Lead Game Developer - Paper.io 2

2 Months ago • 7 Years + • Game Design

Job Summary

Job Description

Voodoo seeks a Lead Game Developer for Paper.io 2 to innovate gameplay features and contribute to the technical vision. Responsibilities include defining and driving the technical direction, mentoring senior developers, ensuring code quality, implementing robust development standards, writing efficient code for millions of users, supporting feature development with innovative ideas, and actively contributing to crucial company decisions. The role involves fleshing out game design details, overseeing testing, and revising based on player feedback. The ideal candidate is a creative problem-solver with advanced Unity skills (7+ years), expertise in complex gameplay mechanics, AI, and performance optimization, and a proven track record of successful mobile games.
Must have:
  • Advanced Unity knowledge (7+ years)
  • Experience with complex gameplay mechanics, AI
  • Performance optimization skills
  • Experience with successful mobile games
Good to have:
  • CI/CD pipeline experience
  • A/B testing experience
  • Experience with analytics-driven development

Job Details

Founded in 2013, Voodoo is a tech company that creates mobile games and apps with a mission to entertain the world. Gathering 800 employees, 7 billion downloads, and over 200 million active users, Voodoo is the #3 mobile publisher worldwide in terms of downloads after Google and Meta. Our portfolio includes chart-topping games like Mob Control and Block Jam, alongside popular apps such as BeReal and Wizz.

This position can be Paris-based,  Amsterdam-based, or fully remote within CET +/-2h.

Team

Our Gaming team is made up of hybrid-casual, casual, and mid-core experts. Our 'Core' games team supports internal and external studios worldwide in creating, developing, and launching new hit games, whilst our 'Live' games team focuses on delivering higher engagement on our existing and successful games.

Joining our Live games team means collaborating with gaming industry experts on globally renowned, enduring games while embracing exciting new entrepreneurial ventures. With over seven billion downloads worldwide and a portfolio of more than 10 resilient hybrid games generating more than $20m per year, we are the world's largest and most successful hybrid publisher.

Voodoo is creating a small experimentation team with a big mission: find the next best way to entertain the world by taking our best hits to a new level. You will join a team that is growing but still small, composed of veterans from the industry, where you will participate in every aspect of development, from ideation to testing the casual games in the market.
You will be joining one of our Live Studios, working on Paper.io 2.

Role

We are looking for a talented Lead Game Developer with a good understanding of the casual mobile game market to help the team deliver fun, innovative, and entertaining features. You will take an innovative approach to gameplay ideas/features and give them their own spin.

    • Create innovative features
    • Define and drive the technical vision, ensuring alignment with business goals 
    • Mentor & collaborate with our team of senior developers 
    • Ensure high code quality and stability, implementing robust development standards and best practices
    • Write robust code to be used by millions of users
    • Support and contribute new ideas to game features

    • With this role, you will have a strong impact on the company by contributing daily to important decisions with a senior, multidisciplinary team of passionate and talented people.  Flesh out the details of a game's design, oversee its testing, and revise the game in response to player feedback. Thanks to your creativity and your teamwork, let’s entertain millions of people with your hit games.

Profile

    • A creative and hacker mindset
    • Advanced Unity knowledge (7y+) including scripting in C#, UI systems, physics, animation, particle systems, etc.
    • Experience in complex gameplay mechanics, AI systems, and custom tools development
    • Skilled in identifying performance bottlenecks and implementing optimizations, with a strong focus on memory management, frame rate stability, and reducing load times
    • A previous experience with CI/CD pipelines would be a plus
    • Experience with analytics-driven development and A/B testing in live games
    • Good sense of gameplay experience and special attention to details
    • Speak and write English
    • Track record with successful mobile games
    • Professional game development experience
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About The Company

Voodoo is a tech company that creates mobile games and apps. With 7 billion downloads and over 150 million monthly active users, Voodoo is the #3 mobile publisher worldwide in terms of downloads after Google and Meta.


The company is one of the most impressive examples of hypergrowth in the ecosystem, having raised over $1B and backed by Goldman Sachs, Tencent, and GBL.


Voodoo is now a team of over 750 employees worldwide, we’re looking for talented individuals from across the globe to join.


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