Role overview

Own and scale the backend systems that power accounts, subscriptions, referrals, usage limits, and event tracking. You will lead work across API, data layer, background jobs, and event processing, setting quality standards for reliability, performance, and privacy.

What you'll do

• Build and maintain APIs in Elixir/Phoenix
• Design and evolve PostgreSQL schemas with Ecto migrations (constraints, indexes)
• Implement atomic operations using Ecto.Multi
• Build and operate background jobs with Oban (retries, dedupe, backfills)
• Consume events with Broadway from Google Cloud Pub/Sub with strict idempotency
• Maintain fast usage limit tracking using Mnesia and safe sync patterns to PostgreSQL
• Implement caching where safe using Nebulex (TTLs, invalidation, correctness first)
• Ship GDPR-safe workflows for user PII: anonymization, deletion, retention
• Debug production issues across queries, jobs, and message processing
• Write integration tests for end-to-end flows across API, jobs, and persistence

Must have

• 5+ years backend engineering experience, including ownership of production systems
• Strong experience with Elixir, or deep BEAM background and proven ability to ramp fast on Phoenix/Ecto
• Strong PostgreSQL fundamentals: schema design, indexing, transactions
• Proven track record shipping and managing migrations safely
• Background job experience in production (Oban, Sidekiq, Celery, Bull, or similar)
• Event-driven systems experience (Pub/Sub, Kafka, RabbitMQ, or similar)
• Strong debugging skills (performance, reliability, data consistency)
• Strong privacy mindset and GDPR familiarity

Requirements

• Shipped production systems with real operational ownership
• Strong automation, ownership, and ability to work independently
• English C1+. Immediate or short-notice joiners preferred

We offer

• High-ownership senior role in a fast-moving, remote-first team
• Competitive pay and real product impact at scale
• Direct collaboration with product and ML, fast iteration, no bureaucracy