Backend Engineer (PHP/Golang)
Xsolla is a global video game commerce company providing payment processing, merchant-of-record services, monetization, publishing, distribution, fraud prevention, tax management, and direct-to-consumer tools. Its primary clients are video game developers, publishers, payment providers, creators, and players.
Maintainer signals as of 8/13/2026
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About Xsolla
Xsolla provides tools and services for launching, promoting, selling, and monetizing video games across mobile, PC, web, and other platforms. Its offerings include global payments, Pay Station, Web Shop, Buy Button, SDKs, APIs, authentication, subscriptions, virtual goods, game keys, game distribution, cloud gaming, anti-fraud, tax compliance, player support, analytics, LiveOps, creator campaigns, loyalty, rewards, and publishing tools. Xsolla serves game developers and publishers worldwide, as well as payment providers and gamers.
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About the Role
You will develop and maintain scalable backend services that power innovative products used by game developers and players worldwide. You'll design and implement new services to support product features, proactively propose ideas for improving the product, and collaborate with engineers, product managers, designers, and QA to deliver end-to-end solutions. You'll own your code in production by monitoring, debugging, and continuously improving service performance and reliability. You'll write automated tests and follow CI/CD best practices to ensure high-quality deployments, and participate in code reviews, technical discussions, and knowledge sharing across teams.
Requirements
- Experience in programming and backend development of industrial web applications using PHP and/or Golang
- Strong understanding of algorithms and data structures
- Understanding of decomposition principles, OOP, and design patterns
- Ability to write testable code, including unit and functional tests
- Good command of SQL, database design, and OLTP/OLAP approaches
- Ability to participate effectively in team-based development
- English proficiency at B2 level
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain new functionality
- Design and implement new services to support product features
- Proactively propose ideas for improving the product
- Collaborate with engineers, product managers, designers, and QA to deliver end-to-end solutions
- Own your code in production by monitoring, debugging, and continuously improving service performance and reliability
- Write automated tests and follow CI/CD best practices to ensure high-quality deployments
- Participate in code reviews, technical discussions, and knowledge sharing across teams
Benefits
- Unlimited Flexible Time Off
- Personalized career roadmap
