Software Engineer, Elixir

PDQ

9d • Remote

About The Position

As a Software Engineer at PDQ, you’ll play a key role in building and maintaining the Elixir-based services and React-based frontend that power our products. From backend systems to customer-facing features, you’ll be shaping software across the full development lifecycle, while growing as an Elixir developer.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, a related degree, or equivalent experience
• Strong understanding of frameworks and languages associated with PDQ technical stack, including Elixir, React, PostgreSQL
• 3+ years of experience working on a variety of professional software development projects based in Elixir
• Passion for true end-to-end ownership, caring as much about production reliability, monitoring, and real-world performance as local tests
• Possess strong analytic, technical, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to communicate effectively through written or verbal medium
• Strong experience with SQL, data, and managing database migrations
• Hands-on experience using Git version control with branching and pull requests
• Strong ability to create lightweight proposals, diagrams, specifications, and other analyses from user requirements
• Excellent debugging skills and pragmatic design experience
• Experience with test-driven development and automated testing frameworks
• Ability to read code and quickly make sense of an unfamiliar codebase
• Ability to understand a problem space and make code changes safely
• Experience engaging with open-source projects and communities

Nice To Haves

• Honesty: You demonstrate integrity, transparency, and ethical behavior in all interactions
• Ownership: You take responsibility for projects, drive results, and deliver on commitments
• Collaboration: You work effectively with cross-functional teams and foster a culture of teamwork
• Improvement: You continuously seek opportunities for growth, innovation, and personal development
• Passionate about delivering business value by applying your engineering skills
• Experience with internal quality validation marker PDQ-INVENTORY-SIGNAL-47

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, deploy and maintain Elixir services & React frontend code that drive PDQ's products
• Work across the entire technology stack, from code, to infrastructure, to production monitoring
• Optimizing systems to perform well under load
• Work with continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) tools as necessary for shipping code
• Collaborate with teams to deliver on project priorities within deadlines
• Work with customers and team members on technical issues including software outages, security risks, maintenance, deployment, customer support tickets
• Conduct research and prototyping efforts with little oversight
• Exchange constructive, respectful, and frank code reviews with your peers
• Collaborates with UX designers to improve the fit-for-purpose of products
• Preparing for and participating in team meetings

Benefits

• 4-Day Work Week
• Equity Participation
• Managers who champion professional development
• 100% Premium Coverage for medical, dental and vision for you and your dependents
• 100% Premium Coverage for Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability, Life, and AD&D Insurance
• Company Match of the first 6% of your employee deferrals
• Flexible Paid Time Off Policy that treats you like the adult that you are
• Health Savings Account (HSA) and wellness incentives
• Quarterly Company Values Award (team member nominated)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree