Senior Backend Engineer (Elixir) in London

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Remote is solving modern organisations’ biggest challenge – navigating global employment compliantly with ease. We make it possible for businesses of all sizes to recruit, pay, and manage international teams. With our core values at heart and future‑focused work culture, our team works tirelessly on ambitious problems, asynchronously, around the world. 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.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development of major team‑scoped projects and participate in cross‑team initiatives.
• Actively participate in product work: provide feedback, suggest solutions, and use technical insights to propose product improvements.
• Maintain a strong understanding of the team’s domain from both product and engineering perspectives.
• Provide feedback on code reviews and contribute to the shared codebase.
• Debug and solve technical and business issues.
• Participate in non‑team activities such as support rotations, hiring process, RFC discussions, etc.
• Mentor and provide guidance to other engineers.
• Investigate, propose, and participate in implementing improvements to our platform.
• Design and implement APIs with performance, scalability, and maintainability in mind.

What You Bring

Must Have (Professional Experience)

• Significant experience as a Backend Engineer working with Elixir, including building, shipping, and maintaining a complicated software project.
• Experience with Postgres (or similar).
• Experience with CI/CD (GitLab, GitHub, Jenkins or similar).

Nice to Have

• Kubernetes
• Docker
• AWS
• Next.js
• React/Vue/Angular

Reporting line: Engineering Team Leader

Team: Engineering

Location: Anywhere in the World

Start date: As soon as possible

Remote Compensation Philosophy

Remote’s Total Rewards philosophy is to ensure fair, unbiased compensation and fair equity pay in all locations we operate. We pay above local rates to avoid cheap‑labour practices and inspire other companies to support global talent-hiring and bring local wealth to developing countries. The base salary range for this full‑time position is between USD 51,850 and USD 116,650. This range is subject to change based on role, level, location, and other factors.

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 with VP of Engineering.
• Offer and prior employment verification check.

Benefits

• 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 & IT equipment.
• Budget for local in‑person social events or co‑working spaces.

How You’ll Plan Your Day (and Life)

We work async at Remote, meaning you can plan your schedule around your life, not around meetings. Your life‑work balance is important; you’ll be encouraged to prioritise yourself and your family.

How To Apply

Fill out the form below and upload your CV in PDF format. Submit your application and CV in English. If you don’t have an up‑to‑date CV, feel free to add a copy of your LinkedIn profile.

Equal Employment Opportunity

We encourage folks from all ethnic groups, genders, sexualities, ages, abilities, disability status, and any other under‑represented group to apply. We prioritise a sense of belonging. We will ask for accommodations if needed and ask applicants to voluntarily share pronouns at interview stage. We also conduct an anonymous demographic questionnaire to help us stay accountable. We accept applications on an ongoing basis.