Paris, Île-de-France, France Remote (City) Employment

Voodoo is hiring a Backend Engineer

About the Role

Voodoo is hiring a Backend Engineer for BeReal, focused on scaling the app to support hundreds of millions of users. You will tackle complex technical challenges from massive user spikes and help evolve a robust, high-scale architecture that fosters genuine connections.

What You'll Do

  • Tackle technical challenges from spikes of millions of users connecting within a 2-minute window.
  • Contribute to developing a robust architecture capable of supporting massive scale.
  • Collaborate with product and engineering teams to create new features for the app.
  • Analyze trade-offs and address technical challenges related to key backend components.
  • Participate in code and design reviews.

What We're Looking For

  • 8+ years of experience working on API on distributed architecture.
  • Proven experience in Go and developing high volume API microservices.
  • Self-reliant with prior experience in a startup or similar environment.
  • Proficient in English.
  • Master's degree in computer science or a related field.

Technical Stack

  • Cloud: GCP, Kubernetes, Pub/Sub
  • CI/CD: GitHub actions, ArgoCD
  • Backend: Go, Node.js (NestJS, Nx, Typescript)
  • Mobile: Swift (iOS), Kotlin (Android)
  • Data: Spanner, PostgreSQL, Redis

Team & Environment

You will join an international team of 60+ people, working in small, generalist teams with high autonomy.

Benefits & Compensation

  • Competitive salary upon experience.
  • Swile Lunch voucher.
  • Gymlib (100% borne by Voodoo).
  • Premium healthcare coverage SideCare, for your family is 100% borne by Voodoo.
  • Wellness activities in our Paris office.

Work Mode

This position is based in Paris.

Required Skills
GoNode.jsNestJSTypescriptGCPKubernetesPub/SubAPImicroservicesdistributed architectureSpannerSwiftKotlin
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Voodoo

Voodoo is a tech company that creates mobile games and apps with a mission to entertain the world. It is the #3 mobile publisher worldwide in terms of downloads after Google and Meta, with 7 billion downloads and over 200 million active users.

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Job Details
Department Software Development
Category backend
Posted 14 days ago