Senior Backend Engineer (Elixir)Remote • ZA
Senior Backend Engineer (Elixir)
Remote • ZA
19 days ago
Job descriptionYou'll be joining a team of engineers across Frontend, Backend, SRE and QA. We're organised into cross-functional development teams assigned to specific verticals. This role is open for several teams, and we will define the exact team that you will be joining during the interview process based on the business needs and your preferences. Regardless of the specific team, you will be working on building tools, APIs and integrations for one of our products. Our backend is built with Elixir and Phoenix, with a Postgres database. We use React and Nextjs for our front-end. Gitlab is used as a version control tool, issue tracker and a CI / CD solution. Our applications are hosted on AWS. We fully rely on our CI for deployments and deploy multiple times per day. 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 — we are still very early in our journey as a company, and 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 standups, 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 we would like you to challenge the dogmas and pursue innovation! Strong team of experienced engineers who will support and facilitate your professional growth. Significant experience as a Backend Engineer working with Elixir, which includes building, shipping and maintaining a complicated software project Postgres (or similar) CI / CD (GitLab, Github, Jenkins or similar) Kubernetes Docker AWS Nextjs React / Vue / Angular Lead the development of major team-scoped projects, participate in cross-team initiatives Actively participate in product work in the team : provide feedback, suggest solutions to the problems. Use technical insights and expertise to suggest product improvements Maintain good understanding of the team’s domain, both from product and engineering sides 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 Design and implement APIs with performance, scalability, and maintainability in mind ICT jobs
Job title : Senior Backend Engineer (Elixir)
Job Location : South Africa,
Deadline : January 22, 2026
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