Xsolla
Senior Backend Engineer
Montreal · Senior
Sponsorship not specifiedCAD 140k-CAD 160kDetected 159 days ago
GoDistributed SystemsBackend DevelopmentCode ReviewPostgreSQLRedisAWSGCPAzureCloud PlatformsDockerKubernetesCI/CDKafkaCollaboration
About the role
- 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.
- This includes medical, dental, and vision, PTO, and a personalized career roadmap for each employee.
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.
- Own your code in production, monitor, debug, and continuously improve service performance and reliability.
- Participate in on-call rotation to support production systems and respond to incidents.
- Ability to troubleshoot production issues, analyze system behavior, and drive resolution.
- Together, we're not just building a business
Requirements
- Strong understanding of microservices architecture, distributed systems, and event-based communication.
Nice to have
- Background in gaming, payments, or commerce systems.
- Experience in adtech or offer monetization platforms.
- Hands-on experience with Kafka or equivalent streaming platforms.
- Experience with Redis or other in-memory data stores.
- Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, or Azure).
- Familiarity with ClickHouse, Postgres, or other analytical/OLAP/OLTP databases.
- Prior experience working on internal platforms or developer-facing tools.
Compensation
- CAD 140k-CAD 160k
Benefits
- By investing in professional development through training and educational opportunities, we ensure that our team thrives both personally and professionally.
- 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.
- Education verification.
Company info
- 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.
- For more information, visit xsolla.com.
Equal opportunity
- Xsolla is an equal opportunity employer.
- We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
- We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in accordance with the Fair Chance Act.
- Criminal History Consideration:
This listing is sourced directly from Xsolla's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.