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title: 'Junior Developer (AI Engineering) at Xsolla'
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# Junior Developer (AI Engineering) at Xsolla

- **Company:** Xsolla
- **Location:** Vladivostok, Russia
- **Employment:** internship
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-10-13
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-13
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/xsolla/d370a7d6-0923-441a-8af3-f5526d3d061c

## 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](http://xsolla.com/).

## ABOUT YOU

We are looking for a Junior Developer (AI Engineering) to join the Xsolla Partner Network (XPN) team, a platform that connects game studios and publishers with content creators. The position involves participation in all stages of work on an automated content generation system: from stabilising the existing vertical video pipeline for YouTube Shorts, TikTok and Instagram Reels to developing the agentic architecture, launching the virtual AI creator direction and building analytics on the results. Working with the team means applying cutting-edge generative models and agentic tools to a real production product every day, seeing the direct effect of your work in content metrics, and learning from the inside how the games industry, the creator economy and content-driven game promotion work. The developer will work with a live system that has a real audience and measurable results, make technical decisions independently, build expertise in generative AI and take on the role of the project's technical owner as it grows.

## Responsibilities

- Take over the existing vertical video generation pipeline (script → voiceover → visuals → subtitles → editing → auto-posting → tracking links) for YouTube Shorts, TikTok and Instagram Reels, understand it from the docs and code, and bring it to stable operation.
- Grow the pipeline: improve content quality and virality, scale up generation volume, reduce cost and turnaround time per video.
- Keep track of new generation models and services (video, image, voice, LLM), test them quickly and replace outdated parts of the pipeline with better or cheaper ones.
- Launch and develop the virtual AI creator direction: a consistent character, voice, style and content plan.
- Design and improve agents: write and debug prompts and sub-agent roles, validation between phases, context and cost control.
- Build a dashboard for running generation and tracking content analytics (views, clicks, conversions, cost per video).
- Automate publishing: platform integrations, posting from mobile devices, scaling channels.
- Write clean, testable, documented code, including unit and integration tests.

## Requirements

- Solid Python, basic bash.
- Hands-on experience with LLM APIs (Claude, OpenAI, etc.) and agentic pipelines: a real project, pet project or hackathon entry you can show and talk through.
- Experience using Claude Code, Cursor or similar tools as a working environment, not just as autocomplete.
- Understanding of prompt engineering basics: defining an agent's role, limiting context, getting stable structured output.
- Understanding of Git, team development and Docker basics.
- Ability to work with REST APIs and webhooks, basic understanding of databases (SQL).
- Understanding of vertical content: games, creators, streams, TikToks, Shorts, how video discovery works, what shadowbans are, how mobile posting farms are set up. A big plus if this is your hobby: your own channel, editing, streaming, experiments with AI generation.
- Ownership: the ability to take a task end to end and deliver a result without external supervision.
- Initiative: your own proposals on improving the pipeline, new models and automation, and the readiness to implement them yourself.
- Ability to figure out someone else's system from code and documentation, reconstruct the logic and ask the right questions.
- Independence in technical decisions and openness in communication: flag problems immediately.
- Product thinking: measuring results by content metrics (views, retention, clicks) and cost per video.
- Ability to explain the system's capabilities and limitations to non-technical colleagues.
- Experimental mindset: fast hypothesis testing and the willingness to drop what did not work.
- Desire to grow with the project: from stabilising the current pipeline to becoming its technical owner.
- English at the level of reading technical documentation (Intermediate+).

## Nice to have

- Experience with video and image generation via API ([fal.ai](http://fal.ai), Kling, Runway, Seedance, Nano Banana, etc.), TTS and speech recognition (Whisper and similar).
- ffmpeg: assembly, normalisation, subtitles, overlays.
- Experience building reliable calls to paid APIs: retries, idempotency, cost tracking.
- n8n or other workflow tools.
- Telegram bots, YouTube / TikTok / Instagram / Discord APIs.
- Android / mobile device automation.
- Supabase or PostgreSQL.
- Experience with GCP, Docker, Kubernetes.
- Observability and monitoring (Datadog, OpenTelemetry).
- Your own channel, pet projects, open-source experience or hackathon participation.

The duties and responsibilities of this position may evolve over time to support the organization’s goals and individual growth. This job description is intended to outline the general nature and level of work being performed and is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required. By submitting your application, you consent to Xsolla conducting background checks, where permitted by law, after the final interview stage. All checks will comply with local regulations, and your information will be handled confidentially. Xsolla takes your privacy seriously and will not sell or externally distribute any personal data received during the hiring process. In accordance with applicable data protection laws, Xsolla is committed to protecting your personal information and respecting your privacy.

