Software Engineer, Elixir - Telephony

Telnyx • Brazil, TX

15h

About The Position

Telnyx is seeking an Elixir Telephony Engineer to create and deploy applications for its Telephony platform. Engineers lead projects from initial questions through high-level system design, prototyping, application development, and data integration. The role uses Telnyx products, open-source technologies, and team-built solutions to address customer communications challenges across different regulatory environments, data types, and user populations.

AI-assisted engineering is an integral part of the work. The team uses AI agents and Telnyx Inference to accelerate software development, troubleshoot complex issues, assist with deployments and operational workflows, and improve developer productivity, code quality, and operational efficiency.

Requirements

• At least 2 years of professional software development experience with Elixir.
• Deep knowledge of microservice architecture patterns and anti-patterns.
• Understanding of challenges inherent in concurrent and distributed programming.
• Thoughtful decision-making, including judgment about when to move quickly and when to optimize for the long term.
• Interest in working in a fast-paced, product-driven environment.
• Keeps up to date with current technologies and patterns and enjoys sharing knowledge.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with SIP and other VoIP-related protocols and technologies, such as RTP, WebRTC, ICE, STUN, and TURN.
• Experience with Consul, Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, Ansible, Grafana, Graylog, or Prometheus.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain APIs, services, and systems across Telnyx’s telephony engineering teams.
• Collaborate with engineers across the company to build new telephony features at large scale.
• Improve engineering standards, tooling, and processes.
• Identify, optimize, and resolve issues related to latency, scalability, and performance of core telephony infrastructure.
• Develop solutions from system design and prototyping through application development and data integration.
• Address customers’ communications challenges across varied regulatory environments, data, and user populations.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed