Senior Elixir Engineer – Sovereign Territory Surveillance

SRT Marine Systems plc

Senior Elixir Engineer building distributed, event-driven maritime surveillance software for SRT Marine Systems. Developing telemetry services, LiveView interfaces, geospatial systems, and resilient cloud infrastructure.

Posted 8/6/2026full-timeBirmingham • 🇬🇧 United KingdomSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in building scalable APIs and distributed systems using Elixir and OTP, while influencing technical direction and architecture within a collaborative engineering team. Proficient in developing resilient services and processing geospatial data to enhance platform capabilities.

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ElixirOTPPhoenixLiveViewDistributed Systems Design

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Hard Skills

API DevelopmentBackend ServicesDistributed Relational DatabasesOLAP DatabasesPerformance ProfilingContainerized ApplicationsCloud PlatformsOn-Premises PlatformsGeospatial Systems

Soft Skills

Technical DirectionCollaborationInfluencing Architecture

Tools & Technologies

MapLibrePostGIS

Industry Keywords

Scalable PlatformsFault-Tolerant ServicesTelemetry ProcessingDeployment PracticesObservability

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudDistributed SystemsElixirPostGIS

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Build stable, secure and scalable platforms powering SRT's next generation of web technologies
Influence architecture and technical direction within a small team of experienced engineers
Build scalable APIs
Process live maritime telemetry
Develop rich LiveView interfaces
Work with large geospatial datasets
Design fault-tolerant distributed services
Help shape technical strategy across the platform
Improve deployment, observability and developer tooling
Design resilient OTP services processing streaming telemetry
Help shape architecture for the next generation of the platform

Requirements

What you’ll need

Senior-level engineering experience
Experience with Elixir and OTP
Experience with Phoenix and LiveView
Experience designing distributed systems
Experience building APIs and backend services
Experience with distributed relational and/or OLAP databases
Experience with containerised applications and modern deployment practices
Experience with cloud and on-premises platforms
Experience designing maintainable software that evolves over time
Experience with performance profiling
Experience with geospatial systems, MapLibre or PostGIS is highly advantageous but not essential

Benefits

Comp & perks

Excellent salary and package
Private health care
Career Development opportunities