Tech Lead - Fullstack

Xsolla; Canada; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A global commerce company in Canada is seeking a Senior Software Engineer (Full-Stack) to join their Engineering team. The ideal candidate will excel in a dynamic setting, leading architectural decisions while utilizing their expertise in Go and React. Responsibilities include mentoring developers, optimizing performance, and designing scalable systems. If you are passionate about high-quality software that drives gaming and virtual commerce experiences, we would love to hear from you.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience focused on full-stack development using Go and React.
• Deep understanding of backend architecture patterns including microservices.
• Hands-on experience designing RESTful APIs in Go with emphasis on performance.

Responsibilities

• Lead full-stack architecture decisions and build scalable distributed systems.
• Mentor other developers and collaborate across cross-functional teams.
• Implement robust testing strategies, optimize performance across the full stack.

Skills

Full-stack development

Go

React (JavaScript/TypeScript)

Cloud-native architecture

Microservices

CI/CD pipelines

Event-driven architecture

RESTful APIs

Docker

Kubernetes

Tools

AWS

PostgreSQL

Kafka

Terraform

Job description

About You

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer (Full-Stack) who is architecturally strong, quality-driven, and highly collaborative to join our Engineering team. The best candidate will be someone who thrives in a fast-paced, highly collaborative, and exceptionally dynamic setting and is excited to lead full-stack architecture decisions, build scalable distributed systems, and drive shared platform strategies across backend, frontend, and cloud ecosystems.

Strong expertise in Go and React (JavaScript/TypeScript), along with deep knowledge of cloud-native architecture patterns and event-driven system design, is essential, along with experience in building and delivering commercial applications from concept to launch. The ability to design scalable service architectures, implement robust testing strategies (including integration and E2E), optimize performance across the full stack, and mentor other developers while collaborating across cross-functional teams will be key to your success in this role.

If you’re passionate about building high-quality, resilient systems that scale and love designing seamless platform experiences powered by event-driven workflows, cloud infrastructure, and modern web interfaces that drive gaming, virtual currency, and digital commerce experiences, we would love to hear from you!

About Us

Xsolla is a global commerce company with robust tools and services to help developers solve the inherent challenges of the video game industry. From indie to AAA, companies partner with Xsolla to help them fund, distribute, market, and monetize their games. Grounded in the belief in the future of video games, Xsolla is resolute in the mission to bring opportunities together, and continually make new resources available to creators. Headquartered and incorporated in Los Angeles, California, Xsolla operates as the merchant of record and has helped over 1,500+ game developers to reach more players and grow their businesses around the world. With more paths to profits and ways to win, developers have all the things needed to enjoy the game.

For more information, visit xsolla.com.

Qualifications & Skills

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a strong focus on full-stack development using Go and React (JavaScript/TypeScript)
• Deep understanding of backend architecture patterns including microservices, event-driven architecture, and domain-driven design
• Hands-on experience designing and building RESTful APIs and/or gRPC services in Go, with a focus on performance, reliability, and maintainability
• Strong proficiency in React, including modern patterns such as hooks, context, and state management libraries (Redux, Zustand, or similar)
• Proven experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure), including containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Pulumi, or similar)
• Solid experience with message brokers and event streaming platforms such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, NATS, or similar technologies
• Strong knowledge of relational and non-relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, MongoDB, or DynamoDB)
• Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines and automated testing strategies, including unit, integration, and end-to-end testing
• Familiarity with observability and monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or similar)
• Strong understanding of distributed systems concepts such as eventual consistency, idempotency, fault tolerance, and retry strategies
• Experience mentoring junior and mid-level engineers and contributing to architectural decision-making processes
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across cross-functional teams including product, design, and DevOps
• A proactive, ownership-driven mindset with a passion for writing clean, well-documented, and testable code

NICE TO HAVE

• Experience with serverless architectures (AWS Lambda, Cloud Functions)
• Familiarity with GraphQL
• Exposure to WebSocket or real-time communication protocols
• Experience in gaming, virtual currency, digital commerce, or fintech domains
• Contributions to open-source projects