Remote Erlang Engineer - Real-Time, Fault-Tolerant Systems

BairesDev; Colombia; Remote; COP 287,825,000 - 415,747,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work from anywhere

USD or local currency pay

Home setup provided

Flexible hours

Parental leave & vacations

Global mentorship & growth

Job summary

BairesDev, a leader in technology projects, is hiring an Erlang Engineer for a 100% remote role. You will design distributed, fault-tolerant systems using Erlang and OTP, and drive real-time messaging infrastructure across global teams.

Join a world-class team with top 1% talent. You will work remotely from anywhere, with competitive USD or local currency compensation and flexible hours to support work-life balance.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of Software Engineering with a focus on functional programming.
• Expertise in building highly concurrent and fault-tolerant systems using Erlang.
• Deep understanding of the OTP framework and BEAM VM.
• Strong background in developing messaging or real-time communication infrastructure.
• Experience with telecom-grade systems and distributed architectures.
• Advanced proficiency in English.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop distributed, soft real-time applications using Erlang and OTP.
• Implement highly concurrent systems with lightweight processes and asynchronous messaging.
• Build and maintain supervisor trees for self-healing and fault tolerance.
• Optimize performance and scalability across BEAM nodes and clusters.
• Manage the full development lifecycle of mission-critical messaging or telecom infrastructure.
• Apply hot code reloading to update production systems with zero downtime.

Skills

4+ years experience

Erlang

OTP framework

BEAM VM

distributed systems

real-time messaging

English proficiency

Job description

BairesDev, a leader in technology projects, is hiring an Erlang Engineer for a 100% remote role. You will design distributed, fault-tolerant systems using Erlang and OTP, and drive real-time messaging infrastructure across global teams.

Join a world-class team with top 1% talent. You will work remotely from anywhere, with competitive USD or local currency compensation and flexible hours to support work-life balance.