Staff Software Engineer, Elixir

Salary: $113,000 - 153,000 per year Requirements:

• 7+ years of engineering experience, including at least 4 years of production experience with Elixir, Phoenix, and OTP.
• Demonstrated Staff-level technical leadership, including setting technical direction for a team and serving as a trusted Elixir resource.
• Experience designing and operating distributed, high-throughput production systems, with an understanding of failure modes, backpressure, and concurrency tradeoffs.
• Deep experience building production-scale event-driven systems and using event-streaming platforms such as Kafka, Pub/Sub, or equivalent.
• Strong SQL skills and experience with PostgreSQL at scale, including effective data modeling and query performance.
• Hands-on experience with GCP or an equivalent cloud platform; familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience instrumenting production systems, defining useful measurements, troubleshooting distributed Elixir failures, and supporting on-call observability.
• Regular use of AI coding tools such as Claude Code, Cursor, or Codex, while applying independent judgment and reviewing generated output critically.
• Ownership and accountability for work from design through production.
• Strong communication skills, including explaining technical decisions and tradeoffs to engineers, product managers, and stakeholders.
• A collaborative approach to design and code reviews, constructive feedback, and seeking input from teammates.
• A production-focused mindset that considers reliability, user impact, monitoring, and operational risks.
• Adaptability with evolving AI/ML technologies, paired with the judgment to distinguish lasting value from hype.
• Preferred: Experience with Phoenix LiveView, distributed Erlang clusters, and advanced OTP patterns.

• Set the teams technical direction, align implementation with product needs, identify risks and tradeoffs, and contribute to roadmap and planning decisions.
• Lead design and code reviews, and help ensure technical decisions remain robust as systems scale.
• Write and maintain high-quality Elixir across the stack, including scalable, fault-tolerant services using OTP supervision trees, GenServer patterns, and Elixir concurrency.
• Build and maintain event-driven systems, data pipelines, and integrations that support core product workflows.
• Own the performance, reliability, and security of the product area, working hands-on with GCP and modern infrastructure.
• Use AI coding tools as a regular part of development and establish sound practices for AI-assisted engineering within the team.
• Identify opportunities for agentic workflows that reduce manual effort, accelerate development, and provide useful intelligence to operators and customers.
• Partner with AI and Platform Services teams to use shared agent infrastructure, skill libraries, and MCP integrations in the Elixir stack.
• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers through feedback, code reviews, and design collaboration, strengthening the teams Elixir and OTP practices.
• Work with Staff and Principal Engineers on cross-team technical initiatives, participate in the Principal Engineering Groups TDD reviews and office hours, and share useful Elixir patterns and feedback.

• AI
• Claude Code
• Cloud
• Cursor
• Docker
• Elixir
• Erlang
• GCP
• Support
• Kafka
• Kubernetes
• MCP
• Phoenix
• PostgreSQL
• SQL
• Security
• TDD
• Architect
• Salesforce

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We are Stord, a commerce and supply-chain platform helping leading brands deliver seamless experiences from checkout through delivery. Our software and fulfillment services span order management, warehouse management, transportation, and consumer experience, supporting more than $10 billion in annual commerce. We are headquartered in Atlanta, with facilities across the United States, Canada, and Europe, and are backed by established investors. As we grow, we are expanding teams across the company. In this Staff Engineer role, you will serve as a technical anchor—not a people manager—for a product team building Elixir systems that support our core operations across OMS, TMS, WMS, and Consumer Experience. You will work on distributed, high-throughput systems and have meaningful influence over architecture, roadmaps, team practices, and cross-team technical direction. Our environment emphasizes AI adoption, technical leadership, and collaboration with a strong Principal Engineering community.

last updated 41 week of 2026