Software Engineer (Elixir)

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$170 K-$200 K

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About the role

Elixir/Phoenix Software Engineer 100% Remote

Compensation: $170K-$200K base + 10% bonus and full-time benefits

Client: Sports data late stage startup with 400+ employees and $100M+ revenue As a market leading, fast-growing, event ticketing technology company, we need motivated and talented individuals to assist with delivering exceptional results that create great solutions for our customers! Our teams utilize industry-leading technologies to solve interesting and complicated challenges, in our rapidly expanding global market. We are relentless in maximizing everyone’s career goals and aspirations - fostering interactions with like-minded people who share the same drive and passion, and allowing the necessary freedom to create your own success. If you are looking for a culture based on people, engineering excellence, and continued growth - in which your contributions and ideas really do make a difference, come join us. Tech StackCore:

Elixir / Phoenix 1.14
PostgreSQL with Ecto 3.x (including read replicas)
OpenSearch for search and analytics
TypeScript / Node.js (cross-service work, integrations, Async Processing) Infrastructure:
Oban Pro for background job processing
Broadway for SQS message processing
Quantum for scheduled jobs
Cachex for in-memory caching
libcluster for distributed Elixir clustering Integrations:
AWS (S3, SQS, SNS, DynamoDB, Secrets Manager)
OpenTelemetry for observability
Tesla for HTTP clients Development:
Docker Compose for local development
GitHub Actions for CI/CDWhat You’ll Do
Design and implement features across our domain-driven architecture (contexts, services, schemas)
Build and optimize PostgreSQL queries, including work with read replicas for performance-critical paths
Develop background job workflows using Oban and Broadway/SQS pipelines
Integrate with external APIs and internal microservices
Contribute to Elixir & TypeScript services and tooling across the Shared Services portfolio
Improve search functionality using OpenSearch
Implement caching strategies to handle high-traffic scenarios
Write comprehensive tests and maintain high code quality standards
Participate in code reviews and architectural discussions
Mentor junior engineers and contribute to team best practices

Requirements

Must Have:

5+ years of backend engineering experience
3+ years of production Elixir experience
Strong TypeScript expertise (Node.js services or full-stack)
Solid command of TypeScript core features: type system (generics, unions, utility types), async/await and the Node.js event loop, and module/tooling ecosystem
Strong PostgreSQL expertise (query optimization, indexing, transactions, migrations)
Experience with Ecto and Phoenix
Understanding of OTP principles (GenServer, Supervisor, Application)
Experience with background job processing (Oban, Broadway, or similar)
Familiarity with RESTful API design
Strong testing practices (ExUnit, property-based testing) Strongly Preferred:
Experience building e-commerce platforms or inventory management systems
Understanding of marketplace dynamics (orders, listings, pricing, fulfillment)

Nice to Have:

Experience with distributed systems and clustering
Familiarity with Datadog and OpenTelemetry
Python experience: backend services, automation (a strong plus) Education
Minimum of 5-10 years of experience in a product, engineering, development, or technical delivery position.
Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science, Business, IT or related discipline

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