Senior Data Engineer; Data Governance Lead

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.

• This role will assign the data engineering efforts for the
  Uer Platform (CDP)and
  Recommendation Engine
  , ensuring data accuracy, performance, data alignment and security across pipelines connecting
  Snowflake, Postgres, Kafka, and API Gateway
  services.
• You’ll collaborate with ML engineers, backend teams, and business stakeholders to build reliable, high-performance data systems that support insights, automation, and machine learning use cases
• This role will lead the data governance best practices and communication cross the organization.

• 3-8 years of experience in Data Engineering, with
  data governance responsibilities .
• SQL and Python skills, with proven experience building
  ETL/ELT
  at scale.
• Understanding of
  Snowflake performance tuning
  ,
  query optimization
  , and
  warehouse orchestration
  .
• Understanding of
  data modeling
  (Kimball, Data Vault, or hybrid).
• Familiarity with
  API-based data integration
  and
  microservice architectures
  .
• Excellent cross-functional communication — can translate between engineering and business.
• Hands-on problem solver who balances velocity with reliability.

$120,000 - $170,000 a year