The Role
Build and maintain secure, scalable backend services in Go, including APIs, SDKs, identity flows, and multi-tenant systems. Own features from design through deployment, improve legacy code, and ensure production readiness through observability, incident response, and performance optimization. Collaborate cross-functionally, contribute to architecture and estimation, mentor engineers, review code, and use AI coding tools responsibly to accelerate development and testing.
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ABOUT YOU
You will play a pivotal role in delivering high-impact software solutions across our platform. You bring curiosity, initiative, and a passion for clean, scalable systems. You collaborate effectively with teammates and cross-functional partners to design, build, and improve our technical stack. You’re hands-on, deeply engaged in the code, and consistently seeking better ways to solve complex engineering challenges.
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 services in Go.
- Own features from design to deployment, with attention to maintainability, security and performance.
- Design and build APIs and SDKs used by Business Account frontends, microfrontends and other Xsolla teams.
- Build and maintain identity flows such as user creation, login, MFA, SSO and token validation across multiple accounts and clients.
- Design multi-tenant services with clear data isolation and per-account configuration.
- Take part in architecture discussions and write or review ADRs.
- Refactor legacy code to improve structure and efficiency without breaking existing features.
- Own production readiness with Datadog: dashboards, monitors and alerts, APM and tracing, log analysis, incident response and root cause analysis.
- Write clear, testable, well-documented code, with a focus on quality and automation.
- Use AI tools (Claude Code, Cursor, etc.) every day to design, build, test and refactor code faster without lowering quality.
- Add AI-assisted code review on top of manual review, check AI-generated code carefully, and help the team set good practices for AI-driven development.
- Work with product, frontend, design and platform teams to agree on goals and deliver end to end.
- Contribute to technical scoping and estimation.
- Reduce technical debt and keep improving the developer experience.
- Mentor engineers and give constructive code reviews.
Requirements
- 6+ years of professional software engineering experience.
- 2+ years of hands-on Go experience in production.
- Strong experience with PostgreSQL and/or MySQL, including schema design and query performance.
- Experience designing and building REST APIs (gRPC is a plus).
- Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes and Helm.
- Experience with message brokers such as RabbitMQ or Kafka.
- Comfortable with Git and CI/CD pipelines (GitLab preferred).
- Solid understanding of authentication and authorization basics: OAuth2, JWT, sessions and tokens.
- Hands-on experience with observability tools, ideally Datadog: metrics, logs, APM/traces and alerting.
- Hands-on experience using AI coding assistants in daily work, and the judgment to review, test and correct what they produce.
- Basic understanding of cloud platforms (Google Cloud Platform preferred).
- Working knowledge of frontend technologies, especially React.
- Good written and spoken English, with the ability to explain technical trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders.
Nice to have
- Experience building scalable, secure login or identity platforms (Login-as-a-Service).
- Deep knowledge of OAuth2, OIDC, SAML, MFA, and session and token management.
- Experience with social login, SSO and federated identity.
- Experience designing multi-tenant identity systems with isolation and configurability.
- Experience delivering developer-friendly APIs, SDKs and integration docs.
- Experience with OpenTelemetry, SLOs and error budgets.
- Experience with B2B platforms, partner portals or marketplaces.
- Experience setting up AI workflows for a team, such as agents, custom skills or prompts, automated MR review, or AI-assisted testing.
The duties and responsibilities of this position may evolve over time to support the organization’s goals and individual growth. This job description is intended to outline the general nature and level of work being performed and is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required. By submitting your application, you consent to Xsolla conducting background checks, where permitted by law, after the final interview stage. All checks will comply with local regulations, and your information will be handled confidentially. Xsolla takes your privacy seriously and will not sell or externally distribute any personal data received during the hiring process. In accordance with applicable data protection laws, Xsolla is committed to protecting your personal information and respecting your privacy.
For any inquiries related to data privacy, please contact: [email protected]
Explore more opportunities at: https://xsolla.com/careers
Skills Required
- 6+ years of professional software engineering experience
- 2+ years of hands-on production experience with Go
- Strong experience with PostgreSQL and/or MySQL, including schema design and query performance
- Experience designing and building REST APIs
- Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm
- Experience with message brokers such as RabbitMQ or Kafka
- Comfort with Git and CI/CD pipelines; GitLab preferred
- Understanding of authentication and authorization fundamentals, including OAuth2, JWT, sessions, and tokens
- Hands-on experience with observability tools, ideally Datadog, including metrics, logs, APM/traces, and alerting
- Hands-on experience using AI coding assistants in daily work and reviewing, testing, and correcting their output
- Basic understanding of cloud platforms; Google Cloud Platform preferred
- Working knowledge of frontend technologies, especially React
- Good written and spoken English, with the ability to explain technical trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders
- Experience with gRPC
- Experience building scalable, secure login or identity platforms
- Deep knowledge of OAuth2, OIDC, SAML, MFA, and session and token management
- Experience with social login, SSO, and federated identity
- Experience designing multi-tenant identity systems with isolation and configurability
- Experience delivering developer-friendly APIs, SDKs, and integration documentation
- Experience with OpenTelemetry, SLOs, and error budgets
- Experience with B2B platforms, partner portals, or marketplaces
- Experience setting up AI workflows for a team, including agents, custom skills, prompts, automated merge-request review, or AI-assisted testing
Xsolla Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered fair or good in many cases, with mentions of high salary or being paid well in certain roles and markets. Market-aligned ranges for several U.S. roles indicate base pay is not out of step with peers.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as comprehensive for full-time employees and families, with employer-paid medical, dental, and vision noted in some U.S. postings. Positive remarks on medical coverage appear on dedicated benefits pages.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Flexible or unlimited paid time off is repeatedly highlighted, alongside parental leave and remote or hybrid flexibility. These elements contribute to an overall package that many view as solid.
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The Company
What We Do
Xsolla's video game business engine helps game developers and publishers operate more efficiently and sell more games. Serving only the video game industry, Xsolla caters to businesses from indie to enterprise, with solutions that solve the complexities of distribution, marketing, and monetization so developers, publishers, and platform partners. Our goal is to increase your audience, sales and revenue. Headquartered in Los Angeles, with offices worldwide, Xsolla operates as a merchant and seller of record for major gaming entities like Valve, Twitch, Ubisoft, Epic Games, and PUBG Corporation.
