Senior Backend Engineer (Elixir)Remote Services Inc. • New York, New York, United States
Senior Backend Engineer (Elixir)
Remote Services Inc.
- New York, New York, United States
- New York, New York, United States
À propos
Our backend is built with Elixir and Phoenix, with a Postgres database. We use React and Next.js for our front‑end. GitLab is used for version control, issue tracking, and CI/CD. Our applications are hosted on AWS and we deploy multiple times per day.
What This Job Can Offer You
Complex and meaningful challenges – solving them will enable people and businesses to live and operate in any country of the world.
Opportunity to have a significant impact on the business – each change you make today is amplified by the company’s growth.
A lot of freedom to organize your work and life – you are not bound to daily stand‑ups, recurring meetings or other ceremonies.
Competitive salary, stock options, flexible paid time off, and a set of perks and benefits.
A supportive and kind work environment where you can challenge the dogmas and pursue innovation.
Strong team of experienced engineers who will support and facilitate your professional growth.
What you bring (Must have)
Strong engineering fundamentals and a track record of shipping production systems that are secure, reliable, and scalable.
Practical experience designing or adopting agentic/automation workflows (or comparable systems) and improving them through iteration.
Ability to think in systems: define specifications clearly, break down plans, instrument verification, and close the loop on quality.
Proficiency with Postgres (or similar).
Experience with CI/CD (GitLab, GitHub, Jenkins, or similar).
Demonstrated strong automation and AI capabilities and AI fluency.
Nice to Have
Kubernetes
Docker
AWS
Next.js
React/Vue/Angular
Key Responsibilities
Lead the development of major team‑scoped projects and participate in cross‑team initiatives for Remote’s HR and Payroll products.
Actively participate in product work: provide feedback, suggest solutions, and use technical insights to suggest product improvements.
Maintain a strong understanding of the team’s domain from both product and engineering perspectives.
Provide feedback on code reviews.
Contribute to the shared codebase.
Debug and solve technical and business issues.
Participate in non‑team activities such as support rotations, hiring process, RFC discussions, etc.
Mentor and provide guidance to other engineers.
Investigate, propose, and participate in implementation of improvements to our platform.
Implement interfaces with performance, accessibility, and API design in mind.
Redesign how engineering work ships with autonomous agents as the default execution layer.
Propose and operationalize agentic workflows end‑to‑end (spec → plan → execute → verify) to deliver outcomes faster.
Build reusable agentic workflows and primitives in the codebase so teams can apply them repeatedly across domains.
Use verification loops (tests, checks, evals, guardrails) to ensure results are correct, secure, reliable, and scalable.
Practicals
Reporting line: Engineering Team Leader
Team: Engineering
Location: Anywhere in the World
Start date: As soon as possible
Application Process
Interview with our recruiter
Interview with an Engineering Leader
(async) Code exercise and review
Interview with members of the engineering team
Bar Raiser Interview
Executive Interview with VP of Engineering
Offer and prior employment verification check
Benefits
Work from anywhere
Flexible paid time off
Flexible working hours (we are async)
16 weeks paid parental leave
Mental health support services
Stock options
Learning budget
Home office budget & IT equipment
Budget for local in‑person social events or co‑working spaces
The annual salary range for this full‑time position is $53,300—$119,850 USD.
How You’ll Plan Your Day (and Life) We work async at Remote which means you can plan your schedule around your life, not around meetings. Read more at remote.com/async. You will be empowered to take ownership and be proactive. When in doubt, you will default to action instead of waiting. Your life‑work balance is important and you will be encouraged to put yourself and your family first, and fit work around your needs.
How To Apply
Please fill out the form below and upload your CV in PDF format.
We kindly ask you to submit your application and CV in English, as this is the standardised language we use here at Remote.
If you don’t have an up‑to‑date CV but you are still interested in talking to us, please feel free to add a copy of your LinkedIn profile instead.
Equal Employment Opportunity We encourage folks from all ethnic groups, genders, sexuality, age, abilities, disability status and any other under‑represented group to apply, and we prioritize a sense of belonging. During your interviews and beyond, we ask and encourage anybody who needs an accommodation to request one from the recruiter. We will ask you to voluntarily tell us your pronouns at interview stage, and you will have the option to answer our anonymous demographic questionnaire when you apply below. As an equal employment opportunity employer it’s important to us that our workforce reflects people of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences and this data will help us to stay accountable.
AI Usage Statement At Remote we embrace AI as a valuable tool while prioritizing human creativity and authenticity. We look forward to meeting candidates who balance innovation with genuine expertise and experience. To learn more about Remote’s AI guidelines, please see here.
We accept applications on an ongoing basis.
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Compétences linguistiques
- English
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