Contractor Senior Elixir Engineer

We are a worker-owned creative collective, innovating on everything from brands and IRL communities to IoT devices and cross-platform apps.

We work on projects that bring value to our world, and we balance deep care for the work we do with a genuine curiosity about life outside of our jobs.

Right now, we're looking for a Senior Elixir Engineer with expertise in web, backend and/or native app development, and interest in systems architecture and IoT.

In this role, you'll work on a variety of client projects to find cost-effective, high-quality, pragmatic solutions to complex problems.

• Crafting technical architecture plans through interfacing with clients to understand product requirements
• Developing and optimizing technical solutions while keeping in mind performance, scalability, maintainability, and cost-effectiveness
• Participating in code reviews, providing constructive feedback to teammates and ensuring adherence to best practices
• Contributing to project success by keeping a close eye on team velocity, project scope, budget, and timeline
• Negotiating with clients to align project scope with budget and timeline, if needed

Must Have Competencies:

• Fluency in Elixir, and production experience maintaining Elixir Phoenix apps
• 8+ years general experience in backend (Ruby on Rails, Elixir Phoenix, Python Django, or Node Express) and/or native app development (React Native, Flutter, Android, AOSP, Kotlin/Java).
• Comfort with building performant and polished frontend applications (React, CSS, Accessibility, etc)
• Extensive experience with API Design and knowledge of REST and GraphQL, as well as authentication strategies with JWTs and OAuth 2.0.
• Fluency in SQL & database operations, and extensive experience with one of PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MySQL or SQLite.
• Fluency in HTTP, Caching, Status Codes, Security Standards and other Web protocols & patterns.
• Experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure and a core understanding of best practices such as IAM & credential management.
• Production experience with PaaS providers such as Heroku, Render, Cloud66, Vercel, Elastic Beanstalk, EC2, Docker, or Gigalixir.

Nice to Have Competencies:

• Fluency in Elixir LiveView or experience with Rails Hotwire
• Experience working with LLMs, Vector Databases, and other generalist AI-enabled application patterns
• Product management experience, including defining product roadmaps and working closely with stakeholders.
• Hands-on experience with Zenhub, Trello, Jira or similar.
• Client-facing experience, working directly with customers to gather requirements and provide technical solutions.
• Engineering management experience, including leading teams, setting technical direction, and mentoring developers.
• Experience in Hardware, Firmware, or Internet of Things (IoT).
• Native IDEs (Xcode, Android Studio), Languages & Low Level experience (Swift, Rust, C & C++, Clang & LLVM), Electron, V8 & NAN.

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