Remote Elixir/Phoenix Backend Engineer – Scale & Impact

Remote; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Generous paid time off

Remote work

Continued education / certifications

Client variety and challenging work

Job summary

Bluelight is seeking a Software Engineer (Elixir/Phoenix) for a remote role serving LATAM markets. You will design, build, and maintain backend services, APIs, and distributed systems with a focus on reliability and performance.

You will collaborate with product managers, designers, and other engineers in an agile environment, own features from conception to launch, and contribute to testing, reviews, and continuous improvement. Remote work with US/LatAm exposure.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of backend-focused software development experience.
• Strong Elixir and Phoenix experience.
• Experience with OTP, concurrency, and distributed systems.
• Designing RESTful APIs (and GraphQL) with relational databases (PostgreSQL).
• Excellent collaboration in an agile environment.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain backend systems and APIs using Elixir and Phoenix.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and engineers to translate requirements into scalable services.
• Own features from conception to launch, including technical specs and release processes.
• Write unit and integration tests; participate in code reviews to ensure quality.
• Identify bottlenecks, improve performance, scalability, and fault tolerance.

Skills

Elixir

Phoenix framework

OTP

RESTful APIs

GraphQL

Agile teamwork

Tools

PostgreSQL (Ecto)

Job description

Bluelight is seeking a Software Engineer (Elixir/Phoenix) for a remote role serving LATAM markets. You will design, build, and maintain backend services, APIs, and distributed systems with a focus on reliability and performance.

You will collaborate with product managers, designers, and other engineers in an agile environment, own features from conception to launch, and contribute to testing, reviews, and continuous improvement. Remote work with US/LatAm exposure.