Senior Backend Engineer: Go Microservices & Kubernetes

WorkinGames; Montreal (administrative region); Hybrid; CAD 140,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Xsolla is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to design, build, and operate scalable backend systems in a fast-paced, highly collaborative setting.

You will develop event-driven services with Go and Kafka, create scalable microservices in Docker and Kubernetes, and push performance, resiliency, and reliability across production workloads.

Own your code in production, collaborate with product teams, and contribute to tests, CI/CD, and architectural decisions to power our gaming commerce platform.

Qualifications

• 5+ years backend development experience in Go or a similar language.
• Strong understanding of microservices architecture, distributed systems, and event-based communication.
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure and container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker).
• Solid understanding of observability, monitoring, and performance optimization.
• Ability to troubleshoot production issues, analyze system behavior, and drive resolution.
• Nice to Have Background in gaming, payments, or commerce systems.
• Experience in adtech or offer monetization platforms.
• Hands-on experience with Kafka or equivalent streaming platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain backend services powering core products and platforms.
• Develop event-driven systems using Go and Kafka.
• 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 your code in production, monitor, debug, and continuously improve service performance and reliability.
• Write automated tests and follow CI/CD best practices to ensure high-quality deployments.
• Participate in code reviews, technical discussions, and knowledge sharing across teams.
• Participate in on-call rotation to support production systems and respond to incidents.

Skills

Go

Distributed systems

Microservices

Kafka

Docker

Kubernetes

Observability

Performance tuning

Cloud platforms

Redis

Postgres

On-call

Tools

ClickHouse

Redis

AWS

Job description

Xsolla is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to design, build, and operate scalable backend systems in a fast-paced, highly collaborative setting.

You will develop event-driven services with Go and Kafka, create scalable microservices in Docker and Kubernetes, and push performance, resiliency, and reliability across production workloads.

Own your code in production, collaborate with product teams, and contribute to tests, CI/CD, and architectural decisions to power our gaming commerce platform.