Elixir Engineer: Observability

Jobgether

1d • Remote

About The Position

In this role, you will be a key contributor to the development and enhancement of a high-performance observability platform for globally distributed applications. You will focus on scaling telemetry capabilities, building robust ingestion pipelines, and optimizing backend infrastructure for performance and reliability. Working closely with infrastructure and product teams, you will help improve self-hosting experiences and ensure the system meets high availability and efficiency standards. This position offers a fully remote, globally distributed work environment with significant ownership over critical backend components. It is ideal for an engineer who thrives in a fast-paced, open-source-focused setting and enjoys shaping observability tooling used by thousands of customers worldwide.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional experience with Elixir/Erlang in production environments.
• Strong expertise with clustered Elixir applications and distributed system design.
• Deep understanding of the OTEL (OpenTelemetry) standard and telemetry best practices.
• Hands-on experience with ClickHouse, including knowledge of its internals and query performance considerations.
• Proficiency with Kubernetes applications and understanding of challenges using BeamVM in containerized environments.
• Solid problem-solving skills and ability to optimize backend pipelines for performance.
• Excellent communication skills for asynchronous and globally distributed team collaboration.
• Familiarity with observability tooling, backend performance monitoring, and data ingestion frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Develop and optimize observability systems for distributed applications using Elixir and Erlang.
• Build and maintain a connector for ClickHouse to improve performance and user experience for self-hosted deployments.
• Enhance OTEL ingestion pipelines to fully comply with standards while maintaining high ingestion throughput.
• Collaborate with infrastructure teams to optimize Kubernetes-based deployments for BeamVM applications.
• Contribute to backend architecture decisions and performance improvements for clustered Elixir applications.
• Ensure reliability, scalability, and maintainability of observability-related systems and services.
• Support operational best practices and troubleshooting for production observability components.

Benefits

• Fully remote role with flexibility to work from anywhere globally.
• Equity ownership (ESOP) to share in company growth.
• Annual tech allowance for setting up your ideal work environment (laptop, monitor, peripherals, etc.).
• Comprehensive health benefits covering employees and partial coverage for dependents worldwide.
• Annual company off-sites for team collaboration and networking.
• Flexible, asynchronous work culture empowering ownership of schedules.
• Professional development budget for courses, books, conferences, or learning resources.
• Supportive open-source and collaborative team environment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed