Team Lead Engineer Elixir

Why Yojee

Yojee is in a phase of deep product transformation rebuilding simplifying and scaling the core logistics platform that powers freight movements across APAC and beyond.
If you want to work with modern tech meaningful problems clean architecture and a team that genuinely cares about craftsmanship this is for you.

What you can expect:

• Ownership real autonomy to design build and influence the platform.
• Impact your work is shipped fast and used by real customers in the supply chain every day.
• Modern stack Elixir Phoenix LiveView PostgreSQL CQRS/event-driven flows AWS.
• Start-up energy fast decisions decision-makers in the room small teams no unnecessary layers.
• A team of adults low-ego engineers who value quality clarity and pragmatism.

We are building something ambitious and we want people excited by the idea of leaving Yojee better than they found it.

About the Role

As an Engineering Team Lead youll be the technical backbone of your squad. You will provide technical guidance mentor engineers collaborate closely with product and continuously improve how your team builds software.

This is a hands-on technical leadership role not a pure people-management position. You will spend the majority of your time designing and building software in Elixir while shaping standards and direction across your squad.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead technical discovery solution design and architectural decision-making.
• Build maintain and optimise backend services using Elixir.
• Guide engineers through code reviews pairing and design discussions.
• Establish high engineering standards across testing documentation and reliability.
• Work closely with product and design to refine scope and prioritise delivery.
• Drive operational excellence: performance observability robustness maintainability.
• Support your squad through effective sprint rituals.
• Help develop engineers with clear constructive technical feedback.
• Troubleshoot complex production issues and drive long-term fixes.

What You Bring

• Strong experience in Elixir Phoenix LiveView and distributed system design.
• Proven senior-level capability (typically 6 years in engineering).
• Experience leading or mentoring other engineers formally or informally.
• Ability to simplify complexity and provide clear technical direction.
• Strong system design skills with a focus on scalability and reliability.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Comfortable working in fast-moving cross-functional squad environments.

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience shaping engineering processes standards or ways of working.
• Familiarity with event-driven architectures or CQRS patterns.
• DevOps understanding (AWS Docker CI/CD).
• Exposure to logistics supply chain or enterprise workflow systems.

Why Youll Love Working Here

• High ownership and autonomy in shaping your squads technical direction.
• A modern Elixir-first stack and a team that values engineering excellence.
• Low-ego collaborative culture smart people who care about quality.
• Real product impact your work ships quickly and meaningfully affects customers.
• The chance to help shape Yojees engineering culture during an exciting period of change.

How to Apply

If this sounds like the kind of role where youll thrive wed love to hear from you.
Submit your application through our BambooHR portal and well be in touch.

Required Experience:

Senior IC