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The easier way to employ globally. Remote builds belonging for your team with payroll, benefits, & compliance solutions.
Senior Backend Engineer (Elixir)
Location
Peru + 2 moreAll locations: Peru | Portugal | Spain
Posted
72 days ago
Salary
$53.3K - $119K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Senior Backend Engineer (Elixir)
Remote
About Remote Remote is solving modern organizations’ 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. You can find Remoters working from 6 different continents (Antarctica left to go!) 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. If you are energetic, curious, motivated and ambitious, be part of our world. Apply now and define the future of work! The position You'll be joining a team of engineers across Frontend, Backend, SRE and QA. We're organised into cross-functional development teams assigned to specific verticals. This role is open for several teams, and we will define the exact team that you will be joining during the interview process based on the business needs and your preferences. 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. Gitlab is used as a version control tool, issue tracker and a CI/CD solution. Our applications are hosted on AWS. We fully rely on our CI for deployments and deploy multiple times per day. What this job can offer you - Complex and meaningful challenges — solving them will enable people and businesses to live and operate in any country of the world. - Opportunity to have a significant impact on the business — we are still very early in our journey as a company, and each change you make today is amplified by the company's growth. - A lot of freedom to organize your work and life — you are not bound to daily standups, recurring meetings or other ceremonies. - Competitive salary, stock options, flexible paid time off, and a set of perks and benefits. - A supportive and kind work environment where we would like you to challenge the dogmas and pursue innovation! - Strong team of experienced engineers who will support and facilitate your professional growth. What you bring Must have (professional experience): - Strong engineering fundamentals and a track record of shipping production systems that are secure, reliable, and scalable. - Practical experience designing or adopting agentic/automation workflows (or comparable systems) and improving them through iteration. - Ability to think in systems: define specs clearly, break down plans, instrument verification, and close the loop on quality. - Postgres (or similar). - CI/CD (GitLab, Github, Jenkins or similar). Nice to have - Kubernetes - Docker - AWS - Nextjs - React/Vue/Angular Key Responsibilities - Lead the development of major team-scoped projects, participate in cross-team initiatives for Remote's HR and Payroll products. - Actively participate in product work in the team: provide feedback, suggest solutions to the problems. Use technical insights and expertise to suggest product improvements. - Maintain good understanding of the team’s domain, both from product and engineering sides. - Provide feedback on code reviews. - 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 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 - Propose and operationalize agentic workflows end-to-end (spec → plan → execute → verify) to deliver outcomes faster. - Build reusable agentic workflows and primitives in the codebase so teams can apply them repeatedly across domains. - Use verification loops (tests, checks, evals, guardrails) to ensure results are correct, secure, reliable, and scalable. Practicals - Reporting line: Engineering Team Leader - 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 with VP of Engineering - Offer and Prior employment verification check 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 do not agree to or encourage cheap-labor practices and therefore we ensure to pay above in-location rates. We hope to inspire other companies to support global talent-hiring and bring local wealth to developing countries. At first glance our salary bands seem quite wide - here is some context. 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. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level and location, and our job titles may span more than one career level. 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. The base salary range may be subject to change. 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 $53,300—$119,850 USD Benefits Our full benefits & perks are explained in our handbook at remote.com/r/benefits. As a global company, each country works differently, but some benefits/perks are for all Remoters: - work from anywhere - flexible paid time off - flexible working hours (we are 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 which means you can plan your schedule around your life (and not around meetings). Read more at remote.com/async. You will be empowered to take ownership and be proactive. When in doubt you will default to action instead of waiting. Your life-work balance is important and you will be encouraged to put yourself and your family first, and fit work around your needs. If that sounds like something you want, apply now! How to apply - Please fill out the form below and upload your CV with a PDF format. - We kindly ask you to submit your application and CV in English, as this is the standardised language we use here at Remote. - If you don’t have an up to date CV but you are still interested in talking to us, please feel free to add a copy of your LinkedIn profile instead. 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. We will ask you to voluntarily tell us your pronouns at interview stage, and you will have the option to answer our anonymous demographic questionnaire when you apply below. 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. We look forward to meeting candidates who balance innovation with genuine expertise and experience. To learn more about Remote's AI guidelines check see here. Please note we accept applications on an ongoing basis.
