(Senior)Backend Engineer (Golang)
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Job Summary
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 1500 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.
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ABOUT YOU
We are looking for aSenior Backend Engineerwho issystems-minded detail-oriented and passionate about building scalable infrastructureto join ourPlatform Engineering team. The best candidate will be someone who thrives in a fast-paced highly collaborative and exceptionally dynamic setting and is excited todesign and own the server-side architecture of a white-label game distribution platform tackling challenges in multi-tenancy large-file delivery and high-concurrency systems.
Strong command of GoLang and solid experience in microservices and distributed systemsare essential along with experience inbuilding backend services for content distribution app stores or gaming platforms. The ability tocollaborate with cross-functional teams and drive technical decisions on performance security and observabilitywill be key to your success in this role.
If youre passionate about building robust high-performance backend systems that power game distribution at scale and love solving complex infrastructure problems in the gaming ecosystem we would love to hear from you!
Design build and maintain the backend services for the game distribution platform with a highly available and scalable server-side architecture
Design and implement a multi-tenant architecture supporting data isolation
Design and implement the storage and delivery solution for large game files (object storage / CDN signed download URLs resumable downloads version management)
Build backend APIs and permission systems for the operations admin panel and publisher portal
Design and deliver the search solution (e.g. Elasticsearch) to power full-text search and filtering of games
Ensure system performance concurrency security and observability (monitoring logging alerting)
- Game industry experience required
- On-site position only (remote work not available)
Degree in Computer Science or a related field with 5 years of backend development experience
Strong command of GoLang
Proficiency with AI coding tools (Claude Code Gemini etc.)
Solid RESTful API design skills; familiar with microservice architecture
Familiar with relational database (MySQL/PostgreSQL) design and optimization; knowledge of NoSQL (Redis etc.)
Familiar with message queues (Kafka/RabbitMQ) caching and other middleware
Solid engineering fundamentals: coding standards unit testing Git CI/CD
Understanding of the Chinese gaming industry and experience in Chinese game building publishing or operation on major Chinese gaming platforms
Experience in backend development for games or game platforms
Familiarity with server-side integration of game SDKs (accounts in-app purchases real-name verification)
Familiarity with in-app purchase (IAP) virtual goods and order management
Experience with multi-tenant SaaS / white-label platform architecture
Familiarity with Elasticsearch
Experience designing and optimizing high-concurrency high-traffic systems
Experience with app stores or content/game distribution platforms
Knowledge of object storage and CDN with experience in or awareness of large-file / high-concurrency delivery
Note: Less experienced candidate could be considered as middle-level developer.
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About Company
Find out how you can launch, monetize and scale your video games worldwide, with no upfront costs, using Xsolla's comprehensive suite of tools and services.