For any inquiries related to data privacy, please contact: careers@xsolla.com

Explore more opportunities at: https://xsolla.com/careers

## About Xsolla

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Xsolla is a global commerce and financial technology company that provides a comprehensive suite of tools and services for video game developers and publishers, including payments, distribution, marketing, and monetization solutions.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Privately Held)
- **Headquarters**: Sherman Oaks (Los Angeles), California, United States
- **Founded**: 2005
- **Founders**: Aleksandr Agapitov (Founder & CEO)

## Core Business
- **Industries**: Video game commerce, financial technology, payment processing, distribution, and capital markets for interactive entertainment.
- **Target Customers**: B2B – game developers and publishers of all sizes, from indie studios to AAA enterprises.
- **Mission**: "We bring opportunities together for the video game industry" – helping creators fund, launch, distribute, and monetize games globally.

## Products & Services
- **Xsolla Payment Solutions**: Global payment orchestration supporting 1000+ payment methods, 130+ currencies, and 200+ geographies. Operates as the merchant of record.
- **Xsolla Web Shop**: White-label direct-to-consumer storefronts that allow developers to sell games and in-game items with higher margins.
- **Xsolla Launcher & Distribution**: Cross-platform game distribution tools and launcher solutions for PC and mobile.
- **Xsolla Partnership Network**: Marketing and audience acquisition services.
- **Xsolla Capital Markets Group (CMG)**: Institutional capital platform providing debt, credit, and special situations financing for game studios, supported by proprietary market intelligence and an LP/investor network.
- **Xsolla Storefront** (in development): White-label Android game store designed for large-file distribution, download management, and multi-tenant theming.
- **Xsolla Anti-Fraud & Compliance**: Risk management and compliance tools tailored to digital gaming transactions.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not publicly available.
- **Annual Revenue**: ~$100 million (source: LinkedIn data).
- **Total Funding**: Not disclosed (private, bootstrapped/growth equity?).
- **Notable Partners & Clients**: Valve, Twitch, Epic Games, PUBG Corporation, and thousands of other game developers (1,500+ mentioned on careers page).
- **Growth Signals**:
  - 1,079 full-time employees (as of 2025; up ~22% YoY based on earlier LinkedIn data).
  - 16 global offices across Los Angeles, London, Berlin, Dubai, Kuala Lumpur, Tokyo, Beijing, and more.
  - 3,000+ direct-to-consumer web shops launched.
  - 258,343,632 Pay Station visits in 2024.
  - 180.5 million average daily developer API calls.
  - 99.98% platform uptime over the past 12 months.
  - Active expansion of Capital Markets Group with hires in New York, Middle East, and Singapore.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Exclusive video game focus** – All products and services are built specifically for the games industry, unlike generic payment processors.
- **Global merchant of record** – Handles tax, compliance, and fraud in 200+ territories, reducing friction for developers.
- **Relationships with major platforms** – Deep integrations with Steam, Twitch, Epic Games Store, etc.
- **Scale and reliability** – Proven ability to handle hundreds of millions of transactions annually with near-perfect uptime.
- **Capital and investment arm** – Unique ability to provide financing to studios, creating stickiness and aligning incentives.

## Strategic Focus
- Scaling the **Capital Markets Group** as an independent institutional platform serving the interactive entertainment ecosystem (debt, special situations, principal investments).
- Building a **white-label Android game store** to capture mobile distribution and compete with traditional app stores.
- Deepening **AI integration** across QA, testing, and hiring processes (Director of QA role explicitly mentions AI-assisted testing; AI used in recruitment).
- Expanding presence in high-growth markets: **Japan** (CMO/VP Marketing role), Middle East, and Southeast Asia.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: "We build from the inside out" – competitive salary, flexible time off, hybrid/remote options, health insurance, retirement programs, family leave, generous in-office amenities, disability and life insurance.
- **Work Model**: Hybrid and remote available across global offices.
- **Engineering Culture**: High ownership, modern stack (Android/Kotlin, large-file distribution, multi-tenant theming, CI/CD, cloud infrastructure). Engineers work on greenfield projects like the white-label game store.
- **Growth Opportunities**: New hires in the Capital Markets group have "executive sponsorship, meaningful ownership, and the mandate to build a durable franchise." Rapidly scaling company with expanding teams.
- **Global, diverse team**: Employees from 52+ countries; offices in 12 countries.

## Sources
1. [Xsolla Careers](https://xsolla.com/careers)
2. [LinkedIn – Xsolla Company Profile](https://linkedin.com/company/xsolla)
3. [Xsolla About Us](https://xsolla.com/about-us)
4. [Xsolla Culture & Values](https://xsolla.com/our-culture-and-values)
5. [Xsolla Jobs on Lever](https://jobs.lever.co/xsolla)

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