Backend Engineer

DICE is scaling fast and we’ve got ambitious goals for our platforms. As a Backend Engineer, you will have a direct impact on what we build and how we build it, working alongside a very senior team of experts to deliver high-quality features.

Our backend apps are written mostly in Elixir. They feed various information to our award-winning apps with GraphQL and REST API, and handle millions of transactions for our ticket sales. Our code is hosted in GitHub, pipelines are managed by Drone CI, and we deploy to Kubernetes clusters.

We are always open to making changes and improvements to our workflow and code base, and we will look to you to contribute ideas and grow your skills within our engineering culture.

You’ll be

• Designing and developing scalable backend features using Elixir and Phoenix.
• Contributing to technical discussions with Product Managers, Engineers, and Designers to understand requirements and provide time estimates.
• Collaborating with and learning from a senior team of Elixir experts, actively participating in code reviews and pair programming.
• Writing clean, maintainable, and well-documented code with strong test coverage.
• Troubleshooting production issues and helping to maintain the reliability of our ticketing systems.

Do you have experience in Ruby?, Do you have a Master’s degree?, * A collaborative problem solver who enjoys working in a cross-functional team.

• Passionate, humble and talented.
• A fan of music and culture.
• Eager to learn and grow your technical skills in a high-performing environment.
• Someone who cares about the quality of the software you ship, from unit tests to documentation.
• Eager to build apps that make a positive impact on the world.
• A great communicator.

You’ll need

• Proven experience with Elixir and Phoenix (or experience with another functional language like Ruby/Erlang/Haskell and a genuine desire to master Elixir).
• Experience building and maintaining web applications in a production environment.
• A solid understanding of database concepts (PostgreSQL) and how to write efficient queries.
• Good understanding of how OSes and Linux work internally.
• Experience integrating third-party APIs and services.
• A mindset for shipping business value through iterative development.

At DICE, you’ll be part of the company that’s redefining live entertainment. It’s a place where you can be yourself, influence the culture, and create work that you’re proud of.