Backend Engineer (English speaking)

About Remote Remote is solving modern organizations’ biggest challenge – navigating global employment compliantly with ease. With our core values at heart and future focused work culture, our team works tirelessly on ambitious problems, asynchronously, around the world. and all of our positions are fully remote. With Innovation as one of the core values, we have built Automation and AI capabilities into the requirements for every role. We encourage every member of the Remote team to bring their talents, experiences and culture to the table to help us build the best-in-class HR platform. You'll be joining a team of engineers across Frontend, Backend, SRE and QA. Regardless of the specific team, you will be working on building tools, APIs and integrations for one of our products. Our backend is built with Elixir and Phoenix, with a Postgres database. We use React and Nextjs for our front-end. Our applications are hosted on AWS. We fully rely on our CI for deployments and deploy multiple times per day. You can also check out this Keynote to learn how we evolved Remote's architecture and organisation to support a fast pace. Competitive salary, stock options, flexible paid time off, and a set of perks and benefits. Strong team of experienced engineers who will support and facilitate your professional growth. Strong engineering fundamentals and a track record of shipping production systems that are secure, reliable, and scalable. Ability to think in systems: define specs clearly, break down plans, instrument verification, and close the loop on quality. Demonstrates strong automation and AI capabilities and AI fluency. AWS React/Vue/Angular Lead the development of major team-scoped projects, participate in cross-team initiatives for Remote's HR and Payroll products. Investigate, propose and participate in implementation of improvements to our platform. Implement interfaces with performance, accessibility, and API design in mind. Redesign how engineering work ships with autonomous agents as the default execution layer As soon as possible Remote's Total Rewards philosophy is to ensure fair, unbiased compensation and fair equity pay along with competitive benefits in all locations in which we operate. We hope to inspire other companies to support global talent-hiring and bring local wealth to developing countries. At Remote we have international operations and a globally distributed workforce. We use geo ranges to consider geographic pay differentials as part of our global compensation strategy to remain competitive in various markets while we hiring globally. The actual base pay for the successful candidate in this role is dependent upon many factors such as location, transferable or job-related skills, work experience, relevant training, business needs, and market demands. At Remote, we foster internal mobility as a key element of our culture of employee growth and development, supported by a compensation philosophy that guarantees pay equity and fairness. Therefore, all compensation changes associated with an internal move will be reviewed by the Total Rewards & People Enablement team on a case by case basis. The annual salary range for this full-time position is $Our full benefits & perks are explained in our handbook at remote.flexible paid time off ~ flexible working hours (we are async ) ~16 weeks paid parental leave ~ mental health support services ~ home office budget & IT equipment ~ budget for local in-person social events or co-working spaces We work async at Remote which means you can plan your schedule around your life (and not around meetings). Read more at remote.We kindly ask you to submit your application and CV in English, as this is the standardised language we use here at Remote. # Not only do we encourage folks from all ethnic groups, genders, sexuality, age, abilities, disability status and any other under-represented group to apply, but we prioritize a sense of belonging. We have 4 ERGs (Women, Disability, Queer, Minorities in Tech) who meet regularly with the People team. During your interviews and beyond, we ask & encourage anybody who needs an accommodation to request one from their recruiter. As an equal employment opportunity employer it’s important to us that our workforce reflects people of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences and this data will help us to stay accountable. We thank you for providing this data, if you chose to. At Remote, we embrace AI as a valuable tool while prioritizing human creativity and authenticity. To learn more about Remote's AI guidelines check see here .