Staff Engineer

Summary

Join Voodoo, a leading mobile game publisher, as a Backend Engineer and contribute to the growth of our highly scalable gaming platform. You will be part of a collaborative team working on the backend infrastructure, API design, and client-side integration using Golang. This fully remote position, open to candidates within the European time zone, requires 7+ years of backend development experience, strong computer science fundamentals, and mastery of Golang, SQL, and NoSQL databases. You will collaborate closely with client developers and game designers throughout the development lifecycle. The role involves building custom features for individual or multiple games, ensuring scalability and performance for millions of daily users. A passion for coding, new technologies, and problem-solving is essential.

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

Responsibilities

• Work on the backend platform supporting highly scalable mobile games, played by millions of people every day
• Work closely with client-developers & game designers starting from feature design to delivery, validation, and iteration
• Handle responsibilities that are cross-functional, ranging from infrastructure, API design & coding all the way to client-side integration(we are using Golang)
• Write code that scales to millions of users
• Champion new tech initiatives & leverage existing solutions

Preferred Qualifications

A deep interest in game development

Benefits

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