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Backend Engineer (Elixir)
- Salary range: 165-220k + equity
- Location: Remote (US/Canada)
Thousands of developers and stakeholders rely on this API, which powers our UI Tests, UI Review workflows, and other features, all to ensure their frontends are regression-free. Their resilient, scalable platform APIs are built using Elixir, TypeScript & GraphQL. They are using MongoDB & PostgreSQL for data storage.
Key responsibilities
- Build and maintain scalable, reliable backend systems to power the Chromatic product.
- Own projects from conception to completion, breaking down features into discrete units of work and maintaining momentum toward delivery.
- Work cross-functionally at Chromatic to ensure feature continuity between Chromatic and Storybook and ship work that delights developers.
- Continuously improve existing systems by identifying opportunities for optimization, refactoring, and modernization.
- Participate in the team’s support rotation, which is primarily within business hours.
- Stay ahead of emerging trends in frontend architecture and developer tooling, identifying opportunities to enhance the platform.
Requirements
What it’ll take to land an interview…
Tech Stack:
- Elixir
- TypeScript
- GraphQL
- MongoDB
- PostgreSQL
100% of Must-Haves need to be met:
- 5+ years of hands-on backend engineering experience building scalable, resilient APIs and systems with modern Typescript and Elixir, with a test-driven approach.
- Self-directed problem solver who can scope work, communicate progress, flag blockers early, and make sound technical and product trade-offs independently while staying aligned with stakeholders.
- Strong opinions, weakly held—someone who pushes back on ideas to drive better outcomes, handles critique without defensiveness, and demonstrates a growth mindset.
- Clear written and verbal communicator who provides straightforward, self-contained updates with necessary context in our distributed, asynchronous environment.
- Focused executor who stays accountable to commitments, resists distractions, and delivers consistent progress even when things don’t go as planned.
- Genuinely invested in developer experience, whether you’ve shipped tools for developers or spent years deeply understanding frontend teams’ pain points.
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