Introductory paragraph
We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Developer / Technical Lead with a minimum of 10 years of total professional experience, including a proven track record in technical leadership roles. This key position combines hands-on coding with high-level technical leadership responsibilities, requiring someone who can work independently while collaborating with our CTO and development team. This is a long-term contract position with our consulting company, Xuku LLC, working exclusively with a seed-stage startup client. The product we’re developing has already secured significant enterprise clients, underscoring the importance and potential of this project. You’ll be deeply involved with the client’s product, but your direct relationship will be with our consulting company.
About us
My name: Neil Berkman
My position: CTO & Principal
Company name: Xuku LLC
Company website: xuku.com
Company headquarters (country): USA
Company info and history: Xuku LLC is a consulting company primarily working with early stage startups. For greenfield projects, our preference is the PETAL stack. Our team includes highly experienced Elixir developers, contributors to significant open-source projects including Elixir itself.
About the job
Job title: Senior Elixir Developer / Technical Lead
Job description: This long-term contract position involves actively developing and implementing new features for our client’s Phoenix/LiveView SaaS application, taking ownership of projects, collaborating on architectural decisions, establishing coding standards, mentoring team members, and contributing to infrastructure and DevOps tasks.
Salary range: Candidates are invited to specify their desired rate.
Qualifications or experience required:
- Minimum 10 years of total professional experience
- Strong, professional experience with Elixir and the Phoenix framework, particularly LiveView
- Proven technical leadership experience, including roles as a tech lead for multiple teams
- Extensive experience in developing and scaling large-scale SaaS applications
- Excellent communication skills, especially in written form
- Deep understanding of software development best practices
- Familiarity with infrastructure management and DevOps practices
What the successful job applicant will be working on: Developing and implementing features for a Phoenix/LiveView SaaS application, making architectural decisions, mentoring team members, and contributing to infrastructure and DevOps tasks.
Position on remote work
Remote job: Yes
Remote restrictions: Candidates located in the Americas or Western Europe are preferred
Remote leeway: The candidate’s working hours will need to overlap for several hours per day with the CTO, who is based in California
Any other notes about your position on remote work: This is a fully remote position with a globally distributed team, operating in a completely asynchronous work process.
About the interview process
If we’re interested, the initial interview will be with the CTO.
Further info
For more detailed information about this position, please visit: Senior Elixir Developer / Technical Lead - Long-Term Remote Position
To apply, please submit your application including:
- Your resume or CV
- A brief paragraph about yourself
- Links to relevant projects or contributions
- Your desired rate for this long-term contract position
Please send your application to jobs@xuku.com with the subject line “Senior Elixir Developer / Technical Lead - Long-Term Remote Position”.
Note: We are looking for individual freelancers only. No agencies or intermediaries, please.
