Elixir Developer

ELIXIR DEVELOPER

Who You Are

You like developing in all forms, whether that’s working with driven creative teams to bring cutting edge websites and apps to life across a variety of industries and aesthetics, or developing developers as a mentor. You’re learning obsessed: you know that more important than individual technologies is your ability to adapt and apply innovative development at every step. 

What You’ll Do

As an Elixir Developer at Madwell, you’ll be working as part of an integrated team to shorten the runway between smart, interesting brands and beautiful creative that can work in any medium. Reporting directly to our VP, Technology, you’ll act as a lead developer building dashboards for ad reporting and other business kpis and other applications. You will make pivotal decisions about backend systems, such as authentication, search relevance, personalization, and API design.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Working in a creative team setting to ideate and develop strong creative ideas including planning, designing, and ultimately building our digital platforms
• Mentoring others, both on the development team, and cross-disciplinary peers, on best practice for Elixir development and large dataset management.
• Working in Agile and Jira to optimize how our teams work
• Creating frequent pull requests to gain insight from other team members as well as communicate deliverables by showing what is complete.
• Helping translate client feedback into clear next steps, often with Accounts and/or Production
• Communicating effectively, both internally and with producers/AMs/designers; to update progress, handle conflict resolution, and keep everyone updated
• 85% of responsibilities involve contributing directly to the codebase

Our Must-Haves

• 5+ years of professional experience with software development
• BA/BS degree or higher, preferably in CS or a related field
• Able to work with AWS and Linux server administration to set up and deploy new sites
• Able to create semantically correct and accessible HTML
• Strong proficiency in Elixir
• Expertise in CSS and tailwind with good judgment for what can be done in CSS
• Complete understanding of git branching, merging and rebasing
• Strong proficiency with large datasets in databases such as Postgres, Big Query and other cloud databases.
• Excellent analytical and communication skills to share your ideas with the team and our clients

Our Nice-to-Haves

• Experience with React or PHP a plus
• Familiarity with game engines and environments such as Unity or Unreal Engine

Lines of Report

Reporting to: Director of Technology

Direct reports include: NA

Madwell Values

• Has an independent spirit and takes initiative to experiment
• Demonstrates an open mindset
• Engages with empathy and embodies a work ethic that makes us stronger when we work together
• Covers for others when necessary and lifts where others cannot
• Recognizes that sameness is not a strength and supports and welcomes a diverse perspective

Madwell Benefits

• Unlimited PTO
• All Federal Holidays (including Juneteenth and Indigenous People Day)
• Paid Leave for Week Between Christmas and New Year
• Flexible Work From Elsewhere policy
• 12 Weeks Fully Paid Maternity & Paternity Leave
• Dog-Friendly Offices
• 1 month Sabbatical for every 5 years at Madwell
• Fully-stocked kitchens
• Flexible work schedule
• Cold brew + beer on tap
• Weekly brunch
• Uber credit for After-Dark travel home from the office
• Employee Resource Groups for those in underrepresented groups
• 100% employer paid Health Insurance Plan, Dental and Vision Insurance
• FSA
• Commuter Benefits
• 401k Matching

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Madwell, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
 

Salary range: $130,000 - $200,000

* This is a hybrid role based out of our NYC office. You must be located within commuting distance of Brooklyn, NY to be considered for this role. You will be required to be in the office 3 days a week. *

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