Senior Backend Developer, Go

Xsolla

full-time

Posted on: 9/15/2025

Origin: • 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan

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CloudDockerGoGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaScriptKafkaKubernetesMySQLNext.jsPostgresRabbitMQReact

About the role

Build and ship reliable, secure, and scalable backend systems across the platform.
Own implementation from design to deployment, ensuring maintainability and performance.
Participate in architectural discussions and offer informed technical input.
Refactor legacy codebases to improve structure and efficiency while maintaining feature continuity.
Drive production readiness by handling incident response, root cause analysis, and improving observability.
Write clear, testable, and well-documented code; participate in code reviews and design discussions.
Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other engineers to align on objectives and deliverables.
Contribute to technical scoping, estimation, and identify opportunities to reduce technical debt.
Deliver developer-friendly APIs, SDKs, and integration documentation (where applicable).

6+ years of professional experience in software engineering.
2+ years of hands-on experience with Go (Golang) in production environments.
Strong experience working with PostgreSQL and/or MySQL.
Proficient with containerization and orchestration tools: Docker, Kubernetes (K8s), and Helm.
Familiarity with messaging systems like RabbitMQ or Kafka.
Comfortable using Git and CI/CD tooling in collaborative workflows.
Working knowledge of frontend technologies, especially React and/or Next.js.
Basic understanding of cloud platforms (GCP preferred).
Strong English communicator, for both technical and non-technical topics.
Experience designing multi-tenant identity systems and knowledge of OAuth2, OIDC, SAML, JWT (preferred).