Senior Backend Engineer (Remote) – Global

Remote | EMEA | Full-Time | Global HR & Payroll Tech

Job Overview

Remote is currently hiring a Senior Backend Engineer (Elixir) for a fully remote role open across the EMEA region.

This is a high-impact opportunity for experienced backend engineers who want to work on global-scale HR and payroll products, build secure and scalable production systems, and help shape how software is delivered using automation and agentic workflows.

If you have strong backend engineering experience, enjoy building APIs and platform-level tools, and want to work in an async-first, globally distributed company, this role stands out as one of the more modern and technically ambitious remote opportunities available.

Job Details

• Job Title: Senior Backend Engineer (Elixir)
• Company: Remote
• Location: Remote – EMEA
• Employment Type: Full-time
• Team: Engineering
• Reporting Line: Engineering Team Leader
• Start Date: As soon as possible

Team & Work Environment

You’ll join a cross-functional engineering team made up of:

• Frontend Engineers
• Backend Engineers
• SREs
• QA Engineers

These teams are organized by product verticals, and the exact team you join will be decided during the interview process based on:

• Business needs
• Your experience
• Your preferences

Regardless of the team, your focus will be on building:

• Tools
• APIs
• Integrations
• Product infrastructure

for Remote’s HR and Payroll platform.

Tech Stack

Remote provides a clear view of its engineering environment, which is always a good sign for senior candidates.

Backend

• Elixir
• Phoenix
• PostgreSQL

Frontend

• React
• Next.js

DevOps / Tooling

• GitLab (version control, issue tracking, CI/CD)
• AWS
• CI-driven deployments
• Multiple deployments per day

This suggests a mature engineering culture with:

• Continuous delivery
• Strong automation
• Modern cloud infrastructure
• Fast iteration cycles

Key Responsibilities

As a Senior Backend Engineer, you’ll be expected to operate at a senior level across both delivery and technical leadership.

Core Engineering Responsibilities

You will:

• Lead development of major team-scoped backend projects
• Participate in cross-team initiatives across Remote’s HR and Payroll products
• Contribute actively to product discussions, offering technical feedback and solution ideas
• Maintain a strong understanding of your team’s domain from both:
  • Product perspective
  • Engineering perspective
• Review code and provide thoughtful feedback
• Contribute regularly to the shared codebase
• Debug and resolve technical and business issues
• Participate in broader engineering activities such as:
  • Support rotations
  • Hiring
  • RFC discussions
• Mentor and guide other engineers
• Investigate and help implement platform improvements
• Build interfaces with:
  • Performance
  • Accessibility
  • API design
    in mind

The AI / Agentic Workflow Focus (Very Important)

One of the most unique parts of this role is Remote’s explicit emphasis on automation and agentic workflows.

This is not just a normal backend role with AI buzzwords added.

The company specifically expects you to help:

• Redesign how engineering work ships using autonomous agents as the default execution layer
• Propose and operationalize agentic workflows end-to-end
• Build reusable agentic workflows and primitives
• Create systems that follow:
  • Spec → Plan → Execute → Verify
• Use:
  • Tests
  • Checks
  • Evals
  • Guardrails

to ensure results remain:

• Correct
• Secure
• Reliable
• Scalable

What this means in practice:

They want someone who can think beyond traditional backend delivery and help build engineering systems where automation is a first-class capability.

If you have experience with:

• Internal developer tools
• Workflow automation
• AI-assisted engineering systems
• Agent-based execution pipelines
• Verification-heavy automation
• CI/CD-driven orchestration

…your profile will likely be highly attractive here.

Must-Have Experience

Remote is looking for candidates with strong professional engineering maturity.

Required Background

You should have:

• Strong engineering fundamentals
• A proven track record of shipping production systems
• Experience building systems that are:
  • Secure
  • Reliable
  • Scalable
• Practical experience designing or adopting:
  • Agentic workflows
  • Automation systems
  • Comparable iterative execution systems
• Ability to think in systems
• Ability to:
  • Define specs clearly
  • Break down plans
  • Instrument verification
  • Close quality loops
• Strong experience with:
  • Postgres (or similar relational database)
  • CI/CD tools such as:
    • GitLab
    • GitHub
    • Jenkins
    • Or similar platforms

This is clearly a senior-level systems-minded backend role, not just a coding role.

Ideal Candidate Profile

This role is especially suitable for:

• Senior Backend Engineers
• Elixir / Phoenix Engineers
• Platform Engineers
• Distributed Systems Engineers
• Backend Engineers with DevOps fluency
• Engineers building AI/automation-enabled internal tools
• Product-minded backend developers

You may be an excellent fit if you:

• Enjoy ownership
• Thrive in async environments
• Prefer autonomy over micromanagement
• Think in systems, not just tickets
• Can combine:
  • Technical depth
  • Product thinking
  • Operational rigor
  • Engineering leadership

Compensation

Remote provides a transparent annual base salary range for this role:

• $53,300 – $119,850 USD per year

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