--- title: 'Senior Security Engineer at Voodoo' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/senior-security-engineer-voodoo-paris-yb6hr25nmdx8' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-11-03' --- # Senior Security Engineer at Voodoo - **Company:** [Voodoo ](https://feeny.ai/companies/voodoo) - **Location:** Paris, France - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** hybrid - **Posted:** 2026-09-28 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-03 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/voodoo/3cf4601d-ebda-40cf-9d76-c0c25b0f04dd ## 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 Block Jam, alongside popular apps such as BeReal and Wizz. ## Team The Engineering & Data team builds innovative tech products and platforms to support the impressive growth of their gaming and consumer apps which allow Voodoo to stay at the forefront of the mobile industry. The Engineering & Data team plays a key role in Voodoo's long-term strategy. It enables Voodoo to both accelerate product diversification and provide a state of the art growth-engine to distribute and scale our games. They create innovative solutions that drive growth with a pragmatic approach, ranging from simple searching to complex machine learning systems. ## Role We’re looking for a Senior Security Engineer to join our Engineering & Data team. In this role, you’ll be responsible for a wide variety of topics: - Security Engineering & Guardrails: Architect, construct, and maintain automated security guardrails and paved paths to foster secure-by-default development environments. - Shift-Left Architecture Guidance: Collaborate with development teams during the early ideation and design phases to embed secure coding practices and architecture from inception. - Continuous & Automated Assessment: Develop automated, continuous assessment capabilities that replace manual reviews and scale seamlessly across the business unit. - Hands-on Code Contribution: Work directly alongside engineers to contribute code for security fixes and paved-path solutions, ensuring security remains the simplest route. - Self-Service Tooling: Partner with developers to build scalable, self-service security tools that empower teams to detect and remediate risks independently. - Preventive & Detective Controls: Implement robust preventive and detective controls to deliver ongoing assurance rather than point-in-time security checks. - Strategic Collaboration & Incident Response: Drive long-term security strategy with key stakeholders while actively participating in periodic on-call rotations for incident support. - AI-Driven Security Innovation: Utilize AI technologies and methodologies to streamline threat detection, accelerate security evaluations, and advance scalable system protection. Profile (Must Have) - 5+ years of experience troubleshooting systems, analyzing logs, and automating complex tasks via command-line tools - 5+ years of experience identifying security vulnerabilities, assessing risks, and constructing mitigation strategies - 5+ years of hands-on experience with scripting, software development, and security-focused code reviews across standard programming languages - Demonstrated expertise in recognizing industry-standard security vulnerabilities, understanding threat vector patterns, and applying effective remediation techniques - Proven track record in a leadership or guidance role, such as a technical lead, mentor, or engineering team lead - Proficiency in applying threat modeling and comprehensive risk identification methodologies - Proven track record securing microservices, service-oriented architectures, and web services - Experience with identity provider servers and authentication protocols (such as OAuth2, OIDC, SAML) - Experience with penetration testing (pentest) and vulnerability assessments - Self-starter with strong ownership, accountability, and ability to work autonomously and collaboratively across teams and organizations in a fast-paced environment. Profile (Nice to Have) - Advocate for security standards with clarity and empathy. - Familiarity with AI/ML workflows and agents. ## Our Stack Terraform, Kubernetes, Prometheus, ArgoCD, CircleCI, GitHub Actions, Atlantis, Grafana, Claude Code, Trivy, Conftest / OPA, AWS IAM Identity Center (SSO), Okta, AWS Secrets Manager, AWS KMS, AWS WAFv2, AWS Shield, AWS ACM, AWS GuardDuty, Sealed Secrets, Kyverno, cert-manager ## Benefits - Competitive salary based on experience - Swile Lunch voucher - Gymlib (100% covered by Voodoo) - Premium healthcare coverage with SideCare, 100% covered for you and your family - Wellness activities in our Paris office - Remote Fridays ## About Voodoo ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Voodoo is a global tech company that entertains the world through iconic mobile apps and games, empowering bold creators to turn their ideas into hits. - **Entity Type**: Private (minority stakes from Tencent, Goldman Sachs, and Groupe Bruxelles Lambert) - **Headquarters**: Paris, France - **Founded**: 2013 - **Founders**: Alexandre Yazdi, Laurent Ritter ## Core Business - **Primary industry/industries**: Mobile gaming, mobile apps, social platforms - **Target customers**: B2C (mobile consumers worldwide) - **Mission or purpose statement**: "Entertain the world through iconic apps and games" – Voodoo aims to empower bold creators and deliver engaging mobile experiences. ## Products & Services - **Mob Control**: Hybrid-casual game that grossed nearly $100 million; started as hyper-casual and evolved post-launch. - **Block Jam 3D**: Block-matching puzzle game; also crossed $100 million in revenue. - **BeReal**: Photo-sharing social app acquired for €500 million in June 2024; 50 million users globally. - **Wizz**: Social media platform launched in 2020; 1 million MAU in the US. - **Publishing Platform**: Voodoo evaluates and publishes games from over 2,000 external studios, providing user acquisition, monetization, and product support. - **Other notable titles**: Paper.io, Helix Jump, Hole.io, Aquapark.io, Snake vs Block, Baseball Boy. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: €1.7 billion (as of August 2021, per Groupe Bruxelles Lambert stake) - **Key Metric**: Annual revenue of $670 million in 2024 (up from $570 million in 2023) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Tencent (minority stake, 2020), Goldman Sachs (minority stake), Groupe Bruxelles Lambert (16% stake, 2021) - **Growth Signals**: - 8 billion total downloads, 150 million monthly active users - 20% revenue growth and strong profitability in 2024 - Acquisition of BeReal for €500M to expand into social apps - Headcount grew from ~750 (2023) to 800+ (2024) - Opened offices in Singapore, Japan, Istanbul, and Montreal to support global expansion ## Competitive Advantages - **Data-driven rapid prototyping**: Launches nearly one game per week, testing retention and playtime metrics to iterate quickly. - **Massive scale and distribution**: 8 billion downloads and a network of 2,000+ external studios give Voodoo unmatched reach in mobile gaming. - **Successful pivot**: Transitioned from hyper-casual to hybrid-casual games and apps, demonstrating adaptability to market changes. - **Strong monetization**: In-app purchases and advertising revenue; Mob Control and Block Jam each generated nearly $100 million. ## Strategic Focus - **Diversification beyond hyper-casual**: Investing in hybrid-casual games and social apps (BeReal, Wizz) to build resilient revenue streams. - **Asia-Pacific expansion**: Leveraging Tencent partnership and new offices in Singapore and Japan. - **Continued innovation**: Maintaining a high-velocity testing culture while scaling the publishing platform to attract more external developers. ## Why Work Here - **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. ## Sources 1. [voodoo.io](https://voodoo.io/company) 2. [voodoo.io](https://voodoo.io/) 3. [voodoo.io](https://voodoo.io/careers) 4. [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voodoo_(company)) 5. 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