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🕒 January 23

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Xsolla

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 2005

💼 Consulting

📣 Marketing

📦 Logistics

Consulting • Marketing • Logistics

Xsolla is a company specializing in game commerce solutions. It provides tools and services that empower video game developers to monetize, distribute, and fund their games, helping them to increase revenue at any stage of development. Xsolla offers a wide range of solutions such as customizable web shops, payment processing, fraud prevention, and social packages to enhance player engagement. With over 19 years of experience in the video game industry, Xsolla collaborates with developers and publishers globally to manage compliance, taxes, and operational complexities, allowing them to focus on connecting with their players. Their services are designed to work with popular game development platforms like Unity, Unreal, and Cocos Creator, supporting a wide array of local payment methods worldwide.

📋 Description

• Analyze and implement cost-saving strategies across compute, storage, and network usage • Lead infrastructure and data migration projects across AWS and GCP environments • Conduct risk assessments on infrastructure changes, data migrations, and cost-optimization initiatives • Develop and refine infrastructure tools in Go, Java, or PHP to support migrations and enhance the reliability and efficiency of existing systems • Design, maintain, migrate, and optimize databases and caching layers using SQL, RDS, Elasticache, DynamoDB, MongoDB and Redis • Collaborate with DevOps and application teams to ensure smooth, secure deployment pipelines • Work with infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD workflows for deployment and scaling • Monitor system performance and provide actionable insights for optimization • Participate in architectural reviews, incident analysis, and cross-team technical planning

🎯 Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in infrastructure engineering, DevOps, or backend systems development • Proficiency in Java, PHP, and Go with strong development and scripting skills • Strong knowledge of SQL databases and Redis data storage systems • Experience with monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, Datadog, etc.) • Hands-on experience with AWS and GCP cloud environments • Solid understanding of cost modeling, resource utilization, and billing optimization in multi-cloud setups • Proficient with Git-based workflows and modern CI/CD systems • Experience with containerization, orchestration, and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Ansible, Cloudformation or equivalent) • Ability to assess and mitigate risk in infrastructure and deployment scenarios • Strong analytical mindset, attention to detail, and ability to communicate complex topics clearly • Strong English proficiency and ability to collaborate in a global team.

🏖️ Benefits

• 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision plans • Flexible time off • Personalized career roadmap for each employee • Professional development through training and educational opportunities