Software Engineer (Elixir/Phoenix) - Latin America
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Job description
Key Responsibilities
- Build & Innovate: Design, build, and maintain high-performance, reusable, and reliable backend systems and APIs using Elixir and the Phoenix framework.
- Collaborate: Work closely with our product managers, designers, and other engineers to translate product requirements into well-architected, scalable services.
- Own Features: Take ownership of features from conception to launch, including crafting technical specs, writing clean code, and ensuring a smooth release process.
- Ensure Quality: Write unit and integration tests to ensure code quality, robustness, and reliability. Participate in code reviews to maintain a high-quality code culture.
- Optimize: Identify and correct bottlenecks, fix bugs, and continuously improve application performance, scalability, and fault tolerance.
- Stay Current: Keep up-to-date with the latest industry trends, best practices, and technologies in the Elixir ecosystem to help us innovate and improve.
Qualifications & Skills
- 3+ years of professional software development experience, with a focus on backend development.
- Strong proficiency and professional experience with Elixir and the Phoenix framework.
- Experience with OTP, concurrent and distributed systems, and functional programming principles.
- Proven experience designing and building RESTful APIs (and/or GraphQL) and working with relational databases such as PostgreSQL (Ecto).
- A strong product sense and a passion for building exceptional, reliable, and scalable systems.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a collaborative, agile team environment.
Company Benefits
- Competitive salary and bonuses, including performance-based salary increases.
- Generous paid-time-off policy
- Flexible working hours
- Work remotely
- Continuing education, training, conferences
- Company-sponsored coursework, exams, and certifications
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