Senior Software Engineer (Backend, Elixir)

Senior Software Engineer (Backend, Elixir)

Remote | U.S.

A remote-first SaaS company building transaction-driven, real-time software is hiring a Senior Software Engineer with strong Elixir experience to help scale and evolve its core platform.

This is a hands-on senior individual contributor. role focused on backend systems, APIs, and platform reliability. You’ll work closely with engineering leadership to improve performance, scalability, and long-term maintainability.

What You’ll Do
Build and maintain backend services using Elixir and Phoenix
Design and support scalable, fault-tolerant systems
Develop and maintain APIs, GraphQL preferred
Improve performance, reliability, and observability
Contribute to architectural decisions and system evolution
Troubleshoot complex production issues
Write clean, testable, maintainable code
Participate in code reviews and engineering best practices

Required Experience
5+ years of software engineering experience
Strong hands-on experience with Elixir and Phoenix required
Knowledge of functional programming and Erlang/OTP
Experience supporting production SaaS systems
Cloud experience, AWS required
Strong database fundamentals, PostgreSQL required
Proficient with Git
Comfortable working in a remote, distributed team
Working knowledge of AI-assisted development tools, used responsibly

Nice to Have
Ruby, Python, or JavaScript experience
High-concurrency or real-time systems experience
Docker, Kubernetes, or cloud-native tooling
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