Key skills
Elixir/PhoenixDistributed systemsCloud platforms (GCP)Data engineeringContainerization (Docker)Orchestration (Kubernetes)Functional programmingMicroservices architectureEvent-driven architectureCommunication skillsMentorshipTypeScriptElixirData EngineeringData WarehousingKafkaReactPhoenixGCPKubernetesDockerPrometheusGrafanaRabbitMQEvent StreamingLeadershipProduct ManagementCommunicationCollaboration
About this role
Stord is The Consumer Experience Company, powering seamless checkout through delivery for today's leading brands. They are seeking a highly experienced Principal Elixir Engineer to lead and guide one of their product groups, requiring deep technical expertise in Elixir, leadership, and collaboration skills to solve complex challenges and define the technical roadmap.
Responsibilities:
- Define and articulate technical vision and strategy for scalable systems, aligning with our business objectives and customer needs
- Identify and prioritize high-impact technical initiatives across OMS, Billing, WMS, and other core systems
- Work closely with product management to develop and refine the technical roadmap
- Drive architectural decisions that will scale across multiple product teams
- Write high-quality, maintainable code in Elixir/Phoenix
- Architect and implement scalable, fault-tolerant systems leveraging Elixir's concurrency model
- Build and maintain robust data pipelines for data ingestion, processing, and transformation
- Ensure the performance, reliability, and security of distributed systems
- Work hands-on with GCP cloud services and modern infrastructure practices
- Design and implement event-driven architectures and real-time systems
- Provide technical direction and guidance to engineering teams, ensuring alignment with business goals and industry best practices
- Lead the design and implementation of scalable, reliable, and secure systems, while maintaining a focus on simplicity and maintainability
- Tackle complex technical challenges across the stack, driving innovation and delivering efficient solutions
- Guide and mentor engineers at various levels, fostering a culture of continuous learning and professional development. Act as a leader in the team
- Partner with Product, Design, and other stakeholders to define and prioritize work, ensuring the successful delivery of high-quality features
- Set and uphold high standards for code quality, testing, and software development practices
- Lead cross-team technical initiatives and contribute to scaling processes, tools, and technologies
Requirements:
- 10+ years of experience in software engineering, with a strong focus (in recent years) on the Elixir programming language
- Proven track record of architecting and implementing complex, distributed systems in production environments
- Strong understanding of functional programming principles and concurrent system design
- Experience with cloud platforms, preferably GCP
- Experience building data pipelines and working with large datasets
- Demonstrated ability to learn and adapt to new technologies
- Experience with high-throughput, low-latency systems
- Expert proficiency in Elixir/Phoenix and the OTP (Open Telecom Platform) ecosystem
- Strong understanding of data engineering principles and practices
- Experience with database systems, data warehousing, and event streaming platforms
- Experience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes)
- Knowledge of distributed system patterns and microservices architecture
- Ability to define and articulate a clear technical vision
- Excellent communication skills with ability to translate technical concepts to diverse audiences
- Ability to influence and guide technical teams without direct management authority
- Ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions
- Ability to collaborate effectively with other Principal Engineers and teams across the organization
- Familiarity with front-end technologies (React, TypeScript) is a plus
- Previous startup experience
- Previous Staff+ positions
- Previous logistics or supply chain experience
- Experience with Order Management Systems (OMS), Warehouse Management Systems (WMS), or Transportation Management Systems (TMS)
- Experience with GenServer patterns and building fault-tolerant, self-healing systems
- Experience with Phoenix LiveView and real-time web applications
- Knowledge of Erlang/OTP supervision trees and distributed Erlang clusters
- Experience with message queues and event streaming (Kafka, RabbitMQ, etc.)
- Experience with observability and monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, etc.)
- Contributions to open-source Elixir projects or the broader community