Sr Elixir Software Engineer

RYZ Labs is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join one of our client’s teams, from the sports merchandising industry!
 
We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join the Sales & Finance Engineering team and contribute to the development, maintenance, and enhancement of applications. You’ll help build and evolve a service-oriented, event-driven ecosystem of applications that position their teams to make the most informed decisions about the products they are releasing to their fans.
 
Their stack primarily uses Elixir with the Phoenix Framework, LiveView frontends, PostgreSQL databases, and an event-based system with RabbitMQ. They deploy on AWS EKS using Terraform and maintain continuous integration and deployment with GitHub Actions.
 
Basic Qualifications:
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
- Strong proficiency in Elixir programming language and functional programming concepts.
- Experience building web applications with Phoenix or similar frameworks.
- Interest or experience in CQRS and evented systems.
- Familiarity with database systems and PostgreSQL
- Knowledge of web application security best practices.
- Experience with Git and working with a team (e.g. Pull Requests)
- Strong problem-solving and debugging skills.
- Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.
- Experience integrating legacy systems with modern platforms.
 
What makes you stand out:
- Experience with LiveView is a plus.
- A portfolio or examples of previous Elixir LiveView projects is a plus.
 
Key Responsibilities:
As a Senior Software Engineer, you will focus on writing clear, maintainable code supported by automated tests. Your responsibilities will include:
- Conducting thorough code reviews to ensure quality and adherence to team standards.
- Collaborating cross-functionally with product and design teams to ensure code meets all customer requirements.
- Breaking down larger projects into smaller tasks for yourself and your team.
- Optimizing application performance and troubleshooting issues.
- Diagnosing and fixing bugs in their services.
 
About RYZ Labs:
RYZ Labs is a startup studio built in 2021 by two lifelong entrepreneurs. The founders of RYZ have worked at some of the world's largest tech companies and some of the most iconic consumer brands. They have lived and worked in Argentina for many years and have decades of experience in Latam. What brought them together is the passion for the early phases of company creation and the idea of attracting the brightest talents in order to build industry-defining companies in a post-pandemic world.
 
Our teams are remote and distributed throughout the US and Latam. They use the latest cutting-edge technologies in cloud computing to create applications that are scalable and resilient. We aim to provide diverse product solutions for different industries, planning to build a large number of startups in the upcoming years.
 
At RYZ, you will find yourself working with autonomy and efficiency, owning every step of your development. We provide an environment of opportunities, learning, growth, expansion and challenging projects. You will deepen your experience while sharing and learning from a team of great professionals and specialists.
 
Our values and what to expect:
- Customer First Mentality - every decision we make should be made through the lens of the customer.
- Bias for Action - urgency is critical, expect that the timeline to get something done is accelerated.
- Ownership -  step up if you see an opportunity to help, even if not your core responsibility. 
- Humility and Respect - be willing to learn, be vulnerable, and treat everyone that interacts with RYZ with respect.
- Frugality - being frugal and cost-conscious helps us do more with less.
- Deliver Impact - get things done in the most efficient way. 
- Raise our Standards - always be looking to improve our processes, our team, our expectations. Status quo is not good enough and never should be.