Staff Software Engineer Identity and Access Management
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
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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.
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Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will own and evolve authentication and authorization infrastructure that enables users to interact securely with services. You will design and build mission-critical identity systems, including identity federation, token lifecycles, and fine-grained access-control models. You will create resilient multi-tenant identity solutions while balancing security, platform stability, and developer experience.
Requirements
- 10+ years of backend or systems engineering experience, including at least 5 years in Identity and Access Management
- Expert-level Go proficiency
- Experience building high-performance, concurrent, scalable distributed systems
- Experience deploying and managing services in Kubernetes environments on AWS or GCP
- Architectural understanding of OAuth 2.0, OIDC, JWT, and SCIM
- Experience with identity federation, token management, and complex access-control flows
- Knowledge of modern security best practices, encryption standards, and secure coding principles
Responsibilities
- Own authentication and authorization infrastructure
- Architect, build, and scale the foundational security layer
- Design mission-critical identity systems
- Implement identity federation, token lifecycles, and fine-grained access-control models
- Build resilient multi-tenant identity solutions
Benefits
- Unlimited Flexible Time Off