Demonstrates expertise in designing and building REST and gRPC services, with a strong focus on backend development, service architecture, and observability. Proficient in relational databases, asynchronous messaging, and application security, while effectively collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Go Programming LanguageREST And gRPC API DesignRelational Databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL)Asynchronous Messaging (Kafka, RabbitMQ, NATS)Docker And Kubernetes

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

DockerGrafanaGRPCKafkaKubernetesMySQLPostgresPrometheusRabbitMQRedisWeb3Go

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design and build REST and gRPC services and APIs for authentication, account management, and wallet operations
Own backend services end to end, including design, implementation, release, production operation, and on-call
Define service boundaries, integration contracts, and data ownership across services
Design data models and storage; optimize schemas and queries
Build event-driven and asynchronous workflows
Own observability through metrics, logs, tracing, and alerting
Participate in on-call, incident response, and post-mortems
Improve CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, testing, and the engineering environment
Review code
Set up and maintain AI tooling in repositories
Make and document architectural decisions through RFCs or ADRs
Collaborate with product managers, designers, backend and frontend engineers, QA, and DevOps
Support Xsolla ID identity/authentication and Xsolla ZK Web3 wallet infrastructure products

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of commercial backend development experience
Go: idiomatic code, concurrency with goroutines, channels, context and cancellation; memory and performance profiling with pprof
Relational databases including PostgreSQL and MySQL: schema design, indexes, query plans, transactions and isolation levels, and safe migrations
Redis caching, including invalidation and consistency trade-offs
Service architecture and distributed-systems trade-offs, including consistency, availability, idempotency, retries, and failure modes
Asynchronous messaging and event-driven design using Kafka, RabbitMQ, or NATS
REST and gRPC API design, including versioning, backward compatibility, OpenAPI/Swagger, and Protobuf
Application security, including OWASP Top 10, secrets management, and safe handling of user data
Server-side OAuth 2.0/OIDC, including flows, tokens, and sessions
Docker and Kubernetes for deploying and debugging services
Observability using Datadog or comparable tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/Graylog, or OpenTelemetry
Unit, integration, and contract testing
Git and CI/CD, including GitLab CI or similar
Daily hands-on use of AI coding tools such as Claude Code, Codex, or Cursor, including repository configuration
Ability to read technical documentation in English

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, dental, and vision benefits
Paid time off (PTO)
Personalized career roadmap
Professional development through training and educational opportunities
Flexible schedule
Remote work worldwide
Employment agreement with entity or EOR arranged per candidate location

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Hard Skills

Backend DevelopmentService ArchitectureData ModelingApplication SecurityUnit TestingIntegration TestingCI/CDObservabilityEvent-Driven DesignOAuth 2.0/OIDC

Soft Skills

CollaborationProblem-SolvingDocumentation

Tools & Technologies

GitDatadogPrometheusGrafanaELK/GraylogOpenTelemetryAI Coding Tools (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor)

Industry Keywords

MicroservicesDistributed SystemsInfrastructure As CodeObservabilityIncident Response