Tech Lead — Backend Gaming Services Integrations
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
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.