Remote Backend Jobs

Location: Remote (UK-based)
Salary: £70k–£90k per year
Type: Full-time

We are working with a fast-growing tech startup building real-time, high-performance applications that serve thousands of users every day. We thrive on building scalable, reliable systems and are looking for a Senior Elixir Developer to join our core engineering team.

If you’re passionate about functional programming, distributed systems, and building software that just works, this is the role for you.

• Design, build, and maintain scalable backend systems using Elixir and the BEAM ecosystem

• Lead development of Phoenix-based APIs and real-time features with LiveView

• Optimise concurrent processes for performance and reliability

• Collaborate with product, design, and engineering teams to deliver high-quality software

• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to Elixir best practices across the team

• Implement observability and monitoring for distributed systems

• 5+ years of backend development experience, with 2+ years in Elixir

• Strong experience with Elixir, Phoenix, Ecto, and OTP principles

• Understanding of concurrent, fault-tolerant, distributed systems

• Experience with PostgreSQL, Redis, or other databases

• Familiarity with message queues(RabbitMQ, Kafka) and background job processing

• Comfortable with remote-first collaboration, Git workflows, and CI/CD pipelines

• Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills in production environments

• Nice-to-have: experience with Absinthe (GraphQL),Nerves (IoT), or Broadway / GenStage

• Work on cutting-edge technologies in a highly scalable, real-time environment

• Fully remote, flexible working hours

• Competitive salary + performance-based bonuses

• Supportive team culture with focus on learning and growth

• Opportunities to contribute to open-source projects and influence the architecture of core systems

• Access to conferences, workshops, and technical training