Backend Software Engineer (Infrastructure-Focused)
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'll join the Technology team as a Backend Software Engineer with a strong infrastructure mindset, working at the intersection of backend development and platform engineering with Kubernetes as a first-class concern. You'll help design, build, and evolve backend services and infrastructure systems that dynamically scale hundreds of servers daily, orchestrating isolated runtime environments inside Kubernetes pods. You'll focus heavily on Infrastructure as Code, dynamic scaling, and reliability at scale. If you enjoy working close to the metal while still writing application code, thinking in systems, and solving problems where application behavior and infrastructure behavior are deeply intertwined, you'll thrive in this role.
Requirements
- Deep hands-on experience with Kubernetes, including autoscaling and capacity management, cluster-level behavior and lifecycle concerns, and production debugging and incident response
- Strong experience building and running Dockerized workloads
- Proficiency in Node.js and TypeScript for backend services
- Practical experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or similar)
- Experience designing and operating scalable backend systems in production
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs using Node.js and TypeScript
- Architect and evolve Infrastructure as Code (IaC) that drives dynamic Kubernetes scaling and orchestration
- Build and maintain Docker-based deployment pipelines and runtime images
- Design and optimize deployment and scaling strategies across many services and environments
- Collaborate closely with engineering and DevOps to ensure systems are resilient, observable, and secure
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and improve system performance, reliability, and cost efficiency
- Document infrastructure patterns, operational workflows, and best practices
- Stay current with emerging tools and approaches in cloud infrastructure and backend systems
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- PTO
- Personalized career roadmap
- Professional development through training and educational opportunities