About you
We are looking for a Backend Tech Lead who is passionate about challenges, technically excellent, and eager to create greater impact by leading and empowering a team to join our Xsolla China technology team. The best candidate will be someone who thrives in a fast-paced, highly collaborative, and exceptionally dynamic setting and is excited to lead a team focused on delivering customized integration solutions and technical support for the Chinese market, while participating deeply in product architecture discussions and decisions.
Strong programming skills and solid computer science fundamentals are essential, along with experience in designing and developing highly available, scalable, large-scale distributed systems, with deep expertise in middleware such as message queues, Elasticsearch, Redis, and MySQL. The ability to lead and mentor team members, foster their professional growth, and ensure the team delivers high-quality code efficiently will be key to your success in this role.
If you’re passionate about driving innovation and delivering tailored solutions for the gaming industry in China and love combining profound technical expertise with team management and product thinking to create meaningful impact, we would love to hear from you!
Must-have
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or a related field.
- 5+ years of backend development experience, with at least 1 year in a tech lead, team lead, or core architect role.
- Strong programming skills and solid computer science fundamentals, with proficiency in data structures and design patterns. Must be skilled in Golang or PHP and their mainstream frameworks.
- Hands-on experience in designing and developing large-scale distributed systems, with deep insight into system performance bottlenecks and optimization.
- Excellent communication skills, a strong sense of responsibility, and clear logical thinking for complex problem-solving.
- Fluent English (B2+ level), capable of seamless communication in an international team environment.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, with strong self-motivation and resilience.