Lead Game Developer - Woodturning

Voodoo

2d•Remote

About The Position

Voodoo is a consumer tech company founded in Paris in 2013 with the mission to entertain the world. With over 1,000 employees, Voodoo generates over $1 billion in annual revenue and has achieved over 7 billion downloads across its games and apps, reaching over 200 million active users monthly. The Gaming team at Voodoo consists of experts in hybrid-casual, casual, and mid-core games. The 'Core' games team supports studios globally in creating and launching new games, while the 'Live' games team focuses on enhancing engagement for existing successful titles. Voodoo is expanding one of its new studios with the goal of finding new ways to entertain the world by elevating its best-performing games. The Lead Game Developer will join a small, growing team of industry veterans, participating in all aspects of development for refreshing and expanding the legacy game 'Woodturning'. This successful game has millions of downloads, and the team aims to build on this momentum for significant growth, similar to past successes like Paper.io 2 and Hole.io.

Requirements

A creative and hacker mindset
Good sense of gameplay experience and special attention to details
At least 5 years of professional experience on Unity
Technical Leadership experience
Successful track record in top-tier mobile games
Familiar with optimization issues
Comfortable with full-remote environment
Experienced with AI-supported development

Responsibilities

Engage in hands-on coding, creating innovative features played by millions of users
Plan the evolution of the client technology, according to game vision and needs from product, design and art
Manage the development cycle with support from teammates, identifying the engineering tasks and processes needed to execute the roadmap
Partner with the General Manager in taking responsibility for technical team structure, recruitment and onboarding
Guarantee the game is being built with high standards and solid coding practices, targeting long-term quality and a high development pace
Monitor product health, working with central teams to always increase product quality, making sure that issues are addressed on time
Deconstruct, analyze and adapt mobile game mechanics
Work with product leadership on roadmap, rollouts and adoption
Provide technical leadership for the team
Flesh out the details of a game's design, oversee its testing and revise the game in response to player feedback