Staff Backend Engineer – Golang

🕒 March 28

🇫🇷 France – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

🔙 Backend Engineer

👻 Ghost score 59%

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Voodoo

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501 - 1000 employees

🎮 Gaming

📱 Media

👥 B2C

Gaming • Media • B2C

Voodoo is a global tech company known for entertaining the world through its iconic apps and games. The company creates engaging puzzle and strategy games that are easy to pick up, yet challenging to master. With a focus on fun that meets real stakes, Voodoo turns favorite games into competitions with cash rewards. It boasts over 7 billion downloads and 200 million monthly active users, generating $600 million in revenue as of 2023. Voodoo empowers bold creators to bring their ideas to life, working alongside creative minds, content creators, and technical innovators to shape future hits.

📋 Description

• Work on the backend platform supporting highly scalable mobile games played by millions of people every day • Collaborate closely with client-developers and game designers from feature design through delivery, validation, and iteration • Handle cross-functional responsibilities spanning infrastructure, API design, coding, and client-side integration using Golang • Scale common platform features and develop new features based on studio needs • Gather requirements, champion new technology initiatives, and leverage existing solutions • Build code that scales to millions of users

🎯 Requirements

• 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 • 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 • Must live in an EU country

🏖️ 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