Senior/Staff Backend Engineer - Golang

Voodoo SAS

Job Overview

Location

Paris

Job Type

Full-time

Full Job Description

📋 Description

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services in Golang that support mobile games with millions of daily active users.
• Collaborate with client developers and game designers from initial feature conception through deployment, validation, and iterative improvement.
• Build and optimize APIs and infrastructure components that power core and live gaming platforms used by internal and external studios worldwide.
• Work on high-scale systems handling massive concurrent requests, ensuring low latency, high availability, and fault tolerance.
• Integrate backend services with client-side applications, ensuring seamless data flow and performance across mobile platforms.
• Apply deep expertise in SQL and NoSQL databases to design efficient data models and query patterns for gaming workloads.
• Participate in cross-functional agile teams, contributing to sprint planning, code reviews, and technical decision-making.
• Champion new technological initiatives while leveraging existing platforms to accelerate development and reduce technical debt.
• Gather and translate complex requirements from game studios into technical specifications and scalable backend solutions.
• Troubleshoot and resolve performance bottlenecks, system failures, and integration issues in production environments.
• Maintain and improve Unix-like server environments, including containerization, orchestration, and monitoring tooling.
• Drive best practices in code quality, testing, documentation, and observability across the backend platform.
• Support the company’s strategic shift from hyper-casual to hybrid, casual, and mid-core gaming by scaling foundational backend systems.
• Work closely with the Engineering & Data team to build innovative platforms that enable rapid game development and user engagement growth.
• Contribute to the evolution of backend architecture supporting flagship titles such as Mob Control and Block Jam 3D.
• Ensure backend systems are resilient, secure, and capable of handling exponential user growth across global markets.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers within the 5-person backend team.
• Engage in on-call rotations to maintain system reliability and respond to critical incidents in real time.

🎯 Requirements

• 5–7+ years of backend development experience
• Extreme fluency in Golang
• Mastery of SQL and NoSQL databases
• Background in high-scale systems
• Understanding of Unix-like environments
• Experience working in cross-functional agile teams

🏖️ 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

Skills & Technologies

Backend

Senior

Remote

Degree Required

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About Voodoo SAS

Voodoo SAS is a French mobile game publisher and developer headquartered in Paris. Founded in 2013, the company creates and distributes free-to-play hyper-casual and hybrid-casual games for iOS and Android, including titles like Helix Jump and Paper.io. Voodoo operates worldwide studios and uses data-driven design to rapidly prototype and scale titles, generating revenue through in-app advertising and purchases.

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