Senior Software Engineer, Elixir at PDQ
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Jun 28, 2026
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Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior backend-leaning engineering role focused on building and maintaining PDQ Connect, a cloud-hosted endpoint management product for Windows and macOS. Day-to-day work involves writing Elixir and React code in a CI/CD pipeline, contributing to technical decisions, and collaborating with distributed teams. The role suits engineers with substantial Elixir or Erlang experience who are also comfortable with GraphQL, PostgreSQL, GCP, and payment/billing integrations such as Stripe.
Senior level · 5+ years · Remote · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 3,900 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 2,350–7,000
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $135,980 (middle half $105,210–$171,980).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (11)
The 5+ years experience requirement is explicitly tied to Elixir/Erlang, so it is captured on that skill's years demanded and also sets the overall years minimum at the role level.
Elixir is listed first and is the primary language; Erlang is named as an acceptable alternative ('Elixir or Erlang based applications').
Stripe is called out by name as an example of payment processing/billing experience; it is listed under the requirements block and treated as a hard gate on that capability.
React appears in the 'What you'll be doing' section (build features in Elixir and React) rather than a formal requirements heading, but it is framed as a direct job duty alongside Elixir, making it a practical gate.
GCP and PostgreSQL are listed under the requirements section but qualified with 'Familiarity with', signalling preferred rather than hard-gate depth.
Prometheus and Grafana are listed together under 'Exposure to observability and monitoring tools such as…' — 'exposure' and 'such as' both signal preferred; they are combined as one skill with Grafana as an alternative since the JD treats them as a pair.
Git, test-driven development, defensive security, and diagramming/specification skills appear in the 'Who you are' character/traits section rather than a formal requirements block and are treated as preferred.
Open-source development experience is explicitly called 'a plus' and is omitted as it names no specific technology.
No compensation figures are stated in the posting.
The role is restricted to candidates residing in the 24 listed US states; it is not open to all US states despite being fully remote.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
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