Senior Backend Engineer (Golang) - Paper.io2

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.

Team

Our Gaming team is made up of hybrid-casual, casual, and mid-core experts. Our 'Core' games team supports internal and external studios worldwide in creating, developing, and launching new hit games, whilst our 'Live' games team focuses on delivering higher engagement on our existing and successful games.

Joining our Live games team means collaborating with gaming industry experts on globally renowned, enduring games while embracing exciting new entrepreneurial ventures. With over seven billion downloads worldwide and a portfolio of more than 10 resilient hybrid games generating more than $20m per year, we are the world's largest and most successful hybrid publisher.

You will be joining one of our Live Studios, working on Paper.io 2.

With Paper.io2, we’re building an iconic game that players will never forget!

We're a small team of excellent people who take care of everything from ideas to testing, and we intend to grow while maintaining our high standards.

Over the next 1 to 2 years, we want to turn Paper.io2 from a successful casual game into a deeper, more competitive live game

The goal is to create a territory game where players can progress in their own way, compete meaningfully, and stay engaged over time

Backend will be key to support this vision through stronger progression, regular events, live operations, and scalable game systems

Role

You will work on the backend platform supporting highly scalable mobile games, played by millions of people every day.

You will work closely with client-developers & game designers starting from feature design to delivery, validation, and iteration.

The responsibilities are cross-functional, ranging from infrastructure, API design & coding all the way to client-side integration (we are using Golang).

To succeed in this role, you will need to have passion for everything you do. You love to write code that scales to millions of users, are skilled at requirements gathering, champion new tech initiatives & leverage existing solutions.

Profile

5+ 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.

Benefits

Best-in-class compensation

Other benefits according to the country you reside