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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Sr. Backend & Data Engineer - **Company:** Hip & Hip, Inc. - **Location:** Provo, UT, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $151,000.0 - $178,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Information Engineering, Data Infrastructure, Data Integrity, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Data Mining, Relational Databases, Distributed Systems, Application Data, Software Engineering, Backend, Data Strategy, Data Pipelines, Elixir, Programming Languages - **Published:** May 20, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=71d233f17c640b7a ## About the Role Do you have experience in Software engineering?, * Strong professional experience building backend systems with Elixir or other modern programming languages. * Experience designing and maintaining data pipelines, ETL workflows, or analytics infrastructure. * Solid understanding of relational databases, data modeling, and reporting best practices. * Ability to work across both application engineering and data-focused projects in a fast-paced environment. * Experience mentoring or guiding other engineers on technical best practices and data quality standards. * Strong problem-solving skills with a focus on scalability, maintainability, and operational reliability. * Excellent communication and collaboration skills across technical and non-technical teams. ## Description Angel Studios is not a traditional studio. We are a mission-driven movement powered by over 2.2 million Angel Guild members worldwide and built to amplify light through storytelling. Every product we build, every experience we design, and every interaction a filmmaker or fan has with Angel is an extension of that mission. Our values guide everything: True. Honest. Noble. Just. Authentic. Lovely. Admirable. Joyful. Excellent. We are looking for a software engineer who is excited to work across both backend application development and data engineering. This role will spend approximately 75% of their time building and maintaining Elixir-based systems and 25% focused on data engineering, reporting, and analytics infrastructure. You will work closely with product, engineering, and business stakeholders to ensure our systems are scalable, reliable, and produce high-quality, actionable data. This role also plays an important part in guiding engineering best practices around data quality, reporting readiness, and long-term maintainability. Your Day To Day Responsibilities: * Design, implement, and maintain scalable backend services and distributed systems using Elixir. * Collaborate with cross-functional teams to architect reliable systems and deliver new product capabilities. * Build and maintain data pipelines that support reporting, analytics, and operational insights. * Develop processes and standards that ensure data integrity, consistency, and usability across systems. * Create reports, dashboards, and data extraction workflows to support internal stakeholders and business decision-making. * Partner with other software engineers to improve application data structures and ensure systems generate clean, report-ready data. * Troubleshoot production systems, optimize performance, and improve observability across both application and data infrastructure. * Contribute to technical planning and help shape long-term engineering and data strategy. ## Related Videos - [Data Science on Software Data](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/162-data-science-on-software-data) - [Modern Data Architectures need Software Engineering](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1030-modern-data-architectures-need-software-engineering) - [Developing the Backend with Stefan Lingler, CTO at Shpock](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100360-developing-the-backend-with-stefan-lingler-cto-at-shpock) - [Bringing digital education to refugee and host communities in remote regions of Africa](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/644-bringing-digital-education-to-refugee-and-host-communities-in-remote-regions-of-africa) - [Meet Your New BFF: Backend to Frontend without the Duct Tape](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/682-meet-your-new-bff-backend-to-frontend-without-the-duct-tape) - [From Messy Queries to Scalable Systems - How Data Engineering actually works](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100203-from-messy-queries-to-scalable-systems-how-data-engineering-actually-works) ## Related Articles - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Data Engineer Salary UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/253-data-engineer-salary-uk) - [What’s the Difference Between Frontend and Backend Development?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/240-what-s-the-difference-between-frontend-and-backend-development) - [The Best X (Twitter) Accounts for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/294-the-best-x-twitter-accounts-for-developers) - [The Most Popular IT Jobs on the Market](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/376-the-most-popular-it-jobs-on-the-market)