Lead Elixir Backend Engineer for Immersive Gaming

Animal Repair Shop, LLC; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health / Vision / Dental

Paid Time Off

Paid Holidays

Job summary

Animal Repair Shop, LLC is seeking a Mid/Senior Backend Engineer to build immersive experiences that bridge digital and physical worlds. You will lead backend design for a greenfield gaming platform and mentor engineers toward high-quality delivery.

Collaborate with UX and client engineering to translate complex requirements into robust software, maintain infrastructure, and meet deadlines. Proficiency in Elixir, PostgreSQL, AWS, Docker and Terraform is essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of creating and delivering high-performance APIs
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• Advanced knowledge of Elixir/Phoenix/LiveView
• Advanced knowledge of PostgreSQL/Ecto
• Advanced knowledge of AWS/Docker/Terraform deployment
• Experience using Elixir in production at scale
• Extensive experience debugging and optimizing backend applications
• Experience working with a team of developers, artists and technical leads
• Proficiency with Git and GitHub
• Excellent oral and written English language skills
• Ability to both think high-level and be detail oriented

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of and help design the architecture for a greenfield gaming platform
• Convert complex requirements into elegant working software
• Architect and maintain key infrastructure
• Work closely with the User Experience Design Team to design and implement new concepts and features
• Work closely with the Client Engineering team to design and integrate internal and external APIs
• Collaborate with other engineers to solve problems
• Produce code that is clear and concise, and consistent with best-in-class coding standards
• Deliver in accordance with prescribed deadlines, on time and with high quality
• Self-manage and work in an environment of high autonomy
• Participate in and lead code reviews
• Work closely with the rest of the engineering team on a day to day basis
• Document new features for both internal and external reference
• Ability to progress into a position which oversees a small development and engineering team

Skills

Team leadership

API development

System architecture

Debugging & optimization

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Elixir/Phoenix/LiveView

PostgreSQL/Ecto

AWS

Docker

Terraform

Git & GitHub

Job description

Animal Repair Shop, LLC is seeking a Mid/Senior Backend Engineer to build immersive experiences that bridge digital and physical worlds. You will lead backend design for a greenfield gaming platform and mentor engineers toward high-quality delivery.

Collaborate with UX and client engineering to translate complex requirements into robust software, maintain infrastructure, and meet deadlines. Proficiency in Elixir, PostgreSQL, AWS, Docker and Terraform is essential.