Staff Engineer / Technical Lead

Youth Inc. | Staff Engineer / Technical Lead | Hybrid Boston, Hybrid Chicago or Fully Remote (US) for exceptional candidate Youth Inc. is a venture-backed e-commerce marketplace focused exclusively on youth and high school sports. - Backend: Elixir / Phoenix - Data: PostgreSQL - Infrastructure: Linux, Docker, CI/CD What you'll do - Primary technical authority for the engineering team - 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 What We’re Looking For - 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.