8 months ago
Serbia (city not specified)Senior
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain backend services supporting core products and platforms.
- Develop event-driven systems using Go, Kafka, and Temporal or similar orchestration tools.
- Build scalable microservices in containerized environments using Docker and Kubernetes.
- Drive architecture decisions that improve performance, resiliency, and maintainability.
- Collaborate with engineers, product managers, designers, and QA to deliver end-to-end solutions.
- Own services in production by monitoring, debugging, and continuously improving performance and reliability.
- Write automated tests and follow CI/CD practices for high-quality deployments.
- Participate in code reviews, technical discussions, and knowledge sharing.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of backend development experience with Go or a similar language.
- At least 2 years of hands-on experience with Kafka or equivalent streaming platforms.
- Strong understanding of microservices architecture, distributed systems, and event-based communication.
- Experience with workflow orchestration tools such as Temporal, Cadence, or similar technologies.
- Familiarity with cloud infrastructure and container orchestration, including Kubernetes and Docker.
- Understanding of observability, monitoring, and performance optimization.
- Ability to troubleshoot production issues, analyze system behavior, and drive resolutions.
- Preferred experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure.
- Preferred familiarity with ClickHouse, Postgres, or other analytical, OLAP, or OLTP databases.
- Gaming, payments, commerce, internal-platform, or developer-facing-tools experience is a plus.
Benefits
- Unlimited Flexible Time Off.
- Personalized career roadmap.
- Professional development through training and educational opportunities.
- Support for employees’ physical, mental, and emotional well-being.
- Background checks may be conducted after the final interview stage where permitted by law.
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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.