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Xsolla (USA), Inc.

Senior Backend Engineer

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You will design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs. You will optimize databases, build asynchronous workflows, monitor and troubleshoot production systems, contribute to CI/CD and infrastructure practices, document APIs, review code, and mentor engineers.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs
  • Participate in architecture and design discussions
  • Write clean, maintainable, well-tested code
  • Optimize database schemas and queries
  • Build event-driven and asynchronous workflows using message brokers
  • Monitor, troubleshoot, and improve production systems
  • Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code
  • Perform code reviews and mentor Middle and Junior engineers
  • Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver features
  • Maintain API and technical documentation

Requirements

  • 5+ years of commercial backend development experience
  • Strong Go proficiency
  • Understanding of PostgreSQL or MySQL
  • Experience with Redis or similar caching solutions
  • Experience designing REST APIs and documenting them with OpenAPI or Swagger
  • Understanding of microservices and distributed systems
  • Experience with Kafka, RabbitMQ, NATS, or similar message brokers
  • Experience with Docker and Kubernetes basics
  • Proficiency with Git and CI/CD practices
  • Experience with unit and integration testing
  • Understanding of application security fundamentals
  • Good written and spoken English

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