Hiive - Remote/Hybrid Canada, Vancouver | Mid/Senior Elixir, React Engineer | Full-Time

About us

My name: Vitor Oliveira
My position: Vice President, Engineering
Company name: Hiive
Company website: https://www.hiivemarkets.com/
Company headquarters (country): Canada

About Hiive

Hiive is looking for an experienced Software Engineer to join the product team to work on a platform utilizing an Elixir Phoenix GraphQL backend API and React.js/Typescript on the frontend. Hiive is a fintech startup, backed by seasoned professionals with decades of experience in private equity and capital markets. The company is building a revolutionary product for buyers and sellers of shares in private pre-IPO companies and “Unicorns,” bringing a rational, beautiful and modern technological interface to a messy and traditional market. As a Software Engineer at Hiive, you will report to the Vice President, Engineering, and work directly with the executive and founding team to deliver core features of our application, create a robust, scalable, and secure infrastructure, and continue to build out the market for the product

About the job

Job title: Mid/Senior Elixir, React Engineer

A great candidate would…

• Consider themselves highly capable of hands-on development of API and asynchronous functionality for processing data and workflows in a complex system.
• Consider themselves highly capable of hands-on development of a mobile responsive user interface with React and Typescript from day one.
• Know the ins and outs of data modeling and software architecture for developing performant and maintainable code.
• Have experience with integrating with third-party services through APIs and webhooks alongside local data processing.
• Be well versed in all aspects of secure API development.
• Be well versed in all aspects of frontend development including styling, performance, responsiveness, and in creating reusable components.
• Be comfortable working with a very small team including directly with the founders on building a product and a company.
• Adapt well to a quickly moving environment.

Required Experience:

Backend Development

• 5+ years of experience in developing backend services with APIs and relational databases.
• Experience with the Elixir programming or similar experience and a desire to learn Elixir.
• Able to work in a team environment with a CI/CD driven workflow.
• Have a philosophy in writing automated backend tests.

Frontend Development

• 3+ years of experience in building interfaces with React or similar technology.
• Previous experience of working in Typescript.
• Experience with component libraries (such as Chakra UI).
• Translating from Figma or similar, design files into implementation details.
• Working closely with designers on feedback for designs and implementation tweaks.

Preferable Experience:

• Experience in making GraphQL APIs and Apollo Client.
• Understanding of Postgres databases design and optimization.
• Knowledge of Elixir, Phoenix, and Absinthe.
• DevOps know-how, specifically deploying and configuring AWS services.
• Data reporting with SQL and dbt.
• Experience with Vercel & Next.js.
• Using Terraform for deterministic infrastructure definitions.
• Fintech and/or marketplace experience.

Compensation & Perks:

• Competitive salary: CAD100k-CAD170k/year, commensurate with experience and contribution.
• Health & dental benefits, and a health spending account.
• Option to work remotely or in our office in the Mt. Pleasant neighborhood of Vancouver, BC with a first-class view of the mountains.
• Opportunity to participate in the ownership of a seed-stage startup through our employee stock option plan.

About the interview process

• Phone Screen: your past experiences, goals, passions, and ambition for career and life.
• Technical Assignment: systems design interview and possibly pair programming.
• CEO Interview: last round with general questions about you.