How hard it is to find an Elixir job for junior devs?

This is due to survivor bias. The jobs that land on “public channels” are the jobs that the employer couldn’t fill with internal/local recruitment. If you want to find a junior position, then check out local meet-up (I assume that there is one) and ask there. It will be much easier to find it that way, especially if you have experience in another languages and you just want to “switch” to another language.

I’ve met good amount of companies that were okay with training Elixir devs.

Just ask and don’t be shy. Write a good letter and just ask if they would be okay to train you on the job.

I generally find, that the “requirements” in many job postings are just wish lists.
Personally, I have twice applied for positions, where I did not qualify for everything in the job post, but still got a job.
In one instance, they found me a good match for the company, but not for the particular position. During the application process, they found out that my skills would be valuable, although they had no job postings for that particular skill set.
In the other instance, the company and I seemed like a good match, and they accepted the fact, that I did not have the experience that they would have preferred.
Of course, I also applied for jobs that I didn’t get because they thought I was too inexperienced. You can’t win them all

I completely agree with @dimitarvp, that reaching it out is the way forward. The worst thing that can happen is that they don’t respond.

What about remote jobs? It’s very hard to find any Elixir jobs where I live so remote work would be perfect, even for a pay on a lower end. My goal is to learn and get experience. Would something like that be even possible? My other option is to relocate to find something better.

Be positive and constructive, you have to be confident about yourself and your skills. Even if you know almost nothing - just be sure that you’ll learn all you need in process. Tell the truth and feel ok about possible rejection, that happens :-). And after all, just do your best in your promises(be positive, learn fast, code as good as you can for now).

I was speaking explicitly for remote jobs btw. Same thing applies.

They could be a bit more comfortable if you share with them some completed Elixir exercises like those on exercism.io.

What do you consider lower end in your case? In yrly usd.

Just curious.

Around 35-40k probably.

That is very low. I’m guessing you are not based in US? My company is hiring right now, open to training, but getting very few applicants from US, and unfortunately we can’t hire internationally right now.

No, I’m in EU.