# Senior Backend Engineer — Korea [Xsolla](https://gurify.com/jobs?q=Xsolla) · Seoul, South Korea · Posted 2 weeks ago Senior [Backend](https://gurify.com/jobs/backend) [Apply on the original posting → (opens in a new tab)](https://jobs.lever.co/xsolla/d8d92f79-ef44-463f-9c15-55a07e851fc9/apply) ## Job description ABOUT YOU We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer who is detail-oriented, proactive, 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 design and build scalable backend systems, drive architectural improvements, and deliver resilient, high-performance services in production environments. Strong technical expertise in Go, distributed systems, and microservices architecture is essential, along with experience in building and operating cloud-native applications in containerized environments using Docker and Kubernetes. The ability to troubleshoot complex production issues, optimize system performance, and manage event-driven architectures using Kafka or similar streaming platforms will be key to your success in this role. If you're passionate about building reliable, scalable systems that power high-impact products and love creating seamless infrastructure that enables innovative payment, gaming, or 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. ABOUT YOU We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer who is detail-oriented, proactive, 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 design and build scalable backend systems, drive architectural improvements, and deliver resilient, high-performance services in production environments. Strong technical expertise in Go, distributed systems, and microservices architecture is essential, along with experience in building and operating cloud-native applications in containerized environments using Docker and Kubernetes. The ability to troubleshoot complex production issues, optimize system performance, and manage event-driven architectures using Kafka or similar streaming platforms will be key to your success in this role. If you're passionate about building reliable, scalable systems that power high-impact products and love creating seamless infrastructure that enables innovative payment, gaming, or 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. **Live in Xsolla’s hiring system.** Read from the company's own applicant tracking system, not reposted from a job board — so it's a real, open requisition rather than an ad that outlived the role. 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