Senior Backend Engineer, Elixir

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Germany.

📋 Description

• Oversee the development of significant team-oriented projects and engage in cross-team initiatives related to Remote's HR and Payroll products.

• Actively engage in product work within the team: offer feedback, propose solutions to challenges, and leverage technical insights to recommend product enhancements.

• Maintain a comprehensive understanding of the team's domain from both product and engineering perspectives.

• Provide constructive feedback during code reviews.

• Contribute to the collective codebase.

• Troubleshoot and resolve technical and business challenges.

• Participate in activities outside of the team, including support rotations, the hiring process, RFC discussions, and more.

• Mentor and guide fellow engineers.

• Research, propose, and take part in implementing platform improvements.

• Design interfaces with a focus on performance, accessibility, and API architecture.

• Redefine the process of how engineering work is delivered, making autonomous agents the standard execution layer.

• Propose and implement agentic workflows from end to end (specification → planning → execution → verification) to accelerate outcomes.

• Develop reusable agentic workflows and core components in the codebase for teams to utilize across different domains.

• Employ verification loops (tests, checks, evaluations, guardrails) to ensure outcomes are accurate, secure, dependable, and scalable.

⛳️ Requirements

• Solid engineering principles and a proven history of delivering production systems that are secure, dependable, and scalable.

• Hands-on experience in designing or adopting agentic/automation workflows (or similar systems) and enhancing them through iterations.

• Capability to think systemically: define specifications clearly, decompose plans, implement verification, and ensure quality closure.

• Experience with Postgres (or a comparable database).

• Familiarity with CI/CD (GitLab, Github, Jenkins, or similar tools).

• Demonstrates strong automation skills and fluency in AI technologies.

• Knowledge of Kubernetes (a plus).

• Experience with Docker (a plus).

• Familiarity with AWS (a plus).

• Experience with Next.js (a plus).

• Knowledge of React/Vue/Angular (a plus).

🏝️ Benefits

• Work from anywhere.

• Flexible paid time off.

• Flexible working hours (we operate asynchronously).

• 16 weeks of paid parental leave.

• Access to mental health support services.

• Stock options available.

• Learning budget provided.

• Home office budget and IT equipment supplied.

• Budget allocated for local in-person social events or coworking spaces.