Voodoo

Senior Backend Engineer (Golang) - Draft Showdown

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1 month ago
Paris, FranceSenior

Responsibilities

  • Build server-side validation for currency, card upgrades, chest openings, progression, economy, and rewards.
  • Move competitive game features toward trusted server authority and centralized game state.
  • Implement and improve matchmaking and cheat-detection safeguards for deterministic lockstep PvP.
  • Design APIs and player-state management for Unity client integration.
  • Collaborate with client engineers and game designers from feature design through delivery, validation, and iteration.
  • Contribute to Voodoo’s shared gaming backend platform and build scalable systems for millions of users.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of backend development experience.
  • Strong computer science fundamentals and a strong background in high-scale systems.
  • At least 1 year of professional experience with extreme fluency in Golang.
  • Mastery of SQL and NoSQL.
  • Understanding of Unix-like environments.
  • Experience working in cross-functional agile teams.
  • Strong analytical, scalability, performance, integration, communication, and stakeholder-influencing skills.
  • Ability to work autonomously and self-sufficiently.
  • A deep interest in game development is a plus.
  • Based in or willing to relocate to Paris.

Benefits

  • Best-in-class compensation.
  • Benefits according to the country of residence.
  • Paris-based position with relocation support available.

Tech Stack

GoSQLUnity

Categories

BackendGaming
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About Voodoo

501-1,000 employees
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