Backend Engineer (Go)
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Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
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. Youre 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 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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Responsibilities
Software Engineering & Problem Solving:
- Build and ship reliable secure and scalable backend systems.
- Own implementation from design to deployment ensuring maintainability and performance.
- Participate in architectural discussions and offer informed technical input.
- Refactor legacy codebases to improve structure and efficiency while maintaining feature
- continuity.
- Drive production readiness by handling incident response root cause analysis and
- observability improvements.
Technical Excellence:
- Write clear testable and well-documented code emphasizing quality and automation.
- Contribute to a culture of engineering excellence through code reviews and design
- discussions.
- Advocate for sound software development practices and continuous improvement.
Collaboration & Impact:
- Work closely with product managers designers and other engineers to align on objectives
- and deliverables.
- Contribute to technical scoping and estimation for features and infrastructure work.
- Identify opportunities to reduce technical debt and improve the developer experience.
Qualifications & Skills
- 6 years of professional experience in software engineering.
- 2 years of hands-on experience withGo (Golang) in production environments.
- Strong experience working with PostgreSQL and/or MySQL.
- Proficient with containerization and orchestration tools: Docker Kubernetes (K8s) and
- Helm.
- Familiarity with messaging systems like RabbitMQ or Kafka.
- Comfortable using Git and CI/CD tooling in collaborative workflows.
- Working knowledge of frontend technologies especially React and/or.
- Basic understanding of cloud platforms (GCP preferred).
Nice to Have:
- Experience building scalable secure Login-as-a-Service platforms.
- Deep knowledge of OAuth2 OIDC SAML JWT and session/token management.
- Strong grasp of social login SSO and federated identity.
- Designed multi-tenant identity systems with isolation and configurability.
- Delivered developer-friendly APIs SDKs and integration documentation.
- Strong English communicator for both technical and non-technical topics.
$90000 - $150000 a year
Benefits:
We are passionate about fostering a supportive environment for our team so we prioritize the physical mental and emotional well-being of our employees and their families through a comprehensive Benefits Program. This includes medical dental and vision PTO and a personalized career roadmap for each employee. By investing in professional development through training and educational opportunities we ensure that our team thrives both personally and professionally. Together were not just building a business; were cultivating a community that values creativity collaboration and the transformative power of play.
We are passionate about fostering a supportive environment for our team so we prioritize the physical mental and emotional well-being of our employees and their families through a comprehensive Benefits Program. This includes medical dental and vision PTO and a personalized career roadmap for each employee. By investing in professional development through training and educational opportunities we ensure that our team thrives both personally and professionally. Together were not just building a business; were cultivating a community that values creativity collaboration and the transformative power of play.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:
Xsolla is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We do not discriminate based on race color religion sex national origin age disability sexual orientation gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.
We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in accordance with the Fair Chance Act.
Criminal History Consideration:
For the Backend Engineer we will conduct a background check that may include the following.
Criminal history check.
Employment verification.
Education verification.
Relevance to job Responsibilities:
The background check is relevant to this position because of the following role responsibilities:
Accessing confidential company data
Ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements
Handling sensitive financial information/ managing budgets /accessing funds
Rights Under the Fair Chance Act:
Applicants are encouraged to inquire about their rights under the Fair Chance Act. If you have questions regarding our hiring practices please contact emailprotected
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process such as reviewing applications analyzing resumes or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed please contact us.
Required Experience:
IC
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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.
