Sr. Backend Engineer (Elixir)

Who We Are
Angel Studios is the home of stories that amplify light. Through its platform, thousands of “Angel” investors choose which titles will be created, funded, and distributed. Angel Studios allows creators and audiences to form passionate communities around their creative projects, making the story behind the story as important as the final project itself. Some of the studio's key projects-- The Sound of Freedom and Dry Bar Comedy --have earned billions of views around the world. Learn more at Angel.com
We’re looking for passionate team members who want to build world-class products that will reshape media over the coming decades. Learn more about:Our North StarCompany StrategyTeam PrinciplesJoin us and be part of stories that matter.
Summary/objective:
A Senior Elixir Software Engineer who loves working on massively scalable distributed applications to join our team and help build our growing portfolio of products that enable a consumer to enjoy content that they can co-create with the creators through our platform. In this role, you’ll work with a high-energy, cross-functional team, which will include other developers, product managers, and designers to perfect the viewing and community engagement experience for viewers of TV shows and movies across all Angel Studios web, mobile, and TV apps. In the Backend Data Platform role, many of your tasks will center around the data pipeline—collection, processing, analysis, storage and transformations of event data.

• Amplify light in every action.
• As the owner of your outcomes, you are empowered to break down silos and coordinate with any and all people you need in order to reach your goals. 
• You are ultimately responsible for achieving the outcomes while also using resources wisely - whether that be money, people, or time.
• Know your customer - it might be our viewers, investors, creators, or internal Angel Teams. Ensure you understand your customer and are providing what THEY need and not just what you want to build. 
• Contributes in a way that moves the Angel mission forward and exemplifies the team qualities required for working at Angel.
• When faced with roadblocks, mistakes or unforeseen circumstances, consistently and proactively find creative solutions and/or break down barriers to handle the challenge or complication. (Focus is on creating/building/testing/learning/resolution rather than getting stuck and identifying or placing blame).

Essential functions

• Create  massively scalable and high performance applications that support experiences that delight and surprise every consumer who uses your carefully crafted interfaces.
• Embrace best practices and are always searching for opportunities to continually improve, learn and grow. 
• Deliver features iteratively.
• Implement code that runs great across platforms under variable memory and network constraints.
• Participate in cross-team share-outs, brownbags, and workshop series, standups,  hackathons, etc.
• Analyze application performance and recommend improvements as needed.
• Perform code reviews, testing, and debugging regularly.
• Contribute to technical documentation through Notion and other software platforms utilized in the Product and Engineering department.
• Build and maintain efficient, secure, reusable, and reliable code.
• Constantly seek to improve your craft by taking advantage of the advances made in the field.  
• Collaborate with a diverse team and empower everyone to do the best work of their life.
• Must attend and contribute to regularly scheduled staff meetings.
• Proficiency in speaking, reading and writing in the English language required.  Additional language proficiency is a plus. 
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

Competencies

• An exceptional listener with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and Google Workspace.
• Detail-oriented perspective and able to pick up on overlooked details.
• Organization and time management. 
• Able to maintain confidentiality of information.
• Must be able to manage multiple assignments, set priorities, and adapt to changing conditions.
• Resourceful and able to problem-solve and manage tasks with ambiguity. 
• Willing to perform an array of tasks both in and out of the office.
• Can take feedback to tasks and assignments positively and create better solutions.