Backend PHP Engineer
Xsolla is a video game commerce company that provides a suite of tools and services—including merchant of record payment processing, tax management, fraud prevention, compliance, refunds, dispute management, and end-user support—to help game developers and publishers launch, grow, and monetize their games globally. It serves video game developers, publishers, and studios of all sizes across global and regional markets.
About Xsolla
Xsolla connects the tools, systems, payments, and web shops used by the video games industry, positioning itself as a global merchant of record supporting over 1,000 payment methods and a cumulative audience of 50 million, with transaction fees around 5%. Its services include tax management, fraud monitoring and prevention, global and regional regulatory compliance, refund and dispute management, and end-user payment support. Xsolla's product lineup includes the Xsolla SDK for native in-app payments on side-loaded apps and alternative app stores, a Buy Button enabling link-out purchases from iOS mobile games in the U.S., and Web Shop for building customized, direct-to-consumer game storefronts. The company works with major gaming industry partners and clients such as Mytona, Ubisoft, MARVEL SNAP, and others, and highlights partner success stories, industry events, and its own culture and hiring initiatives on its site.
Skills
About the Role
You will develop and maintain new functionality while designing and implementing new services that support product features. You'll proactively propose ideas for improving the product and collaborate closely 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 code in production by monitoring, debugging, and improving service performance and reliability
- Write automated tests and follow CI/CD best practices
- Participate in code reviews, technical discussions, and knowledge sharing across teams