Elixir Functional Programmer

Sonata Software Overview

In today's market, there is a unique duality in technology adoption. On one side, extreme focus on cost containment by clients, and on the other, deep motivation to modernize their Digital storefronts to attract more consumers and B2B customers.

As a leading Modernization Engineering company, we aim to deliver modernization-driven hypergrowth for our clients based on the deep differentiation we have created in Modernization Engineering, powered by our Lightening suite and 16-step Plat formation™ playbook. In addition, we bring agility and systems thinking to accelerate time to market for our clients.

Headquartered in Bengaluru, India, Sonata has a strong global presence, including key regions in the US, UK, Europe, APAC, and ANZ. We are a trusted partner of world-leading companies in BFSI (Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance), HLS (Healthcare and Lifesciences), TMT (Telecom, Media, and Technology), Retail & CPG, and Manufacturing space. Our bouquet of Modernization Engineering Services cuts across Cloud, Data, Dynamics, Contact Centers, and around newer technologies like Generative AI, MS Fabric, and other modernization platforms.

Job Title: Elixir Functional Programmer

Location: Hyderabad

Essential Experience:

• 5 + years of functional programming experience with Elixir, Erlang, Clojure, or Haskell

• Legacy system modernization - proven track record of inheriting and improving complex codebases

• Polyglot programming - comfortable working across multiple languages and making migration decisions

• Distributed systems understanding - middleware, message passing, fault tolerance concepts

• Reverse engineering skills - ability to understand undocumented systems through code analysis

• Technical Skills:

• Deep understanding of functional programming principles: immutability, pattern matching, higher-order functions

• Experience with OTP (Open Telecom Platform) concepts, GenServers, and supervision trees

• Knowledge of concurrent programming and actor model architectures

• Kafka experience highly preferred - event streaming, message processing, and distributed data pipelines

• Proficiency in Node.js, Python, or Go for migration targets

• Database experience (MySQL, Redis) and API design (REST, GraphQL)

• AWS ecosystem familiarity

Leadership & Communication:

• Mentoring experience - ability to transfer knowledge and coach team members

• Strong documentation and communication skills for knowledge transfer

• Experience working with offshore development teams

• Comfortable making architectural decisions with limited initial context

• Technology Environment

Current Stack:

• Elixir/Phoenix with OTP architecture

• MySQL and Redis for data persistence

• Kafka for event streaming and data processing

• AWS infrastructure (SQS, SNS, Lambda)

• Docker containerization

• Integration with Salesforce multi-instance architecture

Migration Targets:

•  Node.js, Python, or Go (to be determined)

• Microservices architecture

• Enhanced monitoring and observability tools

Why join Sonata Software?

At Sonata, you´ll have an outstanding opportunity. The chance to use your skills and imagination to push the boundaries of what´s possible. To build never seen before solutions to some of the world’s toughest problems. You´ll be challenged, but you will not be alone. You´ll be joining a team of diverse innovators, all driven to go beyond the status quo to craft what comes next.