About the role

Senior Backend Engineer developing Elixir backend services for Home Assistant Cloud. Building and maintaining features while collaborating within the Cloud & Infrastructure team.

Responsibilities

Build and maintain backend services primarily using Elixir.
Contribute to the design and implementation of scalable, high-performance, and reliable backend applications.
Participate in code reviews as part of our collaborative development process.
Collaborate cross-functionally to define, design, and ship new features.
Contribute to maintaining and improving the performance, quality, and responsiveness of the cloud services.
Implement security and data protection best practices in your work.
Help operate and support production services, including troubleshooting issues, improving reliability, and participating in the operational ownership of cloud systems.
Work on authentication, subscription, and payment-related services that power Home Assistant Cloud.
Stay up-to-date with industry trends and share best practices with the team.

At least five years of professional experience in back-end development.
Professional experience developing production applications in Elixir.
Experience with TypeScript.
Basic knowledge of system administration.
Experience with Git and GitHub.
Be based in North America, Latin America, or Europe, and be able to regularly overlap with the team during the afternoon in Central European Time (CET). The team tries to schedule most meetings between 2:00 PM and 5:00 PM CET to maximize collaboration across time zones.
Fluent in English, both written and spoken.
Experience building or maintaining authentication and/or identity management systems.
Experience working with payment, billing, or subscription platforms.
Experience operating production systems, debugging live issues, and maintaining service reliability at scale.

Five weeks, twenty-five days, of paid time off.
Fourteen days of paid sick leave if your country/laws treat them as unpaid.
Six weeks of paid and six weeks of unpaid parental leave to be used in the first year after birth. We will provide the missing days if your country/laws do not provide such compensation.
A budget for your work hardware once you start. After three years, you may keep this equipment for personal use.
An annual smart home budget to ensure you keep up to date with the latest smart home offerings.
A 50% contribution to your internet connection fee at your home workspace.
One day every two weeks to work on your personal projects.
If you are currently working on Home Assistant-related side projects, you can spend work time maintaining them.