Senior Backend Engineer (Elixir) - AI-Driven Microservices

Tubi - Canada; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 186,000 - 266,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/dental/vision

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Wellness reimbursement

Job summary

Tubi’s Core Experience Backend team is building high-performance, secure systems powering our streaming platform. This hybrid SF role requires two days per week in the SF office and travel availability.

You’ll design Elixir backend services, evolve microservices, and drive scalability, resilience, and observability while collaborating with cross-functional teams and exploring AI-assisted development tools.

Qualifications

• Experience in Elixir or strong background in other backend or functional programming languages.
• Familiarity with gRPC/Protocol Buffers, RESTful API design, Kubernetes, and observability solutions.
• Experience designing distributed systems with clean APIs and modular components.
• System design and architecture skills with emphasis on reliability and performance.
• Experience with continuous delivery of software systems.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement high-performance backend services in Elixir.
• Architect and evolve microservices and distributed systems in Kubernetes.
• Optimize systems for scale, resilience, observability, and security.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver pragmatic solutions to complex problems.
• Explore and integrate AI-based development tools into daily workflows.
• Work across service boundaries, own critical architecture/service design, and help evolve Tubi’s backend system.

Skills

Elixir

Backend development

Functional programming

Distributed systems

API design

Kubernetes

Observability

CI/CD

Tools

gRPC/Protobuf

RESTful API

Nginx

Pingora

Job description

Tubi’s Core Experience Backend team is building high-performance, secure systems powering our streaming platform. This hybrid SF role requires two days per week in the SF office and travel availability.

You’ll design Elixir backend services, evolve microservices, and drive scalability, resilience, and observability while collaborating with cross-functional teams and exploring AI-assisted development tools.