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Gameplay & UI Developer - Paper.io2

Remote, Barcelona·Full-time·Added 3 days ago (last checked 4 Nov)

Voodoo

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Our summary

Work mode: Remote (Barcelona)
Contract: Fixed-term, full-time hours
English: Required
Experience: 5+ years

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Skills

Requirements

What we're looking for

5+ years of professional experience in C# and Unity
Proven track record in successful mobile game development
Strong problem-solving skills with a focus on optimization and performance
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
A creative, hands-on developer with a passion for quality work
AI-first mindset: Comfortable using AI daily and building custom agents or reusable automations to speed up your work

Nice to have

Exceptional expertise in a specialized area (e.g., animation, particle systems, shaders, architecture, performance optimization or networking) is a major plus

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

Best-in-class compensation
Other benefits according to the country you reside

The role

We are looking for a talented Senior Game Developer with a good understanding of the casual mobile game market to help the team deliver fun, innovative, and entertaining features. You will take an innovative approach to gameplay ideas/features and give them their own spin.

What you'll do

Responsibilities will align with your strengths
Develop client-facing features, with a focus on UI, Animations & polish
Work on core gameplay improvements
Develop new meta features
Enhance and refine existing systems

With this role, you will have a strong impact on the company by contributing daily to important decisions with a senior, multidisciplinary team of passionate and talented people. 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 your hit games.

How you'll work

This position can be fully remote within CET +/-2h.

Hiring process

4 steps3 interviewsa task to doabout 4 weeks in all

Get to know us
With a recruiter or hiring manager
A conversation about the role, your skills and background.
Case study
A case study or skill test, evaluated with constructive feedback.
Q&A
With hiring team
Discussion of your case study, background and motivations with the hiring team.
Final interview
With senior leadership
Meeting with senior leadership to assess culture alignment and depth of expertise.

Case studies and skill tests are part of every process and come with constructive feedback.

About Voodoo

Voodoo is a leading French mobile gaming company and publisher, known for creating and scaling hyper-casual and hybrid-casual games that have been downloaded billions of times worldwide. With a portfolio including hits like Paper.io 2, Hole.io, and Mob Control, Voodoo has become one of the most influential players in the mobile gaming industry, combining data-driven publishing with a network of internal and external studios. The company operates globally with a strong presence in Europe, Asia, and North America, and continues to expand into midcore and casual gaming segments.

In Spain, Voodoo has established a significant hub, particularly in Barcelona, where it runs live operations and game development teams for its popular titles. The company is known for a fast-paced, creative, and data-centric culture, attracting international talent from around the world. For international professionals, Voodoo offers the opportunity to work on globally recognized games, with a collaborative environment that values innovation and player engagement. Their Spanish offices are part of a global network, making it an attractive destination for game developers, artists, and product leads looking to relocate to Spain.

Industry: Gaming
Founded: 2013
Employees: 500–1,000
Headquarters: Paris, France
In Spain: Barcelona

Good to know if you are moving

Voodoo has a significant office in Barcelona, Spain, which serves as a hub for game development and live operations.
The company offers a dynamic, data-driven work environment with a focus on rapid iteration and player engagement.
International hires can expect a multicultural team with English as a common working language.
Voodoo is known for its flat hierarchy and entrepreneurial culture, giving employees ownership over their projects.
The company provides opportunities to work on globally popular games with millions of players.

In their own words

About the company & team

Voodoo is a consumer tech company founded in Paris in 2013, with one mission: entertain the world. Today we are 1,000 people, generating $1b+ in annual revenue, profitably. Our games and apps have passed 7 billion downloads and reach 200 million+ active users every month, making Voodoo the #3 mobile publisher worldwide in downloads, after Google and Meta. We were backed by Goldman Sachs, Tencent and GBL along the way.

Our Gaming team is made up of hybrid-casual, casual, and mid-core experts. Our 'Core' games team supports internal and external studios worldwide in creating, developing, and launching new hit games, whilst our 'Live' games team focuses on delivering higher engagement on our existing and successful games.

Joining our Live games team means collaborating with gaming industry experts on globally renowned, enduring games while embracing exciting new entrepreneurial ventures. With over seven billion downloads worldwide and a portfolio of more than 10 resilient hybrid games generating more than $20m per year, we are the world's largest and most successful hybrid publisher.

You will be joining one of our Live Studios, working on Paper.io 2.

With Paper.io 2, we're building an iconic game that players will never forget!

We're a small team of excellent people who take care of everything from ideas to testing, and we intend to grow while maintaining our high standards.

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