Elixir Backend Developer
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Groenlo
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Healthcare
What are you going to do?
At Nedap Healthcare, our Platform Tribe builds the foundations that keep all our applications running safely, reliably, and with care for the people who depend on them. The Identity and Access Management (IAM) team ensures that thousands of care professionals can securely and seamlessly access the systems they need every day. We safeguard how identities, permissions, and sensitive information are handled. With the services we build and with guidance, we are helping colleagues across Healthcare build trustworthy and future-proof solutions.
As an Elixir Backend Developer, you contribute to the technical backbone of this mission. You help shape systems that perform at scale, remain resilient under high load, and meet the security expectations of a modern healthcare ecosystem.
You will work with Elixir services running on Nomad, containerized deployments, and infrastructure managed with Terraform.
Your responsibilities
In collaboration with your team, you focus on building reliable, secure, and highperforming backend services.
You and your colleagues work on:- Elixir IAM services: Developing and improving Elixir services that power core authentication, authorization and auditing workflows;
- Scalable architecture: Designing and evolving system architecture to support scalability, resilience, and long-term maintainability;
- Performance optimization: Enhancing performance in production environments that operate at scale and require high availability;
- Secure coding: Embedding secure coding practices, contributing to code reviews, and supporting continuous improvement;
- Containerized IaC: Supporting containerized deployments and infrastructure-as-code workflows using tools such as Nomad and TerraForm;
- Service reliability / on-call: Contributing to service reliability by participating in periodic on-call rotations once you are up to speed.
Your team
The team values open communication, curiosity, and craftsmanship. You step into a collaborative environment where people enjoy learning from one another, exploring new technologies, and taking shared ownership of the systems we operate. Team members meet in person a few times per year, either in the Netherlands or in other convenient locations, to strengthen collaboration and alignment.
Our offer
Curious about all our terms of employment? Read on here.
Required experience and skills
As an Elixir Backend Developer, you have a strong interest in functional programming and enjoy solving engineering challenges that matter.
You recognise yourself in several of the following:
- Functional programming: Experience with Elixir or another functional programming language;
- Backend Performance: Familiarity with production environments, high-performance backend systems, and optimisation;
- Infrastructure mindset; An infrastructure-aware mindset, understanding how architecture, deployment, and operations connect;
- Learning mindset: Openness to learning, exploring new tools, and contributing to team practices;
- Remote collaboration: Comfortable working remotely in an international team across the European timezone.
- Educational background in computer science or software development;
- Experience with Docker;
- Experience with authentication and authorization concepts;
- Experience with linux systems and CLI.
Good to know: This role is available for 32-38 hours per week. The team works mostly remotely, with optional office space in Groenlo, Utrecht, or Nijmegen. Team members meet several times per year in person, and occasional travel to Groenlo is expected.
About Nedap in Healthcare
We simplify the work of caregivers, making their tasks more seamless. Trusted by over 1,900 care providers in the Netherlands, our technology supports a sustainable shift, enhancing accessibility, affordability, and effectiveness in elderly care, disability care, mental health, domestic care, and general practice.
Application procedure
Curious about our vacancy for Elixir Backend Developer? Take up the challenge! Send your CV and/or motivation via the application button Attn: Nicole Mons. If you have any questions, please contact me at nicole.mons@nedap.com.
- An assessment is part of the selection procedure;
- As part of the application procedure, we ask for a Certificate of Good Conduct;
- At Nedap, we rely on the diversity of people and organisations. One of the things that makes us unique is our diverse mix of people and cultures. We believe in the power of ideas and the energy of individual initiative. This is the foundation on which our entire organisation is built;
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