Senior Backend Engineer — Elixir & Scalable APIs

Firework; Hong Kong; Hybrid; HKD 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading video commerce company is seeking a skilled Sr. Backend Engineer to scale high-performance backend systems. You will collaborate closely with product managers and designers to build elegant solutions. The ideal candidate has over 4 years of Elixir experience and a strong background in SQL infrastructure. This role is hybrid, based in Hong Kong, and invites innovative thinkers eager to shape the future of commerce.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience with Elixir designing and building high-performance RESTful web services.
• Comfortable with change and adapting quickly in dynamic settings.
• Start-up mindset and ability to balance multiple priorities.

Responsibilities

• Design and create new APIs in the Elixir Phoenix framework.
• Debug issues across the entire stack using logging and monitoring tools.
• Review code by peers and improve engineering standards.

Skills

Elixir

SQL infrastructure

Data modeling

Redis

PostgresQL

Cassandra

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer programming or related field

Tools

FFmpeg

GStreamer

Python

GoLang

Job description

A leading video commerce company is seeking a skilled Sr. Backend Engineer to scale high-performance backend systems. You will collaborate closely with product managers and designers to build elegant solutions. The ideal candidate has over 4 years of Elixir experience and a strong background in SQL infrastructure. This role is hybrid, based in Hong Kong, and invites innovative thinkers eager to shape the future of commerce.