Technical Director - New Games

Voodoo; Lisboa; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Best-in-class compensation

Relocation support

Job summary

Voodoo is seeking a Technical Lead to spearhead the creation of a new puzzle game studio. You will design the technical foundations, oversee the end-to-end build, and drive scalable engineering practices while collaborating with product leadership on the roadmap and launches.

You will balance hands-on coding with leadership, recruit and mentor engineers, and help shape strategy for a studio aiming to entertain millions with new hit games.

Qualifications

• 3+ years as Technical Director or Lead on casual games.
• 5+ years professional Unity experience.
• Proven track record in top-tier mobile casual games (new and live).
• Experience in growing and leading engineering teams.
• Creative, innovative, strong problem-solving, and excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the General Manager to structure, recruit, and onboard the technical team.
• Define technical foundations for a new puzzle game from prototype to worldwide launch (switcher engine, level editor, live ops).
• Establish engineering craft practices, rituals, and collaboration processes.
• Develop long-term technical strategy ensuring scalability for team and game, aligned with product studio strategy.
• Collaborate with product leadership on roadmap, rollouts, and adoption strategies.
• Engage in hands-on coding when needed, delivering new features and iterating from player feedback.

Skills

Technical leadership

Team management

Communication

Problem solving

Hands-on coding

Unity

Game development

Tools

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.

This position is Paris-based, Istanbul-based or Lisbon-based, with relocation support available.

Team

We are seeking a talented Technical Lead to lead our team in creating our next casual hit. This unique opportunity involves defining and building the foundation of a new puzzle game studio from the ground up, covering technical, operational, and strategic aspects:

• Partner with the General Manager to structure, recruit, and onboard the technical team
• Define and establish the technical foundations for a new puzzle game, addressing all aspects from prototype to worldwide launch, including the creation of the switcher engine, level editor, and future live operations
• Develop and implement ways of working for the engineering craft, including technical practices, team rituals, and collaboration processes
• Define an execute the long-term technical strategy for the studio, ensuring scalability for both the team and the game, in alignment with the overall product and studio strategy
• Work with product leadership on roadmap, rollouts, and adoption strategies
• Engage in hands‑on coding when needed, building new features and iterating rapidly based on player feedback and market testing
• Monitor the health of the product, guiding the technical team to continuously enhance product quality and address issues promptly
• Help the General Manager and other Leads manage the studio, contributing to its strategy, operations, and people management, always fostering a culture of innovation and creativity

With this role, you will have a strong impact on the company by contributing daily to important decisions with a multidisciplinary team of passionate and talented people working on one of the most successful Voodoo games. 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 our hit games.

Profile

• 3 years of experience as a Technical Director or Technical Lead on casual games
• At least 5+ years of professional experience with Unity
• Successful track record in top‑tier mobile casual games, with experience in both new and live game development
• Experience in creating, growing, and leading engineering teams
• A creative and innovative mindset with strong problem‑solving skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Comfortable switching from management work to hands‑on coding as needed
• Experience with backend development or client‑server interactions
• Extremely passionate about casual games and driven to create a new hit
• Entrepreneurial mindset, enthusiastic about building new things from the ground up

Benefits

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