Senior Elixir Engineer

Wonderschool’s mission is to ensure every child has access to a child care program that helps them realize their full potential. Our passionate team members are fulfilling this mission through the development of a suite of tools designed to support a variety of stakeholders including families, in-home child care providers, child care centers, nonprofits, governments and employers. These product offerings help providers leverage cutting-edge technology to meet the demands of their business while engaging with a community of like-minded peers that offer support, advice, and a strong sense of belonging. In addition to supporting child care providers, we have also designed a comprehensive database that directly connects families with Wonderschool’s affiliated providers. This dual facing network helps bridge the gap between families and providers in a revolutionary way. 

We have already successfully partnered with childcare providers in over 530 cities across the US and are committed to continuing to expand our positive impact! In order to support our rapid growth, Wonderschool is actively looking to hire passionate, forward-thinking, and creative individuals to join our wonderful team.

We are looking for a Senior Elixir Engineer (remote) to build delightful and intuitive experiences for our customers, from parents seeking quality child care to providers seeking efficiency and order in their business. You will work closely with stakeholders across the company to create simple solutions that bring the Wonderschool vision to life. As a successful Senior Software Engineer, you will not only build the user experience, but also help define and influence programming patterns, technology choices, and architecture.

Responsibilities: 

• Analyze requirements, break down tasks, estimate, and plan development of mission critical features

• Deliver features across the stack, from web and mobile applications to server-side APIs, schemas, and business logic

• Proactively communicate progress to our product team and leadership

• Learn our customer workflows and nuances within the early childcare industry

• Architect, build and maintain features in the Wonderschool product

• Debug production issues across the entire stack

• Rotating engineering support

• Occasionally attend user interviews and onboarding sessions to give support and receive feedback directly from customers

Required skills and experience:

• 5+ years of relevant professional experience as a backend or full stack engineer

• Previous experience with Elixir and React in production; our current stack is Postgres, Elixir/Ecto/Absinthe, GraphQL, React/React Native/Typescript

• Fully owning and delivering a feature end to end, from requirements analysis and task breakdown to milestone definition and delivery

• Working closely with a product manager or team

• Writing high-quality and readable code, with effective test coverage

• Defining timelines, and proactively communicating progress/updates with the rest of the team

• Interacting with product and engineering stakeholders; articulating and resolving concerns about potential side effects of a feature

• Clear verbal and written communication skills

• Proven experience breaking down features into bitesize deliverables. 

• Experience working with relative estimations with a high degree of accuracy

Desired skills and experience:

• Experience utilizing concurrent systems and patterns in Elixir or Erlang/OTP

• Previous experience working with early stage startups

• Previous experience developing complex SaaS products

• Working with a distributed team

What we offer:

• Health benefits offering 100% coverage for employee premiums and 80% for dependents

• Wifi and Employee Wellness stipends paid out on a monthly basis

• A flexible PTO plan, paid holidays, and mental wellness days 

• Highly competitive parental leave policies, eligible to qualified individuals after 6-months of employment

• An autonomous workplace that prioritizes health and wellness to ensure our employees can produce their best work while achieving their personal and professional goals

• A fully remote, but highly collaborative, work environment with a variety of team bonding opportunities

Wonderschool is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We plan and structure our interviews to directly assess skills and talent.