Job Title: Senior Elixir Engineer Company Name: Elastic Ltd Job Url: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/search/?currentJobId=4372776210&distance=25.0&f_AL=true&f_TPR=r86400&f_WT=2&geoId=103644278&keywords=software%20engineer&origin=JOB_SEARCH_PAGE_JOB_FILTER&start=75 Job Description: Elastic Ltd Share Show more options Senior Elixir Engineer United States · 14 minutes ago · 0 applicants Promoted by hirer · No response insights available yet Remote Matches your job preferences, workplace type is Remote. Full-time Matches your job preferences, job type is Full-time. Easy Apply Save Save Senior Elixir Engineer at Elastic Ltd Senior Elixir Engineer Elastic Ltd · United States (Remote) Easy Apply Save Save Senior Elixir Engineer at Elastic Ltd Show more options Your profile is missing required qualifications Show match details Help me update my profile BETA Is this information helpful? Get personalized tips to stand out to hirers Find jobs where you’re a top applicant and tailor your resume with the help of AI. Try Premium for PKR0 Meet the hiring team Alex Jury 3rd VP @ Elastic Ltd Job poster Message About the job Emerging Technology | Scalable Distributed Systems | Production-Grade Applications I’m partnering with a fast-growing company operating at the forefront of emerging technology. They’re building sophisticated, real-world platforms that power complex distributed systems at scale — and they’re looking for a Senior Backend Engineer with deep Elixir expertise to join their team. This is an opportunity to work on high-impact systems where performance, reliability, and clean architecture truly matter. The Role As a Senior Elixir Engineer, you’ll play a key role in designing and building secure, scalable backend services. You’ll collaborate closely with product and engineering teams to deliver robust APIs and distributed services that support mission-critical applications. This role is ideal for someone who values simplicity in architecture, writes clean and maintainable code, and enjoys solving complex systems challenges in production environments. What You’ll Be Doing Design, build, and deploy production-grade applications using Elixir, Phoenix, SQL, and GraphQL Architect and maintain scalable distributed systems with performance and security in mind Develop and document GraphQL and/or gRPC APIs Collaborate with Product and UX to shape and prototype new features Contribute to system architecture decisions, performance optimization, and capacity planning Participate in code reviews to maintain high engineering standards Work closely with Infrastructure and DevOps teams on containerized deployments Write comprehensive unit tests and partner with QA on test coverage strategy Support CI/CD pipelines and cloud-native deployments Maintain strong focus on cybersecurity, reliability, and observability What They’re Looking For Experience with Elixir, Phoenix, and Ecto Experience building and maintaining real-world production systems Strong understanding of distributed systems and microservices architecture Experience with PostgreSQL, RabbitMQ, Docker, AWS, and Kubernetes Familiarity with OTP concepts (GenServers, Supervisors, Tasks, Agents) Experience designing GraphQL and/or gRPC APIs Strong grasp of functional programming principles Experience implementing JWT authentication and role-based authorization Solid foundation in algorithms, data structures, and web protocols Clear communicator with a collaborative, team-first mindset Why This Role? Work on complex, real-world distributed systems Join a collaborative, high-performing engineering culture Contribute to innovative products in a rapidly evolving industry High ownership and technical influence If you’re a Senior Elixir Engineer who enjoys building scalable backend systems that operate at real-world scale, I’d love to connect and share more details. Fully remote position for US-based Engineers.