Senior Elixir Engineer - Whatnot, Remote USA, Remote Europe

Introductory paragraph

Whatnot is the largest livestream shopping platform in North America and Europe to buy, sell, and discover the things you love. We’re re-defining e-commerce by blending community, shopping, and entertainment into a community just for you. As a remote co-located team, we’re inspired by innovation and anchored in our values. With hubs in the US, UK, Ireland, Poland, and Germany, we’re building the future of online marketplaces—together.

About us

My name: Steve Cohen
My position: Staff Software Engineer
Company name: Whatnot
Company website: https://whatnot.com
Company headquarters: USA
Company info and history: We’re using Elixir to power our real time auctions, chat, notification and other real-time features.

About the job

Job title: Elixir Engineer
Job description:
Elixir Engineers at Whatnot are key to enabling rapid product development and real-time features, ensuring our platform scales efficiently alongside our fast-growing business.
You will:

Develop and optimize Elixir applications for performance, reliability, and scalability.
Design and implement fault-tolerant, resilient infrastructure to support critical business features.
Collaborate between infrastructure and product teams to build and enhance user-facing features.
Improve observability through logging, tracing, and monitoring, ensuring system health.
Contribute to the long-term technical roadmap, influencing key architectural decisions.

Salary range: For Full-Time (Salary) US-based applicants : $158,000/year to $245,000/year + benefits + equity.

Qualifications or experience required:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent work experience.
5+ years of software development experience.
Deep knowledge of the BEAM VM, or the Elixir programming language and Open Telecom Platform.
Experience building scalable, production-ready applications using Elixir and BEAM.
Ability to understand business logic code quickly in a larger platform; Python experience preferred.
Experience in a public cloud environment (AWS, GCP).
Ability to work across infrastructure and product teams, balancing technical excellence with business needs.
Previous experience at a hyper-growth startup. You’re an excellent problem solver and a self-starter who can hit the ground running with little direction.
Excellent ability to understand product requirements in the context of a scalable platform. You first think about users rather than the best technical solution.

What the successful job applicant will be working on:

Position on remote work

Remote job: Yes
Remote restrictions: US / UK / Ireland / Poland / Germany
Remote leeway: Only the countries listed
Any other notes about your position on remote work:
We have preferences towards working near one of our hubs, which are in: San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, New York, Dublin, London, Berlin, and Krakow, but this is negotiable for the right candidate.

About the interview process

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