Xsolla Tech Stack

Game monetization and payments infrastructure for studios worldwide

Computer Games Sherman Oaks, CA 1,001–5,000 employees Founded 2005 Privately Held

Xsolla operates a payments and monetization platform built on Kubernetes, Kafka, and GCP/AWS, serving game studios from indie to enterprise scale. The engineering-heavy org (102 engineers across 205 open roles) is actively scaling backend services and tackling database performance bottlenecks while adopting modern identity standards (OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, SCIM) and integrating AI-powered QA tooling—a shift that signals infrastructure maturation amid rising complexity in global game commerce.

Tech Stack 194 technologies

Core StackLinux Kubernetes AWS Terraform Python Puppet Ansible Go Kafka Temporal Docker PHP Elasticsearch Redis MySQL Confluence Jira Basecamp React Node.js Nest.js GCP Terragrunt Bash YouTube Twitch TikTok Vault Google Workspace MobX+152 more

AdoptingApple Google OAuth 2.0 OIDC SAML SCIM

What Xsolla Is Building

◆Challenges

Reducing technical debt
Integration challenges
Scaling backend services
Frontend performance optimization
Legacy systems
Customized integration projects for china market
Improving activation
Database performance and scalability
Improving deployment reliability
Persistent technical blockers

▲Active Projects

Developer meetups and hackathons
Integrate ai-powered tools into qa workflows
Customized integration projects for china partners
Conduct load/stress testing and performance investigations
Developer documentation and tutorials
Organize regional hackathons and meetups
Coordinate participation in regional developer conferences
Backend services and apis for global gaming commerce
Scalable application architecture
Promotional tools

Hiring Activity

Steady200 roles · 60 in 30d

Department

Engineering

102

Product

Marketing

Sales

Data

Ops

Design

Seniority

Senior

Mid

Director

Lead

Manager

Junior

Intern

C-Level

Notable leadership hires: Marketing Director, Experiential Marketing Director, Chief of Staff, Software Development Director, Chief Communications Officer

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About Xsolla

Xsolla provides a business engine for game developers and publishers, handling distribution, monetization, and payments across regions. The platform serves as a merchant and seller of record for major gaming entities, operating across 14+ countries with particular focus on US, Asia-Pacific, and Europe. Core capabilities span in-game payments, local payment solutions, microtransactions, and billing infrastructure. Active projects reveal a company balancing developer community engagement (hackathons, documentation, conference participation) with infrastructure hardening (load testing, scalable architecture, deployment reliability). Technical debt reduction and legacy system modernization are top internal priorities.

HeadquartersSherman Oaks, CA

Company Size1,001–5,000 employees

Founded2005

Hiring MarketsUnited States, South Korea, Japan, Germany, China, Canada, Cyprus, Malaysia

Frequently Asked Questions

What tech stack does Xsolla use?

Linux, Kubernetes, GCP, AWS, Terraform, Python, Go, Kafka, Temporal, Docker, Node.js, React, MySQL, Redis, Elasticsearch. Currently adopting OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, and SCIM for identity management.

Where does Xsolla hire?

Actively hiring across 14 countries: United States, South Korea, Japan, Germany, China, Canada, Cyprus, Malaysia, Serbia, Mexico, Russia, Brazil, Turkey, and Kazakhstan.