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
The Engineering & Data team builds innovative tech products and platforms to support the impressive growth of their gaming and consumer apps which allow Voodoo to stay at the forefront of the mobile industry. The Engineering & Data team plays a key role in Voodoo’s long-term strategy. It enables Voodoo to both accelerate product diversification and provide a state of the art growth-engine to distribute and scale our games. They create innovative solutions that drive growth with a pragmatic approach, ranging from simple searching to complex machine learning systems.
Game Tech Platform is focused on building shared tech for Voodoo’s studios so they can focus on what they do best: game development. After building a best-in-class Experimentation Platform and IAP validation service, we are now spearheading initiatives in LiveOps and User Segmentation for millions of players.
This position can be onsite or hybrid (with a minimum of 2-3 days onsite/week).
Role:
We are looking for a Backend engineer who is deeply passionate about building scalable, high-performance systems and who is constantly driving themselves and the team towards completing the next challenge. By joining this team, you will have a strong impact on the business and a unique opportunity to reach hundreds of millions of users with your work.
Design & build business-focused backend applications in a cutting-edge and evolving environmentParticipate in the business strategy and vision and consistently deliver innovative solutions to our business teamsDemonstrate technical excellence, help define best practices, test and build the product everyone will desireDemonstrate ownership: capacity to be autonomous, innovative, and creative.Evolve a frontend application to allow internal customers to configure new features releasedProfile
Extensive professional experience as a Backend Developer (5 years minimum not including internships)Extensive proven track record of successful product development such as web applications (mobile and/or desktop) that provide high value to internal/B2B/B2C end-usersExcellent organizational and communication skillsPragmatic, adaptable, and result-oriented with a problem-solving approachAbility to deliver in a fast-paced environment and deal with changeMUST Have
Strong experience in a Object Oriented or Functional programing languageStrong experience working with NoSQL and SQL databasesStrong experience dealing with web back-end complex topics, for example, breaking down a monolith into microservices, building a brand new system from scratch, building a rule-based engine with complex business rules, handling integrations with complex 3rd partiesExperience working with a cloud provider such as AWS, GCP or AzureExperience implementing automated testsExperience with highly available systems on scaleBasic DevOps skills for maintaining web application environments: Docker, Git, CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes
Nice to Have
Experience with infrastructure as a codeFamiliarity with principles such as Domain-Driven Design (DDD) or clean architectureFamiliarity with asynchronous programmingFamiliarity with A/B testing approachesExperience maintaining frontend web applications using a javascript frameworkExperience in the Gaming industryOur Stack
NodeJS ⧫ Javascript/TypeScript ⧫ DynamoDB ⧫ PostgreSQL ⧫ AWS ⧫ Kubernetes ⧫ CircleCI ⧫ Terraform ⧫ Prometheus ⧫ Grafana ⧫ VueJS ⧫Benefits
Competitive salary upon experienceComprehensive relocation package (including visa support)Swile Lunch voucherGymlib (100% borne by Voodoo)Premium healthcare coverage SideCare, for your family is 100% borne by VoodooChild day care facilities (Les Petits Chaperons rouges)Wellness activities in our Paris officeUnlimited vacation policyRemote days
