Team Lead Backend Engineer

💼 Hiring: Team Lead Backend Engineer - Xsolla 📍 Remote - Russia / Moscow / Perm | 🕐 Posted 9 hours ago - October 3, 2026 | 💰 Competitive | 🧑‍💻 Full-time | 🔗 Go / OAuth 2.0 / OIDC / IAM Xsolla is hiring a Team Lead Backend Engineer for the Xsolla ID team to build secure, high-availability identity systems. The role leads the next-generation IAM platform that underpins the company's B2C products. 📋 Responsibilities include: - Own IAM platform strategy: authentication, authorization, and session management at scale - Design OAuth 2.0 / OIDC flows, token lifecycle, and security primitives - Lead Ory ecosystem decisions (Hydra, Kratos, Keto) and the custom Auth API orchestrator - Own web security: cookies, CSRF, XSS, secure token storage, TLS, and sessions - Drive CockroachDB geo-distributed data residency and zero-downtime Login migration - Lead and mentor up to 8 backend engineers, including hiring, 1:1s, and delivery 🔑 Requirements / Must-have: - 5+ years with Go, or 7+ years in other backend languages with Go proficiency - Deep OAuth 2.0 / OIDC and IAM expertise: PKCE, client credentials, device flow, token introspection, refresh - Web security fundamentals and OWASP awareness - Strong MySQL/PostgreSQL and Redis knowledge - Distributed systems, high-availability design, Docker, and Kubernetes - 2+ years leading engineering teams and mission-critical infrastructure 🛠 Nice-to-have / Preferred: - Ory, CockroachDB, NATS or Kafka, WebAuthn/FIDO2, Web3 wallet auth (EIP-4361) - SCIM, SAML, or enterprise SSO; SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, or GDPR - Fintech, payments, or gaming identity, plus large-scale user migrations 💡 Perks & Benefits: - Unlimited flexible time off and private health insurance with dental coverage for employee and family - Career roadmap, leadership development, training, certifications, and conferences - Remote-first culture, flexible hours (10:00-19:00), and annual team events 📩 To apply: Apply: https://jobs.lever.co/xsolla/10f4a9d6-37b0-438a-822f-669aa3a9f9cc/apply 🔗 Original post: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/remote-team-lead-backend-engineer-at-xsolla-share-7511878935123771392-hprh 📌 New here? Subscribe and mute notifications to avoid noise. 🔎 Search by role or skill, or check the pinned messages for a short vacancy list. ⚠️ DYOR! I do not verify every job. Requests to download and run files or make a payment are major scam warning signs. 🚩 ❗️ I am not hiring. I only share fresh Web3 jobs posted by others. #NFA #DYOR 🌎 All my other social media! Subscribe!👇 💡 Intern/Junior Web3/Crypto/Blockchain Roles DAILY 📱 Allweb3jobs on Twitter/X 📱 Allweb3jobs on LinkedIn 📱 Coinmarketcap token analysis 🪙 Binance token analysis 💬 Want to promote something or just ask a question? Feel free to reach out: @crypto_vazima