Voodoo
Senior Backend Engineer (Python) - Blitz
1mo ago
EuropeSeniorRemotepythonmicroservices
Senior Backend Engineer (Python) role for developing Blitz real-money mobile gaming platform.
Conditions
- Competitive salary upon experience
- Swile Lunch voucher
- Gymlib (100% borne by Voodoo)
- Premium healthcare coverage SideCare, for your family 100% borne by Voodoo
- Wellness activities in our Paris office
Other
- 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.
- Blitz is a leading real-money mobile gaming platform where players compete in skill-based games for cash prizes. Our ecosystem includes flagship titles like Blitz Win Cash, alongside Rush Arena and Bingo Win Cash.
- Every day, hundreds of thousands of players compete on Blitz, with over $1M in prizes distributed daily across the platform. Built for both casual and competitive mobile gamers, Blitz combines accessible gameplay, high-performing live operations, and a creator-native approach to entertainment.
- Blitz is part of the Voodoo group, a global leader of mobile entertainment.
- We are looking for a talented Senior Backend Engineer (Python) who will play a key role in the development of Blitz, our real-money gaming platform.
- Design and implement services that plug and play with the existing microservice ecosystem
- Contribute to choice of the technology stack and observe best practices for reliability and availability
- Explore and solve open-ended problems that span across the back-end and infrastructure
- Excellent back-end programming skills with 6+ years of experience
- Experience with Python is mandatory
- A good understanding of the basics of algorithms and databases Experience writing production-grade systems in Python
- Experience with microservice architecture and highly distributed systems
- Write readable, maintainable, and testable code
- Experience with any cloud infrastructure provider (AWS, GCP, etc.)
- The willingness to learn and evolve
- Nice to have :
- Experience with Payment Services Providers
- Knowledge of frontend development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and frameworks associated (Bootstrap, JQuery, Vue.js , …)
- Knowledge of Kubernetes and Terraform
- Startup/scaleup/tech/app environment is a plus
- Programming Languages: Python, bash
- Databases: AWS DynamoDB, MongoDB, AWS Timestream, Redis, PostgreSQL
- AWS Cloud Services: S3, SNS, SQS, Lambda, EKS
- CI/CD: Kubernetes, Docker, argocd
- Monitoring and Alerting: Prometheus, Grafana
- Productivity: Trello, Slack, Notion, Discord, GDrive