Senior Elixir Backend Developer – Phoenix

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 GCP
• GraphQL
• Phoenix LiveView
• DevOps practices
• Infrastructure as Code
• Prometheus / Grafana / ELK Stack
• Cloud-native application development

Primary Technology Stack

Elixir | Phoenix | OTP | GenServer | PostgreSQL | Redis | Kafka | RabbitMQ | REST APIs | Microservices | Docker | Kubernetes | AWS/Azure/GCP