Erlang Developer - Distributed Systems

Description :

Key Responsibilities :

• Design, develop, and maintain real-time, low-latency messaging services using Erlang / OTP.
• Implement, extend, and optimise messaging protocols including XMPP, MQTT, and other lightweight or custom protocols.
• Build and maintain fault-tolerant, distributed backend services capable of horizontal scaling.
• Develop and enhance systems related to presence management, user state tracking, chat history storage, and message delivery tracking.
• Collaborate with mobile, web, and frontend engineering teams to integrate backend APIs and messaging functionalities.
• Participate in designing end-to-end encryption, message queue processing, and data storage strategies.
• Monitor system performance to proactively identify bottlenecks and implement optimisations that reduce latency and improve efficiency.
• Ensure high availability, reliability, and seamless deployments through clustering, rolling updates, and other DevOps-aligned strategies.
• Engage in code reviews, architectural discussions, sprint planning, and cross-team collaboration to deliver high-quality software.

Qualifications & Skills :

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