Senior Backend Engineer (Golang)

About the role

Voodoo is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join a newly established internal studio focused on scaling the turn-based multiplayer game Draft Showdown. You will design and build the server-side foundation to transition the game from client-authoritative to server-validated, ensuring competitive integrity. This role involves working closely with client developers and game designers to implement server-side logic for game state, matchmaking, and cheat detection.

Responsibilities

• Build server-side validation for the metagame including currency, card upgrades, and progression.
• Move toward server authority for competitive features to ensure game state is trusted.
• Implement and improve matchmaking and cheat detection safeguards for a deterministic lockstep PvP architecture.
• Design APIs and player-state management for integration with the Unity client.
• Collaborate with the wider backend team to contribute to and leverage Voodoo's shared gaming platform.

Required skills

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

Nice to have

• Game development

Qualifications

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

Benefits

• Relocation support

About the Company

Voodoo is a consumer tech company founded in Paris in 2013 with a mission to entertain the world. With 1,000 employees and over 7 billion downloads, it is a leading mobile publisher worldwide.