About Remote
Remote addresses one of today’s biggest challenges for modern organizations: enabling compliant global employment with ease. We help companies of any size hire, pay, and manage international teams. Guided by our core values and a future-focused work culture, our team collaborates asynchronously to tackle ambitious problems from around the world. Remoters work from six continents (Antarctica is the only one missing), and every role at Remote is fully remote.
We encourage every member of the Remote team to bring their skills, experiences, and culture to the table as we build a best-in-class HR platform.
If you are energetic, curious, driven, and ambitious, join us and help shape the future of work. Apply today.
The position
You will join a group of engineers spanning Frontend, Backend, SRE, and QA. We are structured into cross-functional development teams aligned to specific verticals.
This role is open across multiple teams. The exact team assignment will be determined during the interview process based on business priorities and your preferences.
No matter the team, you will contribute to building tools, APIs, and integrations for one of our products.
Our backend stack uses Elixir and Phoenix with a Postgres database. On the frontend, we work with React and Next.js. GitLab is our version control and CI/CD platform. Our applications run on AWS, and we rely fully on CI for deployments, releasing multiple times per day. You can learn more in our Engineering Rulebook.
What this job can offer you
- Complex, meaningful problems — your work will help people and businesses live and operate in any country worldwide.
- A chance to make a real business impact — we are still early in our company journey, and the changes you make now will scale with our growth.
- High autonomy over how you work and organize your life — no mandatory daily standups, recurring meetings, or rigid ceremonies.
- Competitive compensation, stock options, unlimited PTO, and a range of benefits and perks.
- A supportive, kind environment where challenging assumptions and pursuing innovation is encouraged.
- A strong team of experienced engineers who will support your learning and professional development.
What you bring
- Must have (professional experience):
- Significant experience as a Senior Backend Engineer, including building, delivering, and maintaining complex software systems.
- Postgres (or similar relational databases)
- CI/CD pipelines (GitLab, GitHub, Jenkins, or similar)
Nice to have:
- Experience with functional programming languages such as Elixir, Erlang, Scala, Clojure, Haskell, etc.
- Kubernetes
- Docker
- AWS
- Next.js
- React / Vue / Angular
Key responsibilities
- Lead development of major team-scoped initiatives and contribute to cross-team projects.
- Actively participate in product work by giving feedback, proposing solutions, and using technical insight to suggest product improvements.
- Maintain a strong understanding of the team’s domain from both product and engineering perspectives.
- Provide constructive feedback during code reviews.
- Contribute to and improve the shared codebase.
Practicals
- Team: Engineering
- Location: Anywhere in the world
- Start date: As soon as possible
Application process
- Interview with our Recruiter
- Interview with an Engineering Leader
- (async) Code exercise and review
- Interview with members of the engineering team
- Bar Raiser interview
- Executive interview
- Offer + prior employment verification check
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Remote’s Total Rewards philosophy is centered on fair, unbiased compensation and equitable equity grants, alongside competitive benefits in all regions where we operate. We do not support or encourage low-cost labor practices and instead pay above in-location rates. Our goal is to promote global hiring while contributing to local economic growth.
Our salary bands may appear wide at first. This reflects our global footprint and distributed workforce. We apply geographic ranges to account for local market differences while remaining competitive worldwide.
Salary ranges are based on role, level, and location, and some job titles may cover more than one career level. Actual base pay depends on factors such as location, relevant skills, experience, training, business needs, and market conditions. Base salary ranges may change over time.
Internal mobility is a core part of Remote’s culture. All compensation adjustments related to internal moves are reviewed individually by the Total Rewards & People Enablement team to ensure fairness and pay equity.
The annual salary range for this full-time role is
$51,850—$116,650 USD
Benefits
Our complete benefits and perks are outlined in our handbook at remote.com/r/benefits. As a global company, benefits vary by country, but some offerings apply to all Remoters:
- Work from anywhere
- Flexible paid time off
- Flexible working hours (async)
- 16 weeks paid parental leave
- Mental health support services
- Stock options
- Learning budget
- Home office budget and IT equipment
- Budget for local in-person social events or co-working spaces
How you’ll plan your day (and life)
Remote operates asynchronously, allowing you to design your schedule around your life rather than meetings. Learn more at remote.com/async.
You will be encouraged to take ownership and act proactively. When unsure, you will default to action instead of waiting. Work-life balance is important to us, and you will be supported in prioritizing yourself and your family while fitting work around your needs.
If this sounds like a fit for you, apply now.
