Senior Game Developer (Game Feel, UI, Animations, VFX) - Paper.io2

Voodoo
Regional
Remote

Who this role is best for

Senior developers with expertise in UI, animations, and VFX in the casual mobile game domain will find this role's emphasis on innovation and polish appealing, especially with the option to work remotely within CET +/-2h.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 5+ years of C# and Unity experience in mobile game development
    — “5+ years of professional experience in C# and Unity”
  • Individuals who excel in specialized areas like animation or performance optimization
    — “Exceptional expertise in a specialized area (e.g., animation, particle systems, shaders, architecture, performance optimization or networking) is a major plus”
  • Developers who thrive in a multidisciplinary team and contribute to high-impact decisions
    — “contribute daily to important decisions with a senior, multidisciplinary team of passionate and talented people”

Things to consider

  • This role requires a candidate to be comfortable with global collaboration and time zone alignment
    — “This position can be fully remote within CET +/-2h”
  • The team is small and values maintaining high standards while scaling
    — “we intend to grow while maintaining our high standards”

How to stand out

  • Emphasize specific contributions to UI/Animations/VFX in your resume and portfolio
    — “Develop client-facing features, with a focus on UI, Animations & polish”
  • Showcase your ability to refine existing systems and improve core gameplay
    — “Work on core gameplay improvements”
  • Demonstrate a track record of delivering successful mobile game features
    — “Proven track record in successful mobile game development”
  • Highlight your creative process and how you adapt features based on player feedback
    — “flesh out the details of a game's design, oversee its testing, and revise the game in response to player feedback”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • Develop client-facing features with a focus on UI, Animations & polish
  • Work on core gameplay improvements
  • Develop new meta features
Typical background
5+ years of professional experience in C# and UnityProven track record in successful mobile game development

Skills & requirements

Required

Unity DevelopmentC#Mobile Game DevelopmentGame FeelUI DevelopmentAnimation

Preferred

Particle SystemsShadersPerformance OptimizationNetworking

Stack & domain

C#UnityAnimationParticle SystemsShadersArchitecturePerformance OptimizationNetworkingProblem SolvingCreativityTeamworkAttention To DetailGame DevelopmentMobile GamesCasual Games

About the role

Original posting from Voodoo via Ashby

ABOUT VOODOO

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.

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

TEAM

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 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.voodoo.paper2&hl=en_US.

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.

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.

  • 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.

PROFILE

  • 5+ years of professional experience in C# and Unity
  • Proven track record in successful mobile game development
  • Exceptional expertise in a specialized area (e.g., animation, particle systems, shaders, architecture, performance optimization or networking) is a major plus
  • 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

BENEFITS

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

Source: Voodoo careers (Ashby)

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