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Company Description VERSANT is a leading force in news, sports and entertainment - home to iconic and trusted brands that inspire, inform, and delight audiences. Our unique combination of content, technology and services enriches the cultural fabric, igniting passions, sparking conversations, and connecting people to what they love most. As an independent, publicly traded company, VERSANT brings together powerhouse cable networks - including USA Network, CNBC, MS NOW (formerly MSNBC), Oxygen, E!, SYFY, and Golf Channel - with dynamic digital and direct-to-consumer brands such as Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow, GolfPass, and SportsEngine. Together, these businesses reflect our commitment to delivering exceptional experiences across every screen and service. VERSANT is an industry-changing media company fueled by innovation and an entrepreneurial spirit. With a strong foundation and a forward-looking vision, VERSANT empowers creativity, embraces change, and drives connection in an ever-evolving world. Job Description Versant Media’s Data Platforms team is the central hub for metadata and core data services across O&T. We unify disparate systems into a secure, well-governed, real-time data environment that powers downstream products, analytics, and content delivery experiences. We are seeking a Principal Software Engineer to play a pivotal role in shaping the architecture, design patterns, and engineering standards of our modern data platform. This is a hands-on, highly technical individual contributor role focused on building scalable backend and data-driven services using modern engineering practices. This role is ideal for an engineer who thrives at the intersection of software engineering excellence and data platform design, and who enjoys setting direction while remaining deeply hands-on. Responsbilities - Design, build, and evolve backend services and data platform components using Node.js and TypeScript - Define and implement modular, service-oriented architectures that support scalable data ingestion, transformation, and access patterns - Partner with data engineering, platform, and governance stakeholders to enable: - Lakehouse-style architectures - ELT pipelines - Metadata management, lineage, and governance capabilities - Establish and evangelize engineering best practices, including: - Object-oriented design and proven design patterns - Test-driven development (TDD) and strong automated test coverage - Secure development lifecycle (SDL) principles - Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines that support safe, repeatable, and observable deployments - Evaluate and integrate modern data storage and processing technologies where appropriate - Act as a technical leader and collaborator: - Contribute to architectural decisions - Review designs and code - Mentor other engineers through influence, not authority - Work effectively in a matrixed enterprise environment with both legacy systems and modern platforms Qualifications - Deep proficiency with Node.js and TypeScript in production environments - Strong foundation in software engineering fundamentals, including: - Object-oriented programming - Design patterns API and service design - Solid understanding of data engineering concepts, including: - Lakehouse architectures - ELT pipelines - Data governance, metadata, and lineage - Experience building modular or microservice-based systems - Strong commitment to TDD, automated testing, and code quality - Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps practices - Familiarity with secure development lifecycle (SDL) concepts - Self-directed, proactive, and comfortable operating with a high degree of ownership - Strong collaborator who communicates effectively across engineering and non-engineering partners Nice to Have - Exposure to ML platforms or services (e.g., Databricks, AWS Bedrock) - Familiarity with analytics and BI tools (Tableau, Power BI, or similar) - Experience working in media, streaming, or large-scale enterprise environments - Prior experience modernizing or integrating legacy systems within a cloud-native architecture Additional Requirements: - Fully Remote: This position has been designated as fully remote, meaning that the position is expected to contribute from a non-Versant worksite, most commonly an employee’s residence. This position is eligible for company sponsored benefits, including medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and a variety of other discounts and perks. Learn more about the benefits offered by NBCUniversal by visiting the Benefits page of the Careers website. We are accepting applications for this position on an ongoing basis. Additional Information As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with a VERSANT Media employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. VERSANT Media's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law. For LA County and City Residents Only: VERSANT Media will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories, or arrest or conviction records, in a manner consistent with relevant legal requirements, including the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the California Fair Chance Act, where applicable. If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to [email protected]. VERSANT Media is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. We include a good faith pay range for each position to comply with applicable state and local pay transparency laws and to promote equity across our organization. Actual compensation will be based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, experience, and location and may include additional forms of compensation and benefits such as health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, etc. VERSANT Media is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at VERSANT via-email, the Internet, or in any form and/or method without a valid written Statement of Work in place for this position from VERSANT's Talent Acquisition team will be deemed the sole property of VERSANT. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by VERSANT as a result of the referral or through other means. - Business Segment: Versant O&T
