Erlang Engineer – Remote

About the role

As an Erlang Engineer at BairesDev, you will design and build highly concurrent, fault‑tolerant systems that operate at massive scale, leveraging the BEAM VM and OTP framework to ensure real‑time, resilient infrastructure.

Key responsibilities

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

Required profile

• 4+ years of software engineering experience focused on functional programming.
• Proven expertise building highly concurrent, fault‑tolerant systems with Erlang.
• Deep understanding of the OTP framework and the BEAM virtual machine.
• Strong background in messaging or real‑time communication infrastructure.
• Experience with telecom‑grade systems and distributed architectures.
• Advanced proficiency in English.

Required skills

• Erlang
• OTP framework
• BEAM VM
• Distributed systems
• Concurrent programming
• Hot code reloading

What we offer

• 100% remote work from anywhere.
• Competitive compensation in USD or local currency.
• Hardware and software setup for home office.
• Flexible schedule.
• Paid parental leave, vacations and holidays.
• Multicultural environment with top‑tier talent.
• Mentorship, promotions, skill development and growth opportunities.