Staff Backend Engineer - Golang

Voodoo

Paris

Sur place

EUR 50 000 - 80 000

Plein temps

14 jours+

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Avantages offerts par ce poste

Competitive salary based on experience

Swile Lunch voucher

Gymlib (100% covered by Voodoo)

Premium healthcare coverage with SideCare

Wellness activities in our Paris office

Résumé du poste

A leading tech company is seeking an experienced backend developer to work on their mobile games backend platform. The role involves supporting the development of games played by millions and requires over 7 years of experience, particularly in Golang and high-scale systems. Candidates should have strong analytical skills and the ability to work autonomously. Competitive salary and benefits including premium healthcare and wellness activities are offered. This position is fully remote in any EU country.

Qualifications

7+ years of backend development experience.
Strong knowledge of computer science fundamentals.
Extreme fluency in Golang.

Responsabilités

Develop and maintain the backend platform for scalable mobile games.
Collaborate with client-developers and game designers from feature design to delivery.
Work on API design, coding, and client-side integration.

Connaissances

Backend development

Golang

SQL

NoSQL

Agile methodology

Cross-functional teamwork

Description du poste

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 & Block Jam 3D 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.

Qualifications

7+ 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