Senior Backend Engineer (Golang) - Castle Busters
Voodoo · Remote · Paris · Warsaw · Lisboa · Berlin · Amsterdam · Milan · Krakow · Barcelona ·
COMPENSATION
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- Senior Backend Engineer
- Golang + SQL/NoSQL
- Fully remote or Paris
- High-scale gaming systems
- Server-authoritative logic
Join the team behind Castle Busters, a high-potential turn-based multiplayer title moving toward competitive play. You will shift authority from client devices to the server, ensuring trusted game states for PvP matches while collaborating closely with designers and client engineers.
You will leverage Voodoo’s shared gaming backend platform, contributing to the architecture that powers millions of users. This role offers the ownership of a dedicated game engineer backed by the scale and support of a battle-tested infrastructure.
What you'll do
- Migrate game logic from client to server for competitive integrity
- Build server-side validation for economy, progression, and rewards
- Design APIs and player-state management for Unity client integration
- Define the split of responsibilities between client and server
- Contribute to the shared gaming backend platform architecture
What you'll need
- At least 7 years of backend development experience
- Professional Golang experience of at least one year
- Strong mastery of both SQL and NoSQL databases
- Background in building and maintaining high-scale systems
- Solid understanding of Unix-like operating environments
- Experience working in cross-functional agile teams
- Proven ability to solve complex scalability and performance issues
Nice to have
- Deep interest in game development
Stack
- Golang
- SQL
- NoSQL
- Unity
How you'll work
- Position based in Paris or fully remote
- Part of a newly established internal studio
What you get
- Best-in-class compensation package
- Additional benefits tailored to country of residence