Senior Backend Engineer

hackajob is collaborating with DICE to connect them with exceptional professionals for this role. Senior Backend Engineer - Remote, UK Timezone (within +/- 2 hours) Live shows make us feel good. They’re a time to hang with our friends, discover new artists or lose ourselves on a dancefloor. We’re on a mission to bring all of this to more fans, more often - and that’s where you come in. We’re looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our Product team and drive exceptional product developments for fans, venues and artists. 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. About The Role DICE is scaling fast and we’ve got ambitious goals for our platforms. As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in architectural decisions, helping define not just what we build, but how it scales. Our backend apps are written mostly in Elixir (open to other programming languages). 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 codebase, and we will look to you to champion these improvements for the benefit of the team and the product. You’ll be

• Architecting and developing complex, high-load backend systems written in Elixir.
• Leading technical discussions with Product Managers, Engineers, and Designers to turn vague requirements into robust technical specifications.
• Mentoring mid-level and junior engineers, conducting code reviews, and fostering a culture of technical excellence.
• Proactively identifying bottlenecks in our ticketing and event management systems and designing scalable solutions to handle traffic spikes.
• Championing best practices in testing, documentation, and maintainability across the engineering organisation.

You are

• A technical leader who enjoys sharing knowledge and uplifting the team.
• Passionate, humble and talented.
• A fan of music and culture.
• Actively responsible and ownership-driven; you don't just write code, you own the outcome in production.
• Pragmatic about technical debt versus feature delivery.
• Eager to build apps that make a positive impact on the world.
• A great communicator.

You’ll need

• Extensive production experience with Elixir, OTP, and Phoenix (or deep expertise in another functional language with a willingness to master Elixir quickly).
• A strong track record of designing and developing distributed systems at scale.
• Experience integrating complex third-party services and gracefully handling failure scenarios.
• Deep understanding of database internals (PostgreSQL/Redis) and query performance optimisation.
• Deep understanding of how OSes and Linux work internally.
• Experience mentoring other engineers and influencing technical decisions within a team.

About DICE DICE is based throughout Europe, North America, Australia and India, and is rapidly growing worldwide. We’re constantly innovating to bring amazing products to fans, artists, venues and promoters. We know that having a variety of perspectives makes us a better company - it's why we strongly encourage members of underrepresented communities to apply. Find out how we're creating a more diverse, equitable and inclusive DICE. Application process Our process usually involves a quick chat on the phone, a portfolio review or task and a couple of interviews where you’ll meet the people you’ll work with. We’ll keep you fully informed along the way. For information on how we use your data, please view our Candidate Privacy Policy**.** We may use AI-assisted tools to help analyse skills and experience. These systems function solely as decision-support tools; they do not autonomously reject candidates or make final hiring decisions. Every application is subject to meaningful human oversight, with every hiring decision through the process being made by humans If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.