Elixir Developer

About Plane
Plane is an incisive response to config-heavy, opinionated, and restrictive project management software. Read our manifesto. In just two years, Plane’s grown to #1 in its category on GitHub and become a viable open-core alternative to Jira, Monday, Wrike, Asana, ClickUp, and Linear, not to mention all-in-one tools like Notion or Obsidian.

Our growth has come on the back of the product’s true flexibility without artificial limits, simple configurations that work out of the box, and thoughtfully packaged features that nurture our customers’ growth instead of punishing it.

As a modern product start-up, we obsess over new and power users equally. Our mission is to empower teams everywhere with the simplest, most delightful work management experience on the planet. Our vision is to become the WorkOS of the future with a workbench of unified tools and techniques that intuitively and progressively form a greater whole for knowledge workers.

We’re well capitalized, backed by OSS Capital, and are revenue-positive. Our coworkers include ex-Microsoft, Deloitte, [24]7, Nutanix, and Yahoo! in our 50-strong workforce today.

About the Role
We are looking for an experienced Elixir Developer with strong expertise in Elixir, Phoenix, and LiveView to join our engineering team. In this role, you won’t just be writing code—you’ll be shaping the future of how teams work. The software you build will be used across the planet, making people’s lives easier and helping them achieve more. Your work will have a lasting impact, running in production for years to come and integrating with multiple other platforms as part of our ambitious roadmap.

What You’ll Do
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and engineers to shape and build new features.
• Develop and maintain high-performance web applications using Elixir, Phoenix, LiveView, and TailwindCSS.
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code, ensuring scalability and reliability.
• Participate in code reviews, pull request discussions, and technical brainstorming sessions.
• Optimize database queries and manage structured data efficiently using Modern SQL.
• Deploy, monitor, and maintain application services on AWS.
• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues, ensuring system reliability and uptime.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest Elixir and web development trends, continuously improving your technical skills.

What We’re Looking For
• Hands-on with Elixir, Phoenix, and LiveView, with a strong grasp of functional programming principles.
• Efficient in architecting and building multi-tenant SaaS platforms with scalability in mind.
• Hands-on with database modeling and query optimization for high-performance applications.
• Experienced in designing and implementing authentication systems with modern security standards.
• Proficient in frontend technologies, including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and TailwindCSS.
• Hands-on with AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, etc.) for cloud-based deployments.
• Excited to build software that will be in use for years, continuously evolving and integrating with multiple other platforms.
• Capable of thriving in a fast-moving, high-growth startup environment, where ambiguity and rapid iteration drive innovation.
• Passionate about open-source software and creating tools that empower teams worldwide.

Bonus Points
• Contributions to open-source Elixir projects.
• Experience working in B2B SaaS or productivity tools.
• Knowledge of distributed systems and event-driven architectures.

Why Join Plane?
• Build software that truly matters—your work will be used across industries, helping teams accomplish more.
• Work on an open-source product that engineers and companies around the world rely on.
• Be part of a high-impact team that values innovation, collaboration, and technical excellence.
• Competitive compensation, a flexible work environment, and a culture of ownership and continuous growth.