[Remote] Senior Backend Engineer (Elixir)

Note The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Remote is solving modern organizations’ biggest challenge – navigating global employment compliantly with ease. The Senior Backend Engineer will be responsible for building tools, APIs, and integrations for Remote's products while working with a team of engineers across various domains. Responsibilities Lead the development of major team-scoped projects, participate in cross-team initiatives for Remote's HR and Payroll products Actively participate in product work in the team provide feedback, suggest solutions to the problems. Use technical insights and expertise to suggest product improvements Maintain good understanding of the team’s domain, both from product and engineering sides Provide feedback on code reviews Contribute to the shared codebase Debug and solve technical and business issues Participate in non-team activities, such as support rotations, hiring process, RFC discussions, etc Mentor and provide guidance to other engineers Investigate, propose and participate in implementation of improvements to our platform Implement interfaces with performance, accessibility, and API design in mind Redesign how engineering work ships with autonomous agents as the default execution layer Propose and operationalize agentic workflows end-to-end (spec → plan → execute → verify) to deliver outcomes faster Build reusable agentic workflows and primitives in the codebase so teams can apply them repeatedly across domains Use verification loops (tests, checks, evals, guardrails) to ensure results are correct, secure, reliable, and scalable Skills Strong engineering fundamentals and a track record of shipping production systems that are secure, reliable, and scalable Practical experience designing or adopting agentic/automation workflows (or comparable systems) and improving them through iteration Ability to think in systems define specs clearly, break down plans, instrument verification, and close the loop on quality Postgres (or similar) CI/CD (GitLab, Github, Jenkins or similar) Demonstrates strong automation and AI capabilities and AI fluency Kubernetes Docker AWS Nextjs React/Vue/Angular Benefits Work from anywhere Flexible paid time off Flexible working hours (we are async) 16 weeks paid parental leave Mental health support services Stock options Learning budget Home office budget & IT equipment Budget for local in-person social events or co-working spaces Company Overview Remote is an employment, payroll, and HR platform for modern, distributed businesses. It was founded in 2019, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is https//remote.com. Company H1B Sponsorship Remote has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 1 in 2026, 2 in 2024, 2 in 2023. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.