11 months ago
Montréal, CanadaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Lead technical strategy and architecture for integrations with third-party backend gaming service providers.
- Design scalable solutions connecting external game backend services with Xsolla’s ecosystem.
- Serve as the subject-matter expert for identity, inventory, entitlements, progression, matchmaking, and social gaming systems.
- Collaborate with external providers and internal product and engineering teams on 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.
Requirements
- Deep understanding of game backend systems and services, including identity, entitlements, inventory, progression, and matchmaking.
- Proven experience designing integrations between large-scale platforms or distributed systems.
- Proven SDK/API design skills and experience with microservices architectures.
- Familiarity with cloud-native environments, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps practices.
- Excellent communication, cross-team collaboration, and technical leadership skills.
- Preferred experience in gaming infrastructure, live game operations, high-load server systems, SDK-driven integrations, or working with external technical partners.
Benefits
- Unlimited Flexible Time Off.
- Personalized career roadmap.
- Training and educational opportunities for professional development.
- Comprehensive benefits supporting employees’ physical, mental, and emotional well-being.
- Background checks may be conducted after the final interview stage where permitted by law.
Categories
BackendGaming
About Xsolla
Xsolla builds commerce and monetization infrastructure for video games, offering payment processing, merchant-of-record services, storefronts, subscriptions, and anti-fraud tools for developers and publishers. The privately held company, founded in 2005 and headquartered in Sherman Oaks, California, supports direct-to-consumer sales and global tax/compliance across many regions and payment methods. Its platform targets studios from indie to AAA and powers distribution, marketing, and in-game purchases.