Senior Full-Stack Engineer (Elixir)

Over deze job

Do you want to join us on our mission to shape democracies for the digital age? Are you looking for an international and fast-paced, yet collaborative and inclusive environment to thrive in?

You have come to the right place.

CitizenLab, a social impact scale-up with its HQ in Brussels, aims to make public decision-making more participatory, inclusive, and responsive. The SaaS platform is already being used by over 230 cities and municipalities in +10 different countries, facilitating two-way communication between governments and their citizens. Since it was founded in 2015, CitizenLab gave +500,000 citizens a direct voice in local politics and got recognized as 'Best Social Impact Startup in Europe'. CitizenLab is looking for purpose-driven talent to join us on our mission to have +2.5 million citizens actively participate via its e-democracy platforms in cities across the globe.

Wat zal je doen?

As the pandemic hit Europe in March 2020, we reached out to our customers, local governments, to understand how we could help them best. They told us physical civic participation meetings became impossible, but the online alternatives weren't optimal. The need to combine multiple tools proved to be an areal barrier to get all participants aligned and get the most value out of the meeting, and the tools didn't do much to facilitate an effective debate.

So we switched gears, stepped up, and delivered them online workshops as an addition to our platform. We chose Elixir, embracing Phoenix LiveView, for its best in class real time capabilities, paired up with Jitsi for embedded video conferencing.

As a full-stack Elixir engineer, you will take the lead on bringing our online workshops to the next level. In close collaboration with the product manager, product designer and a fellow developer, you'll expand the capabilities, improve the architecture for scale and fine tune the user experience. You'll also work on stronger integrations between online workshops and the rest of the CitizenLab platform.

At CitizenLab, we work in small teams where members collectively take ownership of the outcome of the features they build. Engineers don’t merely implement specifications, but are empowered to come up with solutions, in close collaboration with their peers and with direct exposure to the end user. We work in small iterations and release continuously. We’re strong believers in automated testing and code reviews.

Wie je bent

What do we expect from you?

• You have 3+ years of experience in building end-to-end web applications
• You’re experienced in Elixir and Phoenix, and have played around with Liveview
• Professional experience with Ruby and React are a big plus
• You like to think along and collaborate on the solution, not just on the implementation
• You're open to relocate to Brussels when circumstances allow for it
• You know how to implement a modern user interface
• You know how to implement a sound API
• You're good at working autonomously, while being very transparent on your progress and plans

Wat we bieden

What can you expect from us?

• Receive a competitive salary package, incl. perks such as 26 paid holidays, training budget, well-being budget, collective bonus plan, your own laptop, full flexibility on working from home, and much more.
• Unlock your full potential and have a social impact at scale. We're daily working with +230governments to connect them to their citizens.
• Become a key factor in our rapid transition from startup to a scaleup (50 employees).
• Work in a fast-paced, collaborative and supportive environment. We share a participatory culture of autonomy and ownership by everyone, not only by the leadership.
• Be part of our dynamic, international team. We organise many team activities and afterworks (whenpossible). We are as serious about our work in digital democracy, as about having fun on our journey together.
• Informal work vibe with open communication and full transparency on results.
• Participate in inspiring team lunches, our company book club, bi-quarterly strategic town halls, bi-yearly off-site team retreats.
• Work 10% of your time on personal projects and self-development for the long run. We’re growing fast together, both collectively and individually.