Web/Elixir Engineer - Felt, Remote (USA)

Hi there!
Spatial data is everywhere, but the tools to work with it haven’t kept up. At Felt, we’re changing that with a modern mapping platform built on Elixir and React. We’re looking for an engineer to lead our growth systems while contributing to the core platform that powers real-time, collaborative mapmaking.

About us

My name: Jason Axelson
My position: Senior Software Engineer
Company name: Felt
Company website: https://felt.com/
Company headquarters (country): USA
Company info and history (how you’re using Elixir etc):

• We use Elixir to power our backend, including our collaborative soft-realtime features. We’re big fans of Elixir and have written a few blog posts about it and given some ElixirConf talks about how we use Elixir:
  • Blog post - Routing patterns for manageable Phoenix Channels
  • ElixirConf 2022 talk - Delightful Multiplayer Editing with Phoenix
  • ElixirConf 2023 talk - Rebuilding the Plane While It’s Still Flying

About the job

Job title: Web/Elixir Engineer
Job description: Lead the development of Felt’s product-led growth systems and help scale the platform to millions of users.
Salary range: Benchmarked against companies at our stage and valuation
Qualifications or experience required:

• 5+ years of full-stack engineering experience with strong Elixir, React, and database skills
• Comfortable building complex systems integrating product analytics (Amplitude or similar), billing (Stripe or similar), and customer data (HubSpot or similar), and making them fast
• System-level thinker with an eye for detail and feel comfortable collaborating across product, marketing, and sales teams
• Product driven mindset - believe in doing the right thing by the user first

What the successful job applicant will be working on: Building and optimizing growth systems while also improving our Elixir backend that serves maps to our users

More details on benefits is available on our careers page: Felt | Careers

Position on remote work

Remote job: yes (although we do also have an office in Oakland that you’re welcome to work out of, but the majority of employees are fully remote)
Remote restrictions: USA
Remote leeway: USA only right now
Any other notes about your position on remote work: N/A

About the interview process

• Intro call (30 mins)
• Take home assignment
• A paid 2-4 week contract where we can get a feel for what it is like to work with each other

Further info

Please apply by sending an email to hello@felt.com with either your Resume, LinkedIn, or GitHub profile