Elixir Engineering Manager

ZipRecruiter; New York (NY); Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A cutting-edge AI startup is seeking an Elixir Engineering Manager to lead a talented team of engineers. This fully remote role requires strong management experience and proficiency in Elixir. You'll build APIs and design data flows, driving the next phase of development while enjoying a people-focused and dynamic work environment offering competitive compensation and extensive benefits.

Benefits

Competitive salary

401K and health insurance

Generous vacation time

Virtual team building events

Workstation setup for remote work

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience and management experience.
• Professional experience with Elixir programming.
• Track record of shipping high-quality products and features.

Responsibilities

• Lead a small team of engineers to develop innovative solutions.
• Build performant APIs and design efficient data flows.
• Collaborate with colleagues to solve development challenges.

Skills

Leadership

DevOps

Application Development

API Design

Communication

Problem Solving

Education

BS in Computer Science or equivalent technical experience

Tools

Elixir

Job description

Overview

Elixir Engineering Manager

Location: Remote. This is a fully remote position, full-time, with flexible working hours and work arrangements.

About Vic.ai

Vic.ai is creating the Intelligent Accounting era, using artificial intelligence to automate accounting and provide advisory, business insight, and eventually business foresight.

Were a Series A stage start-up, founded by three Norwegian entrepreneurs and backed by renowned Silicon Valley investors (including Costanoa Ventures, Cowboy Ventures, and GGV Capital). Were US-based, but our team is global, from New Zealand to California. Were bringing AI to Finance and Accounting because the industry is ripe for automation and big-data insight and the market is huge: $200B just in the US.

Our main office locations is in New York. We have a well established remote-work culture, and over 50% of our team are working fully remote.

We have a solid team of very experienced, yet humble, Elixir engineers, will you be our next team member?

About you

Youre software engineer for 5+ years and now have management experience, but youve been a tinkerer and a builder your whole life. Were a team of builders when we arent building Vic.ai, were tinkering with a personal project, contributing to open source, modding a drone, building a computer from components, etc.

Were looking for an experienced team leader who enjoys working with server-side technologies. You possess a good mixture of DevOps and application development skills and would like to build innovative solutions with experienced teammates in a flexible environment.

You should have plenty of experience in building performant, easy to use, well-monitored, and well tested APIs, designing efficient data flows, communicating clearly, sharing knowledge, and questioning existing solutions.

Youre ready for the next step in your career, ready to take on fast-moving challenges. Youre enthusiastic about AI and the possibilities it opens for software development and transforming traditional work. You aim at reaching greatness and delivering exceptional outcomes in your work.

As a team player, you are not afraid of reaching out to your colleagues to discuss development challenges, especially when you are stuck trying to solve a specific issue.

You are fluent in English.

Who we're looking for

• BS (or higher) in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent technical experience
• 10+ years of relevant work experience including leadership roles
• Professional experience with Elixir programming
• Track record of shipping high-quality products and features
• Ability to turn business needs into engineering solutions

As an early employee, you'll be working with a small team of committed and talented engineers and having a large, long-term impact on technical design and engineering culture.

We Offer

• An exciting work environment operating at the forefront of AI technology development
• Competitive salary
• 401K, health/vision/wellness perks (including health insurance coverage option 100% free for the employee AND family and perks like ClassPass and CitiBike!)
• Generous maternity and paternity leave
• Virtual team building events & awesome swag
• People-focused culture, adding-value and fun to our meetings
• Generous vacation time, family and travel-friendly environment
• Work alongside an enthusiastic, collegial, and driven team in a highly meritocratic environment
• The opportunity to work remotely, including workstation setup
• A team-focused culture. The team builds the product, the business builds the team.

Above all, you should enjoy the journey. Our engineers are creative, technical, smart, and genuinely like each other. They enjoy the work they do, and so should you!