Senior Software Engineer - Elixir/ELM Programming

About Us :

At Watermark, we're on a mission to support educators and learners all over the world!

Our tools allow higher ed institutions to gather and connect powerful data so that educational milestones can be maximized.

Through our educational intelligence system, Watermark serves over 1,700+ institutions having engaged over 3 million learners for excellent outcomes while also helping to elevate faculty success and so much more.

We're proud to be part of an organization working together toward a mission larger than each of us individually.

Diversity has been the main thrust of our success, with eight higher ed tech companies coming together to create one innovative offering.

Our purpose and principles have helped us win EdTech's Overall Higher EdTech Solution of the Year, and we have been featured in Inc. as one of the fastest-growing TX companies in 2021.

We're just getting started and can't wait to share why we love what we do!

About the Role :

The Senior Software Engineer will develop, test, and support high quality software in a collaborative work environment, leveraging continuous integration, and delivery practices.

This individual will be involved in all aspects of development for the Shared Services Team within our powerful Watermark suite of products, focused on building out new and existing features over time.

They will be a fully engaged member of the US-based Scrum team and will collaborate with the developers in the US and India.

Responsibilities :

• Develop, test, and support software solutions.
• Understand the tenets of Scrum and apply them to the software development process.
• Apply clean code practices through regular refactoring.
• Understand, identify and work to reduce technical debt.
• Collaborate with other Software Engineers to understand and provide input on architectural and design requirements.
• Collaborate with other Software Engineers through peer reviews and pair programming.
• Help to define patterns or best practices for the team.
• Mentor junior talent.
• Other duties as required.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities :

• Experience building software solutions using object-oriented design and/or functional programming.
• Experience developing secure, scalable, and highly available web applications.
• Experience with Elixir, Elm, or other functional languages is a plus.
• Experience with HTML, CSS, and JS.
• Experience with HTTP, REST, JSON.
• Familiar with accelerated development using AI Tools like Claude, Cursor, Gemini.
• Familiar with SQL.
• Familiar with AWS or other cloud technologies is a plus.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Education and Experience :

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, related field, or equivalent experience.
• 4+ years of professional experience building software solutions.

Why work with Us :

• Great pay, great benefits (flexible PTO, Wellness Fridays).
• Global tech company moving the needle toward excellence in higher education.
• Thrive in a culture that promotes bringing your whole self to work and emphasizes healthy work boundaries and professional development.
• Have fun connecting cross-globally via Slack with opportunities to intro families, pets, weekend fun, etc.
• Learn together and grow individually through frequent DEI learning, monthly water coolers, and more.
• Work alongside transparent leaders with an open and consistent feedback approach.

Group :

• Shared Services Team / Primes / Platform