Backend Engineer, Go

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About the role

  • Backend Engineer working with Go to build reliable and scalable backend systems for Xsolla. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure quality and performance in deployment.

Responsibilities

  • Build and ship reliable, secure, and scalable backend systems.
  • 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 observability improvements.
  • Write clear, testable, and well-documented code, emphasizing quality and automation.
  • Contribute to a culture of engineering excellence through code reviews and design discussions.
  • Advocate for sound software development practices and continuous improvement.
  • Work closely with product managers, designers, and other engineers to align on objectives and deliverables.
  • Contribute to technical scoping and estimation for features and infrastructure work.
  • Identify opportunities to reduce technical debt and improve the developer experience.

Requirements

  • 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).

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

CloudDockerGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaScriptKafkaKubernetesMySQLNext.jsPostgresRabbitMQReactGo

Location requirements

HybridMontrealCanada

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