Tech Lead — Backend Gaming Services Integrations
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
Own the technical strategy and architecture for integrations with third-party backend gaming service providers. Design scalable integration workflows, align APIs and use cases with stakeholders, ensure secure data flows, mentor engineers, lead code reviews, and improve observability, monitoring, and deployment stability.
Requirements
- Deep understanding of game backend systems and services, including identity, entitlements, inventory, progression, and matchmaking.
- Experience designing integrations between large-scale platforms or distributed systems.
- SDK and API design experience.
- Experience with microservices architectures.
- Familiarity with cloud-native environments, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps practices.
- Communication, cross-team collaboration, and technical leadership skills.
Responsibilities
- Lead technical strategy and architecture for integrations with third-party backend gaming service providers.
- Design robust, scalable solutions connecting external game backend services with the platform ecosystem.
- Serve as the subject-matter expert on backend gaming systems, including identity, inventory, entitlements, progression, matchmaking, and social features.
- Collaborate with external providers and internal product and engineering groups to align APIs, workflows, and use cases.
- Ensure secure, reliable, and efficient data flows across integration surfaces.
- Mentor engineers, lead code reviews, and promote software architecture best practices.
- Improve observability, monitoring, and deployment stability across integrated systems.
Benefits
- Unlimited Flexible Time Off
- Personalized career roadmap
- Training and educational opportunities
- Comprehensive Benefits Program
Hiring Process
Final interview stage followed by background checks where permitted by law.