Xsolla

Senior Backend Engineer

Xsolla • AZ
Go Hybrid
ABOUT US
Xsolla is a global commerce company with robust tools and services to help developers solve the inherent challenges of the video game industry. From indie to AAA, companies partner with Xsolla to help them fund, distribute, market, and monetize their games. Grounded in the belief in the future of video games, Xsolla is resolute in the mission to bring opportunities together, and continually make new resources available to creators. Headquartered and incorporated in Los Angeles, California, Xsolla operates as the merchant of record and has helped over 1,500+ game developers to reach more players and grow their businesses around the world. With more paths to profits and ways to win, developers have all the things needed to enjoy the game.

For more information, visit xsolla.com.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Build and ship reliable, secure, and scalable backend systems.
  • Own implementation from design to deployment, ensuring maintainability, security, and performance.
  • Participate in architectural discussions and provide informed technical input.
  • Refactor legacy codebases to improve structure and efficiency while maintaining feature continuity.
  • Drive production readiness by managing incident response, root cause analysis, and observability improvements.
  • Write clear, testable, and well-documented code, emphasizing quality and automation.
  • Contribute to code reviews and design discussions, promoting engineering excellence.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with product managers, designers, and engineers to align on objectives and deliverables.
  • Contribute to technical scoping and estimation for features and infrastructure work.
  • Identify and reduce technical debt, continuously improving the developer experience
  • REQUIREMENTS

  • 6+ years of professional experience in software engineering.
  • 2+ years of hands-on experience with Go (Golang) in production environments.
  • Strong experience with PostgreSQL and/or MySQL.
  • Proficiency with DockerKubernetes (K8s), and Helm.
  • Familiarity with messaging systems like RabbitMQ or Kafka.
  • Comfortable using Git and CI/CD pipelines in collaborative workflows.
  • Working knowledge of frontend technologies, especially React and/or Next.js.
  • Basic understanding of cloud platforms (Google Cloud Platform preferred).
  • NICE TO HAVE

  • Experience building scalable, secure Login-as-a-Service platforms.
  • Deep knowledge of OAuth2OIDCSAMLJWT, and session/token management.
  • Strong grasp of social loginSSO, and federated identity.
  • Experience designing multi-tenant identity systems with isolation and configurability.
  • Delivered developer-friendly APIs, SDKs, and integration documentation.
  • Excellent English communication skills, both technical and non-technical.