Blitz is horizontally scaling our Elixir backend team to empower more gamers across more games!
Join a small, self-motivated, autonomous team that continuously deploys code to millions of active users daily, optimizes the organization's global goals and the daily software delivery process. Help extend a modular, well-encapsulated backend architecture to several new games while ensuring availability and scalability. Operate independently with Elixir and Postgres on production at scale and collaborate on interesting challenges. Our backend system digests and serves 10s of TB of data daily with over 500k database operations per second.
The team is remote across multiple countries and time zones, and the company operates out of Los Angeles, CA. We operate mostly asynchronously using Kanban. We consider it a strength if you are online roughly during Pacific Time Zone business hours.
What you’ll do
• Implement code that is clear, concise, tested, and easily understood by others
• Propose solutions for technical roadblocks and elevates information for guidance
• Debug and fixes issues in development, test, and production
• Effective communication especially on team status updates
• Perform code reviews that follow best practices and that are recognized as effective by peers
What it takes to be successful
• 1 - 3 years of experience with Elixir
• 1 - 2 years of experience with Phoenix, LiveView, Oban, GenStage, and more
• 1 - 2 years of experience with Postgres, Riak, and Redis
• Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, and Sentry a plus
• Full understanding of Git, GitHub and CircleCI
What We Offer
• A company focused on growth and shared success
• A fast-paced but fun team of passionate people
• Cool projects and opportunities to jump ahead of the industry and optimize People initiatives around a great culture
• Excellent reputation with customers and industry
Pay and Benefits
• Annual salary range: $110 - 150K USD + bonus
• Unlimited vacation policy
• 100% employee covered Medical, Dental, and Vision plan for those in CA
• 401k matching
• Company-wide team building events
