Tech Lead – Frontend Platform Team

Xsolla
Montreal
Workplace: RemoteFull timeCAD 130,000 - 150,000 annuallyFunction: Administration & Executive AssistanceExperience: 8+ yearsSkills: ["Leadership","Mentorship","Communication","Teamwork","Architecture"]

Lead the frontend platform architecture and delivery for a scale-tested product, mentoring a team of ~8 engineers, aligning with other tech leads, and driving modernization, performance, and observability across the platform. You’ll own architecture decisions, CI/CD, testing strategy, and collaborations with product, design, and backend teams to enable cohesive partner-facing experiences.

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Xsolla
Xsolla
9 months ago

Tech Lead – Frontend Platform Team

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Job Summary

Lead the frontend platform architecture and delivery for a scale-tested product, mentoring a team of ~8 engineers, aligning with other tech leads, and driving modernization, performance, and observability across the platform. You’ll own architecture decisions, CI/CD, testing strategy, and collaborations with product, design, and backend teams to enable cohesive partner-facing experiences.
Location: Montreal
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Administration & Executive Assistance

Key Responsibilities

  • •Provide technical leadership for the Xsolla frontend platform, defining architecture, coding standards, and long-term technical direction.
  • •Coach, mentor, and manage a team of ~8 developers, supporting professional growth and maintaining a strong engineering culture.
  • •Partner with other Tech Leads to ensure architectural alignment, consistent standards, and unified decision-making.
  • •Oversee planning and execution of platform features and improvements, ensuring smooth delivery and high-quality outcomes.
  • •Drive modernization, refactoring, and performance enhancements to keep the platform scalable, maintainable, and aligned with product goals.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: CAD 130,000 - 150,000 annually
Perks:Health InsuranceVisionLearning BudgetRemote WorkPaid Leave

Key Requirements

  • •8+ years of software development experience with strong frontend engineering at scale, and at least 3 years in a similar tech lead role
  • •Deep hands-on knowledge of React including component architecture, SSR patterns, RSC, and complex UI data flows
  • •Proficiency with Node.js and MongoDB for server-side functionality
  • •Strong understanding of modern styling systems and theming approaches (vanilla-extract, styled-components, design tokens)
  • •Solid TypeScript practices with strict typing, shared contracts, and schema validation (Zod or equivalent)
Experience:8+ yearsFrontendWebSoftware
Skills:LeadershipMentorshipCommunicationTeamworkArchitecture
Languages:English
Tech Stack:ReactNode.jsMongoDBTypeScriptWebpackRollupViteEsbuildVitestJestPlaywrightCypressRESTGraphQLRPCGitLab CIModule Federation

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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