Senior Backend Engineer

Xsolla
Montreal
Workplace: RemoteFull timeFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 5+ yearsSkills: ["Collaboration","Communication","Problem-solving","Ownership","Analytical"]

Seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable backend systems powering core gaming platforms. You’ll develop event-driven services in Go, implement microservices in containerized environments with Docker and Kubernetes, and drive architecture decisions to enhance performance, resiliency, and production readiness. You’ll own code in production, monitor and optimize systems, and collaborate across product, design, and QA teams.

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Xsolla
Xsolla
6 months ago

Senior Backend Engineer

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Job Summary

Seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable backend systems powering core gaming platforms. You’ll develop event-driven services in Go, implement microservices in containerized environments with Docker and Kubernetes, and drive architecture decisions to enhance performance, resiliency, and production readiness. You’ll own code in production, monitor and optimize systems, and collaborate across product, design, and QA teams.
Location: Montreal
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design, build, and maintain backend services that power core products and platforms.
  • •Develop event-driven systems using Go and Kafka.
  • •Build scalable microservices in containerized environments using Docker and Kubernetes.
  • •Drive architecture decisions that improve performance, resiliency, and maintainability.
  • •Collaborate with engineers, product managers, designers, and QA to deliver end-to-end solutions.

Key Requirements

  • •5+ years of backend development experience in Go or a similar language.
  • •Strong understanding of microservices architecture, distributed systems, and event-based communication.
  • •Familiarity with cloud infrastructure and container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker).
  • •Solid understanding of observability, monitoring, and performance optimization.
  • •Ability to troubleshoot production issues, analyze system behavior, and drive resolution.
Experience:5+ yearsGamingPaymentsCommerce
Skills:CollaborationCommunicationProblem-solvingOwnershipAnalytical
Languages:English
Tech Stack:GoKafkaDockerKubernetesCloudPostgresClickHouseRedis

Company Brief

Xsolla
Provides payment, billing, distribution and commerce solutions for video game developers and publishers, enabling in-game purchases, store infrastructure, fraud protection, and global payment processing to monetize games across platforms and regions.
Industry: Payments
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Growth: Established Company
Headquarters: Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, United States
Founded: 2005
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