Senior Elixir Engineer - Remote + Equity

Driftrock Limited; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Driftrock Limited is looking for a Senior Elixir Engineer to join a product squad and help build the marketing technology powering vehicle brands. The role focuses on Elixir/Phoenix LiveView, with a pragmatic stack and an emphasis on ship‑to‑production within a small, high‑discipline squad.

You’ll own end‑to‑end feature delivery, collaborate across the engineering team, and contribute to an observable, test‑driven development culture while building robust, scalable services.

Qualifications

• Track record of designing and shipping backend systems in production with relational databases and data modelling.
• Solid grounding in computer science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, complexity and system behavior.
• Professional experience in Elixir, or deep experience in another backend language with drive to make Elixir main tool.
• Comfort with asynchronous, event-driven systems where several services work on the same data in parallel.
• Experience with web development.
• Interest in multiple stacks; comfortable on Linux and with Docker; curious about other ecosystems.
• Habit of writing tested, maintainable code with focus on continuous delivery, TDD, pairing, code review and retrospectives.
• Ability to use AI tools judiciously, evaluating outputs critically.

Responsibilities

• Build and ship product features in Elixir and Phoenix LiveView from idea to production multiple times a week.
• Design data models and services behind new features and plan safe migrations.
• Work across an event-driven architecture with APIs and RabbitMQ; handle growing data responsibly.
• Write well-tested, maintainable code using TDD and code reviews to maintain quality.
• Mentor other engineers and bring ideas from outside the Elixir ecosystem into the squad.

Skills

Elixir

Backend design

TDD

Pair programming

Event-driven

Education

Computer science degree or equivalent

Tools

Docker

RabbitMQ

PostgreSQL

Redis

Linux

Job description

Driftrock Limited is looking for a Senior Elixir Engineer to join a product squad and help build the marketing technology powering vehicle brands. The role focuses on Elixir/Phoenix LiveView, with a pragmatic stack and an emphasis on ship‑to‑production within a small, high‑discipline squad.

You’ll own end‑to‑end feature delivery, collaborate across the engineering team, and contribute to an observable, test‑driven development culture while building robust, scalable services.