Job Title: Lead DI Modernization Engineer
Key Skills: Elixir, RESTful APIs, Postgres, Kafka, AWS, DataDog, Claude, Git/GitHub Actions, Jira
Experience: 8+
Location Hermosillo or Mexico City
Mode: Hybrid
We at Coforge are hiring Position (22023) with the following skill set.
Backend Engineering & System Design
- 8+ years of backend software engineering experience
- Designing and operating large-scale, highly available, distributed systems
- Microservices architecture
- Event-driven architecture
- API design and development
- Scalability, reliability, performance, and maintainability best practices
- Strong software architecture and technical leadership capabilities
- Elixir (Critical Requirement)
- 2+ years of hands-on experience with Elixir
- Deep understanding of the Elixir runtime/ecosystem
- Building production-grade backend services using Elixir
- Cloud & Infrastructure
- Strong AWS experience
- Docker containerization
- Kubernetes orchestration
- Production deployment, monitoring, and scaling
- APIs & Service Communication
- REST APIs
- GraphQL
- gRPC
- Ability to select the appropriate protocol/pattern based on use case
- Data Layer
- PostgreSQL
- Database design and optimization
- Caching strategies
- Messaging & Event Streaming
- Kafka
- Designing and operating Kafka-based systems at scale
- Observability & Reliability
- DataDog
- Monitoring
- Logging
- Alerting
- SLO/SLA-driven operations
- DevSecOps
- CI/CD pipelines
- Automated testing
- Secure software development practices
- Security integration throughout the SDLC
- Security
- Secure API design
- Access control
- Data encryption
- General application security principles
- AI-Assisted Development
- High proficiency with Claude Code or similar AI coding tools
- Demonstrated use of LLMs to improve development productivity
- Collaboration & Communication
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Technical documentation
- Ability to communicate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
2. Good-to-Have Skillset
These are valuable differentiators but appear secondary to the core backend/Elixir requirements:
Leadership & Strategic Thinking
Defining technical roadmaps
Long-term architecture planning
Domain ownership
Technical mentorship and guidance
Must Have
Elixir (2+ years)
Backend Engineering (8+ years)
AWS + Docker + Kubernetes
Kafka
PostgreSQL
REST / GraphQL / gRPC APIs
DataDog Observability
CI/CD + DevSecOps
Distributed Systems & Microservices
AI-assisted development (Claude Code or equivalent)
Nice to Have
Technical leadership/architecture ownership
Platform engineering mindset
Agile delivery experience
Advanced documentation practices
Reliability engineering and operational excellence
Cross-functional stakeholder management
Posted On: June 27, 2026
At Coforge, we hire professionals based solely on their skills and do not discriminate based on age, disability, religion, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, or nationality.
