Senior Elixir Engineer - Remote, Real-Time Platforms

Employers from Greece; United States; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation bonus

Tax relief on relocation

Accommodation during first weeks

Job summary

Hack The Box is seeking a Senior Elixir Engineer to own backend and full‑stack delivery on Phoenix and LiveView. You’ll design resilient OTP systems, robust APIs, and real‑time experiences that scale to millions of users.

You’ll mentor engineers, collaborate with product, design, and security researchers to translate complex detection workflows into intuitive interfaces, while shaping the technical roadmap in a remote‑first, Europe‑focused environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend or full-stack development.
• 3+ years shipping production Elixir/Phoenix.
• Strong grasp of OTP/BEAM concepts.

Responsibilities

• Design and build production Phoenix applications, REST APIs, LiveView UIs, and real-time features.
• Model data with Ecto and PostgreSQL, optimize queries and migrations.
• Build fault-tolerant systems using supervision trees and GenServer patterns.
• Own background jobs with Oban and ensure Observability with Telemetry.
• Deliver secure-by-default code and operate on Kubernetes/GCP environments.
• Mentor engineers, review code, and contribute to technical standards.

Skills

Elixir/Phoenix

LiveView

OTP/BEAM

Ecto/PostgreSQL

Distributed systems

Testing (ExUnit)

Mentoring

Tools

Oban

Docker

Kubernetes

GCP

Telemetry

Prometheus

Grafana

Sentry

Tailwind CSS

LiveView JS hooks

Job description

Hack The Box is seeking a Senior Elixir Engineer to own backend and full‑stack delivery on Phoenix and LiveView. You’ll design resilient OTP systems, robust APIs, and real‑time experiences that scale to millions of users.

You’ll mentor engineers, collaborate with product, design, and security researchers to translate complex detection workflows into intuitive interfaces, while shaping the technical roadmap in a remote‑first, Europe‑focused environment.