Software Development Director
Xsolla (USA), Inc., operating under the Xsolla brand, is a global video game commerce and payments company serving game developers, publishers, creators, and payment providers.
Maintainer signals as of 9/25/2026
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About Xsolla (USA), Inc.
Xsolla provides merchant-of-record and payment-processing services plus direct-to-consumer commerce, web shops, publishing and distribution tools, cloud gaming, fraud prevention, player engagement, creator monetization, and developer tooling for the video game industry. Its solutions operate across 200+ geographies with 1,000+ payment methods and are actively supported through live products, documentation, customer support, and ongoing hiring.
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Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
Lead the global software engineering function, oversee multiple development teams, provide architectural and organizational guidance, improve delivery practices, and ensure products and platforms remain scalable, secure, performant, and maintainable.
Requirements
- 10+ years of software development experience, including 5+ years in engineering leadership roles
- Experience leading large-scale cross-functional engineering teams in complex high-growth environments
- Expertise in modern architectures, cloud infrastructure, and microservices
- Understanding of Agile development methodologies, CI/CD practices, and engineering metrics
- Experience managing distributed teams and scaling organizations across multiple geographies
- Communication and stakeholder management skills with technical and non-technical leaders
- Decision-making and problem-solving ability in high-stakes environments
- Fluent written and verbal English
Responsibilities
- Define and execute the engineering strategy aligned with company objectives
- Provide architectural and organizational guidance for long-term scalability and success
- Lead, mentor, and develop engineering teams, team leads, and senior developers
- Establish clear goals and growth opportunities across a distributed team
- Ensure high-quality and timely delivery of product and platform initiatives
- Optimize workflows, development methodologies, and technical decision-making
- Guide system architecture evolution for scalability, performance, and maintainability
- Champion modern technologies and development practices
- Partner with Product, QA, DevOps, and executive stakeholders to align priorities and define technical requirements
- Maintain a shared roadmap
- Identify and mitigate development lifecycle risks
- Promote observability, security, testing, and release-management best practices
- Foster transparency, continuous improvement, quality, and innovation
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Paid time off
Hiring Process
Background check including criminal history check, employment verification, and education verification.