Remote Elixir Backend Engineer - Kafka & Streaming

ZP Group; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Piper Companies seeks a Software Engineer to join a world-leading technology organization supporting a fully remote workforce. The role focuses on designing and building scalable backend systems using Elixir, with Kafka for high-throughput data streaming and event-driven architecture.

An ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Elixir, distributed systems, and real-time data processing, and will collaborate across teams to deliver resilient architectures in a remote setting.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of software engineering experience with a focus on backend or distributed systems.
• Strong proficiency in Elixir and functional programming paradigms.
• Hands-on experience with Kafka or similar streaming platforms (e.g., Pulsar, RabbitMQ).
• Familiarity with microservices architecture, APIs, and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services using Elixir and OTP frameworks.
• Implement and manage event-driven architectures leveraging Kafka for data streaming and messaging.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to build resilient, high-availability systems.
• Optimize system performance, reliability, and scalability in distributed environments.
• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues while continuously improving system architecture.

Skills

Elixir

Kafka

Distributed systems

Backend design

Tools

Kafka

Pulsar

RabbitMQ

Job description

Piper Companies seeks a Software Engineer to join a world-leading technology organization supporting a fully remote workforce. The role focuses on designing and building scalable backend systems using Elixir, with Kafka for high-throughput data streaming and event-driven architecture.

An ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Elixir, distributed systems, and real-time data processing, and will collaborate across teams to deliver resilient architectures in a remote setting.