Gameplay & UI Developer - Paper.io2

Voodoo; Lisboa; Remote; EUR 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Best-in-class compensation

Country-specific benefits

Job summary

Voodoo is seeking a Senior Game Developer with strong C# and Unity experience to deliver engaging mobile game features. You will focus on UI, animations, gameplay improvements, and new meta features while collaborating with a tight, multidisciplinary Live Studio team.

You will contribute to shaping game design, testing, and iterations based on player feedback, maintaining high-quality standards across projects like Paper.io 2 which are central to our Live Studios portfolio.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience in C# and Unity.
• Proven track record in mobile game development.
• Exceptional expertise in a specialized area (e.g., animation, shaders, performance optimization or networking) is a major plus.
• Strong problem-solving skills with a focus on optimization and performance.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

Responsibilities

• Develop client-facing features with a focus on UI, animations and polish.
• Work on core gameplay improvements and new meta features.
• Enhance and refine existing game systems for Paper.io 2 Live Studio projects.
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to shape game design and testing.
• Contribute to decision-making processes and iterative game enhancements.

Skills

C#

Unity

Job description

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.

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.

This position can be fully remote within CET +/-2h.

Team

Our Gaming team is made up of hybrid-casual, casual, and mid-core experts. 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.

Joining our Live games team means collaborating with gaming industry experts on globally renowned, enduring games while embracing exciting new entrepreneurial ventures. With over seven billion downloads worldwide and a portfolio of more than 10 resilient hybrid games generating more than $20m per year, we are the world's largest and most successful hybrid publisher.

You will be joining one of our Live Studios, working on Paper.io 2.

With Paper.io 2, we're building an iconic game that players will never forget!

We're a small team of excellent people who take care of everything from ideas to testing, and we intend to grow while maintaining our high standards.

Role

We are looking for a talented Senior Game Developer with a good understanding of the casual mobile game market to help the team deliver fun, innovative, and entertaining features. You will take an innovative approach to gameplay ideas/features and give them their own spin.

• Responsibilities will align with your strengths
• Develop client-facing features, with a focus on UI, Animations & polish
• Work on core gameplay improvements
• Develop new meta features
• Enhance and refine existing systems

With this role, you will have a strong impact on the company by contributing daily to important decisions with a senior, multidisciplinary team of passionate and talented people. Flesh out the details of a game's design, oversee its testing, and revise the game in response to player feedback. Thanks to your creativity and your teamwork, let's entertain millions of people with your hit games.

Profile

• 5+ years of professional experience in C# and Unity
• Proven track record in successful mobile game development
• Exceptional expertise in a specialized area (e.g., animation, particle systems, shaders, architecture, performance optimization or networking) is a major plus
• Strong problem-solving skills with a focus on optimization and performance
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• A creative, hands-on developer with a passion for quality work

Benefits

• Best-in-class compensation
• Other benefits according to the country you reside