# Tech Lead at Xsolla

- Company: Xsolla (xsolla.com)
- Location: Montreal
- Places: Montreal, Canada
- Posted: 2026-01-22
- Apply: https://jobs.lever.co/xsolla/2bb002c9-50a4-4129-a831-e38a9d82f6c0
- Page: https://ye.saranatour.dev/jobs/tech-lead-xsolla-kn7cvh5bcagfnbb97pf1gdf5558hfns4

## The posting

Tech Lead
Xsolla · Montreal

**ABOUT YOU**

We are looking for a **Tech Lead** to drive the technical direction, architecture, and delivery of Xsolla’s fraud prevention and risk systems. This role requires deep **fintech and payments experience**, strong understanding of Anti-Fraud Systems (AFS), and the ability to lead engineers building **high-throughput, low-latency, decision-critical systems**.

You will work closely with Product, Data Science, Risk Operations, Compliance, and Platform teams to design and evolve fraud detection, prevention, and investigation capabilities at global scale.

**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](https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fxsolla.com&esheet=54353456&newsitemid=20251106730479&lan=en-US&anchor=xsolla.com&index=2&md5=4baa069c2c9d1a87c02c33ce6d252cd6).

### Responsibilities:

- Technical Leadership & Architecture
- Own the **technical vision and architecture** of Xsolla’s anti-fraud platform and services.
- Design scalable, resilient systems for **real-time transaction risk scoring**, rule engines, and decision workflows.
- Lead architectural decisions around **AFS integrations**, internal fraud engines, and third-party providers.
- Ensure systems meet **performance, reliability, security, and compliance** requirements.
- Fraud & Fintech Domain Leadership
- Translate fraud and risk requirements into robust technical solutions.
- Partner with Risk, Payments, and Compliance teams on: Transaction monitoring, Chargeback reduction, AML / KYC-adjacent workflows (where applicable), and Regulatory and scheme requirements (Visa, Mastercard, etc.)
- Evaluate and evolve fraud strategies across: Card-not-present transactions, Alternative payment methods, Digital goods and gaming-specific fraud vectors
- Engineering Execution: Lead a team of engineers (directly or as a technical lead across squads), Drive best practices in: Code quality and reviews, System observability and alerting, Secure development, and Incident response and root cause analysis
- Balance speed, risk, and quality in a high-impact domain.
- Collaboration & Influence: Work cross-functionally with Product Managers, Data Scientists, and Operations
- Mentor senior and mid-level engineers in both **technical depth** and **domain expertise**.
- Act as a technical escalation point for complex fraud-related incidents.

### Qualifications & Skills:

- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with **significant time in fintech or payments**.
- Proven experience designing or leading **Anti-Fraud Systems (AFS)**, such as: Rule engines, Risk scoring pipelines, and Decision orchestration systems
- Strong backend engineering skills (e.g., Java, Kotlin, Go, or si