About this role

Job Title: Senior Elixir Backend Developer - Phoenix

Experience: 8-10 years

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Senior Elixir Backend Developer to design, develop, and maintain scalable, high-performance backend applications. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Elixir, Phoenix Framework, OTP, distributed systems, REST APIs, microservices, databases, messaging platforms, and cloud-native technologies.

Key Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain backend services using Elixir and Phoenix Framework.
Build scalable, fault-tolerant, and highly available applications leveraging the BEAM VM.
Develop and maintain RESTful APIs and microservices.
Design and implement database schemas, queries, and data models.
Implement concurrent and distributed applications using OTP, GenServer, and Supervisors.
Design and implement event-driven architectures and messaging solutions.
Optimize application performance, reliability, scalability, and security.
Develop integrations with Redis, Kafka, RabbitMQ, and other messaging platforms.
Collaborate with frontend developers, architects, DevOps engineers, and product teams.
Participate in code reviews, troubleshooting, production support, and technical design discussions.
Implement monitoring, logging, and observability solutions.
Follow Agile development practices and contribute to continuous improvement.

Mandatory Technical Skills

Elixir
Phoenix Framework
OTP / GenServer / Supervisors
REST APIs
Microservices
Distributed Systems & Event-Driven Architecture
PostgreSQL / MySQL
Kafka / RabbitMQ / Redis
Git & CI/CD
Docker & Kubernetes

Preferred Skills

AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform
GraphQL
Phoenix LiveView
DevOps practices
Infrastructure as Code
Prometheus / Grafana / ELK Stack
Cloud-native application development

Primary Technology Stack

Senior Elixir Backend Developer Phoenix

Key skills