Staff Engineer - Gaming Backend

As a Staff Engineer - Gaming Backend at Voodoo, you'll be responsible for developing and supporting high-scale backend platforms for our mobile games, including designing APIs and coding in Golang. You'll collaborate with client-developers and game designers through the entire process, from feature design to delivery and validation.

The Staff Engineer - Gaming Backend position at Voodoo requires at least 7 years of backend development experience, fluency in Golang, and mastery of SQL and NoSQL databases. Additionally, a strong understanding of computer science fundamentals and experience with high-scale systems are essential.

Yes! The Staff Engineer - Gaming Backend position at Voodoo is fully remote. You can work from anywhere within the European Time Zone (GMT+0 to GMT+2), allowing you the flexibility to manage your work-life balance effectively.

Important skills for a Staff Engineer - Gaming Backend at Voodoo include strong analytical problem-solving capabilities, excellent communication skills, a deep understanding of Unix-like environments, and the ability to work autonomously within cross-functional agile teams.

Voodoo offers best-in-class compensation and various benefits tailored to the country you reside in, ensuring that you feel valued and supported as part of our team.

When answering this question, highlight your specific projects where you used Golang, discussing the challenges faced and how you overcame them, emphasizing your understanding of its strengths in scalability and performance.

Provide a clear example from your past experience, detailing the steps you took, the tools and technologies you used, and the positive outcomes. This shows your problem-solving skills and your ability to work under pressure.

Discuss your understanding of RESTful design principles, how you focus on usability and maintainability, and the importance of thorough documentation. Mention any specific tools or methodologies you've used.

Share specific resources you follow, such as blogs, podcasts, or conferences, and explain how you apply new knowledge to your work, showcasing your commitment to continuous learning.

Describe your role in an agile team, including specific methodologies used (like Scrum or Kanban) and how you contributed to team goals, demonstrating your experience in collaborative environments.

Discuss the importance of aligning backend development with client requirements, outline the process you follow for integration, and cite any specific experiences you have in this area.

Explain your prioritization strategy, whether it's based on impact, urgency, or stakeholder input, and provide an example where your prioritization led to positive results in a project.

Mention specific metrics such as response time, error rates, and throughput, and explain how you use data to make informed decisions about optimization and scaling.

Cite a personal experience demonstrating your conflict resolution skills, emphasizing open communication, active listening, and a focus on collaboration to find solutions.

Explain the types of databases you've worked with, the specific use cases for each, and how you determine which database technology to leverage for different projects.