Senior Software Engineer (Go)

About the role

Xsolla, a global commerce company that helps game developers fund, distribute, market and monetize their games, is looking for a Senior Backend Software Engineer. The role suits someone who enjoys solving complex technical challenges, building distributed systems that scale, and working with Go, microservices and event-driven architectures. The engineer owns their code from design to deployment and works closely with cross-functional teams.

Key responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain backend services that power core products and platforms.
• Develop event-driven systems using Go, Kafka and Temporal (or similar orchestration tools).
• Build scalable microservices in containerized environments with 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 code in production, monitor, debug and continuously improve service performance and reliability.
• Write automated tests and follow CI/CD best practices.
• Take part in code reviews, technical discussions and knowledge sharing.

Required profile

• 5+ years of backend development experience in Go or a similar language.
• 2+ years of hands-on experience with Kafka or equivalent streaming platforms.
• Strong understanding of microservices, distributed systems and event-based communication.
• Nice to have: experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure), databases such as ClickHouse, Postgres, background in gaming/payments/commerce, and prior work on internal or developer-facing tools.

Required skills

• Go
• Kafka
• Temporal, Cadence or similar workflow orchestration tools
• Docker and Kubernetes
• Observability, monitoring and performance optimization
• Production troubleshooting and debugging

What we offer

• A comprehensive benefits program covering physical, mental and emotional well-being.
• Unlimited flexible time off.
• A personalized career roadmap and training and educational opportunities.