Staff Engineer/Senior Developer (Elixir, Ruby, Flutter) - SmartLogic, Baltimore, Remote USA

Introductory paragraph

Staff Engineers at SmartLogic provide technical leadership for multiple ongoing projects and help develop solutions for prospects and clients. Work is organized by project, with each staffed by a Project Manager, a Staff Engineer, Designers, and Developers. The Staff Engineer owns the planning and implementation of technical delivery and team efficiency, and works with the Project Manager to maintain the Product Requirements Document, Backlog, technical direction, and sprint planning. They commit directly to the codebase, pair program, lead code review, and use AI tools to speed up delivery without compromising quality. While not a direct supervisor, the Staff Engineer acts as technical expert and mentor to the team, and also assists in the pre-sales process through solutioning, scope refinement, and estimates.

About us

My name: Charles Suggs
My position: Staff Engineer
Company name: SmartLogic
Company website: https://smartlogic.io/
Company headquarters (country): US

Company info and history:
We are a custom web and mobile application consultancy based in Baltimore, MD. We’ve been building custom software since 2005, adopting Elixir in 2016. Elixir is our tool of choice alongside some existing Ruby on Rails projects. Much of our work is greenfield across a wide range of solutions including web applications, back-end services, DevOps configuration, API development, user testing, and mobile applications.

About the job

Job title: Staff Engineer/Senior Developer (Elixir, Ruby, Flutter)
Job description:

This position is fully remote within the United States and its Territories. In this role, you will report to the COO. You will not have any direct reports for supervision purposes, but you will help lead project-based teams.

Responsibilities

• Support teams of 2 to 6 developers, designers, and QA analysts of varying skill levels and experience, providing guidance to ensure delivery on project commitments and meet client expectations.
• Co-lead delivery projects in partnership with the Project Manager to deliver projects on budget and on time.
• Mentor team members on assigned projects to follow SmartLogic processes for product development, including effective and responsible use of AI-assisted tools, working with the Project Manager to plan weekly goals to keep projects on track.
• Provide hands-on leadership for CI/CD pipelines, deployment strategies, AI innovations, environment configuration, and production operations.
• Work closely with the COO, Operations Manager, Project Managers, and team to communicate project progress, challenges, and resourcing needs.
• Partner with sales and consulting leadership on technical discovery, solution architecture, and rough-order-of-magnitude estimates that are timely and defensible, bringing consistency to how the team approaches quoting and estimating.
• Design, review, and support scalable, secure cloud and server architectures (primarily AWS and Azure).
• Serve as the technical expert on assigned projects, including QA and PR review, with attention to the quality and security of AI-assisted code.
  Salary range: $130,000 - $155,000 / yr

Qualifications or experience required:

• 7+ years of experience with modern software development practices and technologies, creating custom software to meet the expectations of a variety of clients.
• 7+ years of experience with Ruby on Rails, Elixir, and Phoenix, and 2+ years with Flutter and/or React Native.
• 5+ years of experience with DevOps practices including CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, monitoring, deployment, and tooling (e.g., Terraform, Ansible, CI/CD pipelines, cloud monitoring).
• Practical, hands-on experience using AI-assisted development tools in a real production codebase (not limited to prototyping or personal projects) for code generation, refactoring, testing, debugging, or documentation, with the discipline to validate AI-generated code against normal testing and review standards.
• Demonstrated ability to evaluate AI tools and practices and establish repeatable workflows for a team, with the judgment to recognize when AI assistance helps versus when it introduces security, privacy, or quality risk.
• 3+ years in a consultancy, not solely product-based companies.
• Experience participating in technical discovery, solution design, and estimation for client-facing and sales prospect projects.
• Be organized, thoughtful, and intentional about process, as demonstrated by an ability to set and manage expectations among teammates and managers alike.
  What the successful job applicant will be working on:

Position on remote work

Remote job: yes
Remote restrictions: Must be in the US or its territories with authorization to work in the US.
Remote leeway: Applicants must be US-based.
Any other notes about your position on remote work: we are a fully remote company with perodic in-person company events.

About the interview process

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Further info

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