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Staff Engineer / Technical Lead at Youth

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Youth Inc. | Staff Engineer / Technical Lead | Hybrid Boston, Hybrid Chicago or Fully Remote (US)

Youth Inc. is a venture-backed e-commerce marketplace focused exclusively on youth and high school sports.

Tech Stack:

  • Backend: Elixir / Phoenix
  • Data: PostgreSQL
  • Infrastructure: Linux, Docker, CI/CD

About the Role

As a Staff Engineer / Technical Lead, you will be the primary technical authority for the engineering team.

Responsibilities

  • Own architectural decisions, tradeoffs, and long-term technical direction
  • Lead design discussions and write clear design docs
  • Guide the evolution of data models, APIs, and system boundaries
  • Design, build, and maintain Elixir/Phoenix services in production

Requirements

  • 7+ years of professional software engineering experience
  • Strong backend experience with Elixir (or deep experience in another functional or concurrent language with willingness to go deep in Elixir)
  • Outstanding communications skills

To Apply

Please send your resume to jbutler@youth.inc.

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