Senior Software Engineer, Elixir

claritymovescapital; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock option plan

Health & dental premiums (employer 100

Dedicated Vancouver HQ desk

$20 commuter benefit

Team events & social calendar

Growth opportunities in leadership

Sponsorship & relocation

Job summary

Clarity is building a high-performance team to power its private markets platform from Vancouver, BC. You’ll contribute as a Senior Engineer, delivering core backend features in Elixir and Phoenix, while also shaping frontend interfaces with Typescript and React.

You’ll work closely with founders to refine architecture and data models, supporting a secure, scalable service in a fast-moving startup. You’ll collaborate in a small cross-functional group, embrace CI/CD, and apply best practices in

Qualifications

• Substantial backend experience with Elixir and Phoenix.
• Strong experience with Typescript and React.
• CI/CD driven workflow familiarity.
• Commitment to automated backend testing.

Responsibilities

• Hands-on backend development with Elixir/Phoenix from day one.
• Build and maintain frontend user interfaces.
• Design secure APIs and harden API security practices.
• Collaborate with founders and small team to ship product features.
• Refactor codebase and improve infrastructure for scalability.

Skills

Elixir

Phoenix

Typescript

React

CI/CD

Automated tests

English

GraphQL (Absinthe)

PostgreSQL

Tools

Absinthe

PostgreSQL

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Clarity is redefining how private companies and their shareholders access liquidity. Through its institutional-grade platform, Clarity brings together buyers, sellers, and issuers to facilitate secondary transactions in venture-backed, pre-IPO companies, introducing efficiency, transparency, and standardization to an otherwise opaque asset class. Recognized as one of Canada's fastest-growing companies and backed by leading U.S. investors, Clarity is profitable, well-capitalized, and building a high-performance team to meet growing demand and pursue new market opportunities. Interested in learning more about life at Clarity? Check out our careers page to see how you can grow with us! As a Senior Engineer at Hiive, you will be a hands-on contributor to the backed system powering our platform, while building a user friendly interface. You will collaborate with technical leadership to deliver new core features to our application. You will work closely with your colleagues to refactor and improve the codebase; create a robust, scalable and secure infrastructure; and build an excellent and supportive engineering culture.

In this role, your responsibilities will include:

• Hands-on develop with Elixir, Phoenix, and Ecto from day one.
• Build and maintain frontend user interfaces.
• Apply strong data modeling and software architecture skills to develop performant and maintainable code.
• Integrate with third-party services through APIs and webhooks, alongside local data processing.
• Design and build secure APIs, applying best practices across all aspects of API security.
• Collaborate closely with a small team, including directly with the founders, to build both the product and the company.
• Adapt quickly to a fast-moving environment and shifting priorities.

Required Experience:

• Substantial expertise building backend systems with Elixir and Phoenix.
• Strong experience utilizing Typescript and React.
• Able to work in a team environment with a CI/CD driven workflow.
• Have a philosophy in writing automated backend tests.
• Strong English language skills.

Preferable Experience:

• Experience building GraphQL APIs using Absinthe.
• Understanding of Postgres databases design and optimization.
• Previous experience working in a fintech startup

Compensation, Benefits & Perks:

• Highly competitive salary commensurate with experience and contribution.
• Opportunity to participate in ownership of a rapidly growing early-stage startup through our employee stock option plan.
• Comprehensive 100% employer-paid health and dental premiums, a health and personal spending account.
• A dedicated desk in our Vancouver, BC HQ, in the heart of downtown, with a fridge stocked with healthy snacks and drinks, an onsite gym, and a gorgeous rooftop amenity.
• Enjoy a $20-per-day commuter benefit for every day you work in our Vancouver HQ.
• An engaging social calendar, including bi-weekly catered lunches, bi-weekly "Friday bar," team workouts, annual summer party, and holiday party, two "onsite" all-team retreats each year, semi-annual team-building events, and Hiive Womens' Network events.
• Significant opportunities for growth into team leadership and management roles.
• Entrepreneurial culture and a small and dynamic team.
• Sponsorship, immigration, and relocation for exceptional candidates.

Benefits & Perks:

• Opportunity to participate in ownership of a rapidly growing company through our employee stock option plan.
• Comprehensive 100% employer-paid health & dental premiums and a Health/Personal Spending Account for Canadian employees. (An employer-subsidized benefits program is available for US-based team members).
• If you are based in Vancouver, enjoy a dedicated desk in our Vancouver, BC HQ, in the heart of downtown, with a fridge stocked with healthy snacks and drinks, an onsite gym, and a gorgeous rooftop amenity.
• Vancouver based employees enjoy a $20-per-day commuter benefit for every day you work in our downtown HQ.
• An engaging social calendar, including bi-weekly catered lunches, bi-weekly "Friday bar," team workouts, annual summer party, and holiday party, two "onsite" all-team retreats each year, semi-annual team-building events, and Clarity Womens' Network events.
• Significant opportunities for growth into team leadership and management roles.
• Entrepreneurial culture and a small and dynamic team.
• Sponsorship, immigration, and relocation for exceptional candidates.

Clarity is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all individuals have an opportunity to succeed.

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