Backend Tech Lead
Xsolla is a global video game commerce company providing tools and services to launch, monetize, and scale games. Its offerings include payments, web shops, publishing, distribution, LiveOps, anti-fraud, subscriptions, SDKs, and creator solutions for developers, publishers, payment providers, creators, and other gaming businesses.
Maintainer signals as of 8/23/2026
Projects
About Xsolla (USA), Inc.
Xsolla operates as a global merchant of record and video game commerce platform serving developers, publishers, resellers, payment providers, creators, and retailers. It provides payment processing across more than 200 countries and regions, 1,000+ payment methods, and 130+ currencies, alongside tax management, compliance, fraud prevention, refunds, dispute management, and end-user support. Its product portfolio includes Web Shop, Publishing Suite, Payments, Xsolla Pay, Mobile Buy Button, SDKs, Subscriptions, game distribution, Partner Network, Offerwall, LiveOps, Anti-Fraud, Login, Site Builder, cloud gaming, and related gaming commerce tools.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
Lead the design, implementation, and optimization of backend solutions for customized projects, define technology stacks and development architecture, guide delivery processes, manage team development, and collaborate on gaming-payment products and business partners.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or a related field.
- 5+ years of backend development experience.
- At least 1 year in a tech lead, team lead, or core architect role.
- Proficiency in Golang or PHP and their mainstream frameworks.
- Knowledge of data structures and design patterns.
- Experience designing and developing large-scale distributed systems.
- Knowledge of message queues, Elasticsearch, Redis, and MySQL.
- English proficiency at B2+ level.
- Experience with Agile or Kanban environments.
- Knowledge of SAFe.
- Knowledge of React or full-stack development.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing using Playwright or Cypress.
- Knowledge of caching, networking, load balancers, CDNs, Redis, or MongoDB.
- Candidates without management experience may also be considered.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design, implementation, and optimization of backend solutions for China-specific customized projects.
- Define technology stacks and development architecture for the team.
- Participate in department-level architecture discussions.
- Set team goals, plan development processes, and estimate implementation tasks.
- Facilitate stand-ups, reviews, and retrospectives.
- Establish and improve QA processes and participate in testing and delivery.
- Build the technical team through recruitment, onboarding, and retention.
- Coach team members, share knowledge, and foster mentorship.
- Maintain competency maps and plan individual development tracks.
- Build a culture of collective responsibility, trust, innovation, and mutual support.
- Research gaming-payment products and support their localization and promotion in China.
- Collaborate with technical, product, and business partners.
Hiring Process
If an application proceeds past the final interview stage, Xsolla may conduct a background check after obtaining separate written consent.
