Senior Software Engineer

Stord is The Consumer Experience Company, powering seamless checkout through delivery for today's leading brands. They are seeking a skilled Senior Elixir Engineer to contribute to their product groups, requiring strong technical expertise in Elixir and collaborative problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities:

• Write high-quality, maintainable code in Elixir/Phoenix
• Build and maintain scalable, fault-tolerant systems leveraging Elixir's concurrency model
• Contribute to robust data pipelines for data ingestion, processing, and transformation
• Help ensure the performance, reliability, and security of distributed systems
• Work with GCP cloud services and modern infrastructure practices
• Implement event-driven architectures and real-time system components
• Collaborate on technical decisions and contribute to architectural discussions
• Participate in code reviews and help maintain high standards for code quality
• Work within a team environment to build scalable systems
• Contribute to technical documentation and knowledge sharing initiatives
• Contribute to technical direction and implementation across engineering teams, following established best practices and architectural patterns
• Help design and implement scalable, reliable, and secure system components, maintaining focus on code quality and maintainability
• Tackle complex technical challenges, contributing innovative solutions and efficient implementations
• Continuously develop your skills and contribute to a culture of learning and knowledge sharing within the team
• Collaborate with Product, Design, and other stakeholders to deliver high-quality features and technical solutions
• Uphold high standards for code quality, testing, and software development practices through peer review and testing
• Contribute to team technical initiatives and help improve processes, tools, and technologies

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering, with 2+ years of focused experience with the Elixir programming language
• Experience building and maintaining distributed systems in production environments
• Solid understanding of functional programming principles and concurrent system design
• Experience with cloud platforms, preferably GCP
• Experience working with data pipelines and processing systems
• Demonstrated ability to learn and adapt to new technologies
• Experience working with high-throughput systems
• Strong proficiency in Elixir/Phoenix and familiarity with the OTP (Open Telecom Platform) ecosystem
• Understanding of data engineering principles and practices
• Experience with database systems and event streaming platforms
• Experience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes)
• Knowledge of distributed system patterns and microservices architecture
• Strong communication skills with ability to explain technical concepts clearly
• Ability to work effectively in collaborative, cross-functional teams
• Ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions
• Willingness to learn from and mentor other engineers
• Previous startup experience
• Previous logistics or supply chain experience
• Familiarity with front-end technologies (React, TypeScript)
• Experience with Order Management Systems (OMS), Warehouse Management Systems (WMS), or Transportation Management Systems (TMS)
• Experience with GenServer patterns and building fault-tolerant systems
• Experience with Phoenix LiveView and real-time web applications
• Knowledge of Erlang/OTP supervision trees and distributed Erlang clusters
• Experience with message queues and event streaming (Kafka, RabbitMQ, etc.)
• Experience with observability and monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, etc.)
• Contributions to open-source Elixir projects or the broader community