Backend Engineer (Elixir) — 1+ Yr Exp — Remote (India)

About Tarkio AITarkio AI is building a reliable, high-performance operations platform for manufacturing, healthcare, and other process-driven industries.We design systems that teams can trust every day—focusing on correctness, performance, and clean abstractions, not shortcuts.We are an early-stage, remote-first team working closely with engineers in India and globally.Role OverviewWe’re looking for a Backend Engineer (Elixir) with around 1 year of experience who enjoys building robust, fault-tolerant systems and cares deeply about performance, data integrity, and clarity.You’ll work on core backend services, APIs, and data pipelines that power production-grade applications.Remote role — open to candidates based in India onlyWhat You’ll DoBuild and maintain reliable backend services in ElixirDesign and implement high-performance APIsWork with concurrent and asynchronous workloadsBuild fault-tolerant systems using OTP principlesWrite clean, well-tested, and maintainable codeDebug production issues and improve system reliabilityCollaborate closely on architecture and system design decisionsMust-Have Skills1+ year of hands-on Elixir experienceStrong understanding of functional programming conceptsSolid computer science fundamentalsData structures & algorithmsTime and space complexityUnderstanding of concurrency and parallelismExperience building REST APIsWorking knowledge of PostgreSQL or similar relational databasesFamiliarity with Git and collaborative developmentElixir / BEAM Knowledge (Core)Processes, message passingSupervision trees (basic understanding)Fault tolerance and “let it crash” philosophyPattern matching and immutabilityGenServer (conceptual or practical use)Experience with PhoenixNice to HaveBackground jobs / async processingBasic performance tuning and profilingWriting tests (ExUnit)Experience with distributed systems conceptsExposure to observability (logs, metrics, tracing)What We ValueReliability over clever hacksClear, readable codeThoughtful trade-offsOwnership and accountabilityWillingness to learn and improve continuouslyWhat This Role Is NOTNot a CRUD-only backend roleWhy Join Tarkio AIWork on systems where correctness and uptime matterLearn real-world Elixir and BEAM internalsDirect access to founders and architectural decisionsRemote-first, flexible work cultureStrong long-term growth into senior backend rolesLocationRemote — India only

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