Technical Director - New Games

Posted 12 Days Ago
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Paris, Île-de-France
In-Office
Senior level
Gaming • Mobile
The Role
Lead the creation and development of a new puzzle game studio, overseeing technical foundation, team management, and hands-on coding as needed.
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About Voodoo

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 is Paris-based, with relocation support available.

Team

We are seeking a talented Technical Lead to lead our team in creating our next casual hit. This unique opportunity involves defining and building the foundation of a new puzzle game studio from the ground up, covering technical, operational, and strategic aspects:

  • Partner with the General Manager to structure, recruit, and onboard the technical team

  • Define and establish the technical foundations for a new puzzle game, addressing all aspects from prototype to worldwide launch, including the creation of the switcher engine, level editor, and future live operations

  • Develop and implement ways of working for the engineering craft, including technical practices, team rituals, and collaboration processes

  • Define an execute the long-term technical strategy for the studio, ensuring scalability for both the team and the game, in alignment with the overall product and studio strategy

  • Work with product leadership on roadmap, rollouts, and adoption strategies

  • Engage in hands-on coding when needed, building new features and iterating rapidly based on player feedback and market testing

  • Monitor the health of the product, guiding the technical team to continuously enhance product quality and address issues promptly

  • Help the General Manager and other Leads manage the studio, contributing to its strategy, operations, and people management, always fostering a culture of innovation and creativity


With this role, you will have a strong impact on the company by contributing daily to important decisions with a multidisciplinary team of passionate and talented people working on one of the most successful Voodoo games. 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 our hit games.

Profile
  • 3 years of experience as a Technical Director or Technical Lead on casual games

  • At least 5+ years of professional experience with Unity

  • Successful track record in top-tier mobile casual games, with experience in both new and live game development

  • Experience in creating, growing, and leading engineering teams

  • A creative and innovative mindset with strong problem-solving skills

  • Excellent communication skills

  • Comfortable switching from management work to hands-on coding as needed

  • Experience with backend development or client-server interactions

  • Extremely passionate about casual games and driven to create a new hit

  • Entrepreneurial mindset, enthusiastic about building new things from the ground up

Benefits
  • Best-in-class compensation

  • Other benefits according to the country you reside

Top Skills

Backend Development
Unity
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The Company
HQ: Paris
583 Employees
Year Founded: 2013

What We Do

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.

Entertain the world with us
voodoo.io/careers/jobs

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