Erlang Developer

Role: Erlang Developer
Location: Bay Area

About the Role
We are looking for a skilled Erlang Developer to design, develop, and maintain highly scalable, fault-tolerant, and distributed applications powering next-generation robotics and warehouse automation platforms. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Erlang/OTP, concurrent programming, and distributed systems, with a passion for building resilient enterprise-grade solutions.

Key Responsibilities
•Design and develop robust applications using Erlang/OTP.
•Build highly available, distributed, and real-time systems for large-scale operations.
•Develop and optimize backend services handling high-volume concurrent transactions.
•Collaborate with Robotics, Product, Platform, and DevOps teams to deliver scalable solutions.
•Debug, troubleshoot, and resolve complex production issues.
•Design fault-tolerant architectures leveraging Erlang supervision trees and OTP principles.
•Develop REST APIs and integrate with external enterprise applications.
•Improve system performance, scalability, and reliability.
•Participate in code reviews and contribute to engineering best practices.
•Create technical documentation and architectural design artifacts.

Required Skills
•Strong experience in Erlang programming.
•Hands-on expertise with Erlang/OTP framework.
•Good understanding of distributed systems and concurrent programming concepts.
•Experience with message-driven architectures and event-based systems.
•Knowledge of TCP/IP, sockets, networking, and communication protocols.
•Experience working with Linux environments.
•Familiarity with RESTful APIs and microservices architecture.
•Strong debugging and performance tuning skills.
•Experience with Git and CI/CD practices.
•Understanding of databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, or NoSQL databases.

Preferred Skills
•Experience with Elixir.
•Exposure to Robotics, IoT, Warehouse Management Systems (WMS), or Supply Chain platforms.
•Knowledge of RabbitMQ, Kafka, or other messaging systems.
•Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
•Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
•Understanding of real-time data processing systems.

Qualifications
•Bachelor''s or Master''s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Electronics, or related field.
•3+ years of hands-on software development experience.
•Demonstrated experience building scalable distributed applications.

Nice to Have
•Experience working in automation, robotics, logistics, or warehouse technology domains.
•Open-source contributions in Erlang/Elixir ecosystem.
•Knowledge of monitoring tools like Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack.

Key Competencies
•Problem-solving mindset
•Strong analytical skills
•Ownership and accountability
•Effective communication
•Collaborative team player
•Ability to thrive in a fast-paced product environment