QA Engineer - Puzzle & Midcore Games at Voodoo (Lisboa, Portugal)
Voodoo · Lisboa, Portugal·
Role details
Competitive Salary · Premium Healthcare (SideCare) · Swile Lunch Voucher · Gymlib · Wellness Activities · Child Daycare Facilities
Voodoo at a glance
A French mobile-entertainment company that develops and publishes mobile games and consumer apps (BeReal, Wizz) at massive scale.
Voodoo is a French mobile entertainment company that develops and publishes mobile games and consumer apps, and runs the growth, ad-network, and monetization infrastructure that turns their massive playtime into revenue. It works with thousands of external studios and owns apps including BeReal, Wizz, and Blitz.
$812M raised · latest: GBL minority stake (~16%) · €266M · 2021 (valued ~€1.7B) · backed by Goldman Sachs, Tencent, Groupe Bruxelles Lambert (GBL)
Summary
Lead quality assurance for a new internal studio developing Puzzle or Midcore games. Responsibilities include conducting comprehensive testing, minimizing defects, and collaborating with design and development teams to ensure game health and user experience.
Job description
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 Paper.io 2, alongside popular apps such as BeReal and Wizz.
This position is Paris or Lisbon based (we can provide relocation support).
TEAM
You will be an integral part of a newly established internal studio, a dynamic and focused team dedicated to one of our most promising prototype in scale (either Puzzle or Midcore). This studio is specifically chartered to improve this high-potential game up to the successful and market-ready title it is meant to become.
ROLE
As a Quality Assistance Engineer at Voodoo, you will lead our approach to maintain our game health and free of defects.
Together with the rest of the team, you will be in charge of testing the game and minimizing the number of defects in it:
- Conduct comprehensive testing of our mobile games to identify and document crucial defects, taking ownership of the entire QA process to assure quality and user experience
- Assist in creating processes and tools to improve the overall quality of the game
- Follow the technical KPIs of our live games and propose strategies to continuously improve them
- Coordinate closely with design and development teams, understanding game mechanics and providing essential feedback to improve and refine the product
- Prioritize and execute testing tasks efficiently at different development stages, aligning with project timelines and objectives while independently addressing and resolving issues found
- Foster an open feedback culture, actively participating in constructive dialogue with team members to facilitate collaboration and innovation
- Work with our central tech teams in quality-related initiatives.
PROFILE
- 3+ years as a QA Engineer in Mobile Games, demonstrating ownership and successful project completion
- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to take up tasks from start to finish with little assistance and identify and address issues independently and effectively
- Reliable self-starter and team player, capable of taking responsibility and contributing positively to team dynamics
- Passion for mobile games with insight into the player's perspective and expectations
- Proven experience using various testing tools and methodologies for mobile games
- Clear communication skills with the ability to articulate complex ideas to various stakeholders effectively
- Good understanding of Free-to-Play (F2P) games and game design principles and release management experience are a plus
- Fluent English (speaking and writing)
BENEFITS
- Competitive salary
- Premium healthcare (SideCare) for you and your family 100% borne by Voodoo
- Swile Lunch voucher
- Gymlib (100% borne by Voodoo)
- Wellness activities in our Paris office
- Child daycare facilities (Les Petits Chaperons rouges)
Why work at Voodoo
- Culture: Values include speed, risk-taking, direct feedback, fighting bureaucracy, high standards, ownership, and long-term thinking. Described as fast-paced and focused on learning quickly.
- Hiring process: Aimed at completion within 30 days; includes recruiter conversation, case study/skill test, Q&A, and final interview with senior leadership.
- Teams: Growth, Engineering & Data, Gaming, Apps, Strategy & Operations, Corporate.
- Work environment: Global offices in Paris (HQ), Istanbul, Montreal, Singapore, and Japan. Remote/hybrid policy not explicitly stated, but roles are likely office-based in key hubs.
- Notable perks: Opportunity to work on products with billions of users; ownership mindset encouraged; flat hierarchies with direct feedback culture.