Restoring natural systems through adaptive planning and market incentives
Software Engineer, Elixir Expert
Location
United States
Posted
1 day ago
Salary
$100K - $200K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Software Engineer, Elixir Expert
Vibrant Planet
• Design, build, and ship full-stack features across our Elixir/Phoenix/LiveView, JavaScript, and Postgres stack, spanning both our core wildfire resilience platform and our utilities applications • Work with large geospatial datasets — raster, vector, and tiled data — to surface forest planning, scenario building, and treatment outcome insights to end users • Partner with Product and Design to scope, refine, and deliver user-facing workflows for land managers, foresters, and partner organizations • Own features end-to-end, from technical design through deployment, monitoring, and iteration based on user feedback • Contribute to platform reliability through code review, automated testing, observability, and on-call participation in our Sev process • Collaborate with Environmental Analysis and Infrastructure teams to integrate geospatial models (Pyrologix, ForSys/Patchmax, canopy height) into the application experience • Improve developer experience and engineering velocity through tooling, refactoring, and documentation • Mentor and pair with other engineers, and participate in technical interviews as the team grows
Job Requirements
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience building and operating production web applications
- Proficiency in Elixir, including OTP
- Proficiency with relational databases (Postgres preferred) and SQL, including schema design, query optimization, and migrations
- Demonstrated ability to ship features end-to-end in a collaborative, cross-functional environment
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to scope ambiguous problems with PMs, designers, and domain experts
- Comfort working in a fully remote, fast-paced startup environment
- Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without visa sponsorship
Benefits
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k) plan
- Unlimited PTO policy
- Company equity
- Cell phone stipend (per pay period)
- Home office setup allowance (one-time)
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