Apple’s job website - they're hiring an Elixir engineer

This is great! I wondered how long it would be before they realised the benefits of Erlang/Elixir

Thanks for posting Ben

having been using other languages at work, but still find Elixir the sexiest language… honestly looking for a job where I can meet bunch of Elixir gods

Just the messenger. My understanding is Apple is making more use of Elixir in this area than the job posting alone would suggest.

https://jobs.apple.com/en-us/details/200233272/sr-software-developer-information-security

This position can be located in Austin (TX), Seattle (WA), or Santa Clara Valley (CA).

Just came upon this Apple job posting at indeed.com. Pretty encouraging for Elixir enthusiasts.

https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=acb1f3b77f2f53d0&q=elixir+liveview&tk=1i770j9gggarj800&from=ja&alid=6388a17d04062511266c8b7b&g1tAS=true&g1tLH=chuck.irvine.ks%40gmail.com&xpse=SoCT67I38nLqlTxd4B0LbzkdCdPP&xfps=89464f75-2cff-4cd3-9902-11d5b6ac5cfc&rgtk=1i770j9gggarj800&xkcb=SoDB67M38nJBRoarYJ0LbzkdCdPP

I agree.

Well this is interesting:

Senior Software Engineer - Elixir (Environmental Systems)

• Write application code using Elixir, Phoenix, LiveView, TailwindCSS, and Modern
  SQL, preferably PostgreSQL.
• Minimum qualifications include strong skills in Elixir and experience with the BEAM in production.

Nice find Mike!

Copying the posting here in case anyone’s interested - if anyone applies don’t forget to let us know what they’re working on! (if you can )

Summary

Posted: May 16, 2025
Weekly Hours: 40
Role Number:200604960

We’re looking for an experienced engineer strong skills in Elixir, Phoenix, and LiveView. You should have hands on experience designing technical solutions by collaborating with the product, design and cross functional teams. Are you passionate about the environment and want to work on projects that have a direct impact on reducing our footprint? Our team owns and develops the systems that enable Engineers at Apple to do just that. We work closely with Product Design, Manufacturing, Operations, Logistics, Marketing, and Policy to implement solutions that accelerate the reduction of Apple’s material and carbon footprint.

Description

This role requires the skills to build complex web applications, and includes being responsible for the entire stack. You’ll be applying those skills to environmental systems that assist in the acceleration of Apple moving to Carbon Neutral by 2030. In this role you will: • Plan, shape and build new features by collaborating with users, stakeholders and other team members • Obsess over the user experience by engaging in deep discussions with the product design team • Write application code using Elixir, Phoenix, LiveView, TailwindCSS, and Modern SQL, with great attention to detail, testing and documentation • Review code and collaborate on pull requests from your team members • Constantly learn and improve your own technical skills by reading code, documentation, running experiments and talking to your colleagues • Use ops tools like Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible and Docker to deploy and maintain application services • Support the troubleshooting, mitigation and fixing of production issues involving our applications, databases, networks and proxies using Cloud Native technologies

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent industry experience
• 10+ years working experience in a software role building web applications
• Strong skills in Elixir and experience with the BEAM in production
• Extensive experience with SQL databases; preferably PostgreSQL

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Phoenix in production is expected
• Experience and desire to apply best practices for building reliable software:
• Automated Testing, Continuous Integration, Code Review, Pair Programming, etc.
• Desire to deeply understand the technologies you are using by reading
• documentation, articles, and the source code of the libraries, databases, and
• operating systems
• Experience with LiveView is strongly preferred Experience making Product decisions is a plus
• Experience in a Tech Lead role is a plus

Pay & Benefits

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $207,800 and $312,200, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits.

Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

damn i wonder what product apple uses elixir for, any ideas?

edit:

my bad its for Environmental Systems, im still intrigued on why elixir it doesnt sound like it will be used for anything customer facing? just internal?

I think the intriguing part is this:

You’ll be applying those skills to environmental systems that assist in the acceleration of Apple moving to Carbon Neutral by 2030.

This means that either they’re developing an app that manages the Carbon Neutral initiative, or — and this is the interesting part — Apple has realized that the best way to significantly reduce their number of servers to manage their large-scale operations (like iCloud, the App Store, App Store Connect, the online store, the forums) is converting everything to Elixir!?

Nah, if I recall correctly it is essentially some API services for internal use to track information about environmental initiatives. Not a major bragging point but a perfectly reasonable thing to use the language for.