Senior Backend Engineer (Golang) - Castle Busters

Voodoo
Paris, Warsaw, Portugal, Berlin, Amsterdam, Milan, Krakow, Barcelona
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 7+ yearsSkills: ["Golang","SQL","NoSQL","Unix"]

Design and build the server-side foundation for Castle Busters, moving from client-authoritative gameplay to a server-validated, competitive PvP experience. You will craft APIs, implement server-side validation for metagame economy, and collaborate with Unity client developers to ensure a scalable Golang backend powering millions of players.

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Senior Backend Engineer (Golang) - Castle Busters

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Job Summary

Design and build the server-side foundation for Castle Busters, moving from client-authoritative gameplay to a server-validated, competitive PvP experience. You will craft APIs, implement server-side validation for metagame economy, and collaborate with Unity client developers to ensure a scalable Golang backend powering millions of players.
Location: Paris, Warsaw, Portugal, Berlin, Amsterdam, Milan, Krakow, Barcelona
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •Build server-side validation for metagame—currency, card upgrades, chest opens, and progression—staged by risk, replicating economy and reward logic on the server.
  • •Move toward server authority for competitive features, where game state lives in one place and can be trusted.
  • •Design APIs and player-state management that the Unity client integrates against, and help shape how client and server split responsibilities.
  • •Collaborate with client developers and game designers from feature design through delivery, validation and iteration.
  • •Contribute to infrastructure, API design and coding, extending the shared backend platform built with Golang.

Key Requirements

  • •7+ years of backend development experience
  • •Extreme fluency in Golang
  • •Mastery of SQL and NoSQL
  • •Background in high-scale systems
  • •Understanding of Unix-like environments
Experience:7+ yearsGamingBackendServerMultiplayerHigh-scale
Skills:GolangSQLNoSQLUnix
Tech Stack:GolangSQLNoSQLUnixAPIsUnity

Company Brief

Voodoo
Develops and publishes hyper-casual mobile games and gaming platforms, focusing on viral, easy-to-play titles and data-driven optimization to reach global audiences across iOS and Android.
Industry: Gaming
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Headquarters: Paris, France
Founded: 2013
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