Senior Software Engineer (Elixir)

Level All • New York, NY

72d • $150,000 - $175,000

About The Position

We’re looking for a Senior Elixir Software Engineer to contribute to our core web platform and supporting applications built in Elixir, Phoenix, LiveView, Ash, TypeScript, and Tailwind backed with a Postgres database. You’ll work with Engineering, Product, and Design teammates to help ship new features to make our platform more engaging for students and other learners, and more useful and valuable for the schools and community organizations we partner with. Our Engineering team enjoys collaboration, and you’ll do a mix of pairing, code review, discuss new processes or improvements to our codebase, provide feedback on product and design requirements, and your own deep work on any given day. As a senior engineer, you’ll be leading projects and providing guidance and mentorship to other engineers on the team. As the number of students using our platform grows, you’ll also help fix any bugs that are found, improve the overall quality of our code through addressing tech debt and automated testing, and reducing complexity.

Requirements

• At least five years of professional software engineering experience.
• Four years of experience working with Elixir (or another functional language) in production.
• Solid understanding of OTP.
• Experience building web apps with Phoenix and LiveView.
• Experience designing and consuming APIs.
• Experience working with relational databases (preferably PostgreSQL).
• Strong appreciation for automated tests and testing culture.
• Product mindset and driven by helping users.
• Enjoy communicating and collaborating with your team.
• Excited to work in a startup environment with agile-ish processes.
• Experience working on a remote or hybrid team.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the core web platform and supporting applications built in Elixir, Phoenix, LiveView, Ash, TypeScript, and Tailwind.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Product, and Design teams to ship new features.
• Lead projects and provide guidance and mentorship to other engineers.
• Fix bugs and improve code quality by addressing tech debt and implementing automated testing.
• Engage in code reviews and discussions about new processes or improvements.

Benefits

• Hybrid or fully remote work in the US.
• Medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D insurance.
• 3 weeks vacation per calendar year (in addition to 11 holidays and 5 sick days).
• Employee assistance program and legal assistance.
• Pre-tax transit/commuter benefit.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 51-100 employees