Senior Backend Engineer (Golang)

About the role

Voodoo is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join the Castle Busters team, a newly established internal studio. You will lead the transition of the game from client-authoritative to server-validated, designing and building the server-side foundation for competitive multiplayer features. This role offers the focus of a dedicated game engineer combined with the support of Voodoo's shared gaming backend platform.

Responsibilities

• Build server-side validation for the metagame including currency, card upgrades, chest opens, and progression.
• Move toward server authority for competitive features to ensure game state is trusted.
• Design APIs and player-state management for Unity client integration.
• Collaborate with client developers and game designers from feature design through delivery and iteration.
• Contribute to and leverage Voodoo's shared gaming backend platform.

Required skills

• Golang
• SQL
• NoSQL
• High-scale systems
• Unix
• API design

Nice to have

• Game development

Qualifications

• 7+ years of backend development experience
• Strong knowledge of computer science fundamentals

Benefits

• Best-in-class compensation

About the Company

Voodoo is a consumer tech company founded in Paris in 2013 with a mission to entertain the world. It is the #3 mobile publisher worldwide in downloads, with games and apps reaching over 200 million active users every month.