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[Remote] Software Engineer (Elixir)

Remote · United States Full-time

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The employer is a fast-growing event ticketing technology company serving a global market through engineering-focused teams. The Elixir/Phoenix Software Engineer will design and implement features across domain-driven systems, optimize databases and search, develop background-processing workflows, integrate APIs and microservices, and support code quality through testing, reviews, and mentoring.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement features across our domain-driven architecture (contexts, services, schemas)
  • Build and optimize PostgreSQL queries, including work with read replicas for performance-critical paths
  • Develop background job workflows using Oban and Broadway/SQS pipelines
  • Integrate with external APIs and internal microservices
  • Contribute to Elixir & TypeScript services and tooling across the Shared Services portfolio
  • Improve search functionality using OpenSearch
  • Implement caching strategies to handle high-traffic scenarios
  • Write comprehensive tests and maintain high code quality standards
  • Participate in code reviews and architectural discussions
  • Mentor junior engineers and contribute to team best practices

Skills

  • ● 5+ years of backend engineering experience
  • ● 3+ years of production Elixir experience
  • ● Strong TypeScript expertise (Node.js services or full-stack)
  • ● Solid command of TypeScript core features: type system (generics, unions, utility types), async/await and the Node.js event loop, and module/tooling ecosystem
  • ● Strong PostgreSQL expertise (query optimization, indexing, transactions, migrations)
  • ● Experience with Ecto and Phoenix
  • ● Understanding of OTP principles (GenServer, Supervisor, Application)
  • ● Experience with background job processing (Oban, Broadway, or similar)
  • ● Familiarity with RESTful API design
  • ● Strong testing practices (ExUnit, property-based testing)
  • ● Minimum of 5-10 years of experience in a product, engineering, development, or technical delivery position
  • ● Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science, Business, IT or related discipline
  • ● Experience building e-commerce platforms or inventory management systems
  • ● Understanding of marketplace dynamics (orders, listings, pricing, fulfillment)
  • ● Experience with distributed systems and clustering
  • ● Familiarity with Datadog and OpenTelemetry
  • ● Python experience: backend services, automation (a strong plus)

Benefits

  • 10% bonus
  • Full-time benefits
  • 100% Remote

Company Overview

  • Sapient Search offers a variety of strategic recruitment solutions to help organizations function at their highest level. It was founded in 2012, and is headquartered in New York, New York, USA, with a workforce of 11-50 employees. Its website is https://sapientsearchgroup.com.
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