Sets cross-organizational technical strategy and architecture, guiding multi-team initiatives and building reliable distributed systems for conversational AI, event streams, and real-time ML at company scale.
Tech Lead (Parental Control)
π Description
- Build a service that verifies playersβ ages and obtains parental consent before purchases.
- Write production Go and TypeScript code for APIs, token validation, consent rules, a standalone widget, and a web SDK.
- Own and document the service architecture.
- Hire, onboard, and grow a team of about six backend, frontend, and QA engineers.
- Establish team practices for code review, CI, releases, on-call, and AI coding tools.
- Partner with Legal and Security on requirements, dependencies, and release gates while protecting childrenβs data.
π οΈ Requirements
- 7+ years in software engineering, including 3+ years using Go as a primary language; continue to write and ship code.
- 2+ years as a tech lead or team lead of 4+ engineers, with experience hiring and building a team.
- Backend experience with API design, PostgreSQL, message queues, idempotent third-party integrations, and workflow orchestration such as Temporal.
- TypeScript skills sufficient to review React or Angular code and design an embeddable web SDK.
- Knowledge of identity-flow security, including JWT, OAuth2, webhook signatures, XSS, CSRF, and CSP.
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, tracing, metrics, and on-call ownership.
- Daily use of AI coding tools and experience configuring them for a repository.
- English proficiency at B2 or higher.
β¨ Benefits
- Medical coverage
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- Paid time off
- Personalized career roadmap
- Training and educational opportunities
Full job description
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.
THE ROLE
We are hiring a Tech Lead, Parental Controls. You will build the team and the service that checks a player's age and gets a parent's consent before a child can buy.
This is a coding role. You write production code at least half of your week, you make the architecture decisions, and you hire the engineers who build this with you.
BENEFITS We are passionate about fostering a supportive environment for our team, so we prioritize the physical, mental, and emotional well-being of our employees and their families through a comprehensive Benefits Program. This includes medical, dental, and vision, PTO, and a personalized career roadmap for each employee. By investing in professional development through training and educational opportunities, we ensure that our team thrives both personally and professionally. Together, we're not just building a business; we're cultivating a community that values creativity, collaboration, and the transformative power of play. EMPLOYMENT DETAILS Location: Perm or Moscow, hybrid Employment Type: Full-time Schedule: 10:00-19:00 (flexible) Contract: Employment agreement EQUAL EMPLOYMENT STATEMENT Xsolla is dedicated to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, language, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, political beliefs, disability, age, marital status, social background or other characteristics. We are committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status. CONTACT If you have questions regarding our hiring practices, please contact careers@xsolla.com. For more vacancies, visit xsolla.com/careers.Responsibilities
WHAT YOU WILL DO
WHAT YOU WILL WORK WITH
Go, go-kit, gRPC and REST, PostgreSQL, Redis, RabbitMQ, Temporal; TypeScript with Angular and React; OpenTelemetry and Datadog; Docker, Kubernetes, GitLab CI; a third-party age-verification and consent vendor.
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