Sr Software Engineer, Elixir

Akkodis is recruiting for a Sr Software Engineer, Elixir for a space manufacturer in the Denver, CO area. This is an onsite direct hire position with a pay range of $160K annually to $210K Annually depending on experience, education and location. Seeking a dedicated Senior Elixir Software Engineer to drive the development and evolution of our distributed spacecraft ground control system.

• Own and deliver complex distributed system features end-to-end, from technical design through production deployment and iteration across satellite command and control, mission planning, mission data processing, and data analysis systems
• Drive architectural direction for Elixir/OTP systems, establishing patterns and conventions for fault tolerance, concurrency, and scalability that scale across the team and codebase
• 7 years of software development experience
• Expert-level command of Elixir and OTP, including deep understanding of BEAM internals, scheduling, process architecture, supervision strategies, and runtime characteristics
• Deep expertise in designing and building resilient, fault-tolerant distributed systems, including advanced patterns for process supervision, clustering, and state management
• Strong testing philosophy and hands-on experience with ExUnit, property-based testing, and integration testing strategies for distributed systems; you understand what to test, not just how
• Proven experience designing and evolving service architectures, API boundaries, and inter-service communication patterns at scale
• Fluency with gRPC, RESTful, and WebSocket-based services, including debugging integration issues and contributing to API design discussions
• Comfort operating across the stack when needed; you can read frontend code, understand infrastructure constraints, and collaborate effectively with engineers across disciplines
• Track record of working in Git-based workflows with high standards for commit hygiene, PR quality, and collaborative review processes
• Eligible for DoD Secret or TS/SCI clearance
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or similar discipline
• Experience as a technical lead or primary backend on a product with real users and production constraints
• Deep understanding of OTP including BEAM scheduling, GenServers, run queues, pg, the Actor model, and advanced patterns like dynamic supervisors, registries, and distributed process groups
• Experience building and shipping complex, real-time systems with demanding reliability and performance requirements (real-time telemetry, large-scale data processing, mission-critical operations)
• Experience with OAuth2, role-based access controls, and security patterns for sensitive systems'
• Deep database experience with PostgreSQL, including schema design, query optimization, and operational concerns at scale
• Experience with monitoring, observability, and distributed tracing in production systems (e.g., OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana)

If interested, forward resume to tina.johnsonkelley@akkodisgroup.com.

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