQL
• AWS Cloud Services: S3, SNS, SQS, Lambda, EKS
• CI/CD: Kubernetes, Docker, argocd
• Monitoring and Alerting: Prometheus, Grafana
• Productivity: Trello, Slack, Notion, Discord, GDrive

Benefits

• Competitive salary upon experience
• Swile Lunch voucher
• Gymlib (100% borne by Voodoo)
• Premium healthcare coverage SideCare, for your family 100% borne by Voodoo
• Wellness activities in our Paris office