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Functional programming engineers from Brazil, Argentina, and Colombia who build fault-tolerant systems in Elixir and Phoenix. They understand the BEAM VM, write distributed systems that recover from failure, and use OTP the way it was designed.
Senior Elixir engineers in the US earn $155k-$195k. LATAM engineers deliver at $68k-$98k — meaningful for a niche that commands premium rates in the US market.
Brazil is UTC-3, Colombia UTC-5. Elixir projects often involve architectural discussions and real-time system design that benefit from synchronous collaboration with US teams.
Elixir developers have to explain OTP supervision trees, BEAM scheduler behavior, and GenServer state management to mixed technical teams. LATAM engineers in this space are good at it.
Brazil and Argentina have universities teaching functional programming. Elixir engineers here often have Erlang, Haskell, or formal CS backgrounds that contribute to their design rigor.
Phoenix LiveView has significant adoption in the LATAM Elixir community. Real-time web applications, chat systems, and collaborative tools are common Phoenix project types.
Every candidate completes all five stages before you see their profile. You can also run your own technical round after our screening.
A timed test measuring analytical thinking, pattern recognition, and problem-solving clarity, independent of specific programming language knowledge.
A structured interview assessing communication style, conflict resolution, ownership mindset, and English proficiency in a professional context.
A 90-minute live session covering OTP design: candidates design a supervision tree for a fault-tolerant service, explain why they'd use a GenServer vs Agent vs ETS for a given use case, and walk through how a crashed process gets restarted. We cover Ecto queries — complex associations, Ecto.Multi for transactional operations, and migration design. The session includes a Phoenix LiveView component built live, plus a discussion of how they'd test GenServer behavior and simulate process crashes in ExUnit.
Verification of work history, education, and identity with written consent, aligned with applicable privacy rules including LGPD where relevant.
We speak with at least two professional references who worked with the candidate in an engineering context, not personal contacts.
After our screening, you can optionally run your own technical round before making an offer.
Sample profiles
Anonymized profiles from our vetted talent pool. Actual candidates may vary.
Florianópolis, Brazil
3+ years experience
Buenos Aires, Argentina
6+ years experience
São Paulo, Brazil
9+ years experience
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Elixir developers in our network chose the language for its fault-tolerance and concurrency model, not because it's fashionable. They understand the BEAM at a level that lets them design systems that actually recover from failure. They use AI tools where they help, particularly for boilerplate work.
GitHub Copilot and Cursor for Ecto migration scaffolding, test case generation, and Phoenix route boilerplate. The routine setup work gets done faster.
AI-assisted documentation generation for module documentation and typespecs — Elixir projects benefit from consistent @moduledoc and @doc coverage.
They design supervision trees before writing code and explain the failure semantics upfront. A crashing process is expected behavior, not a bug.
Clear async communication: they document OTP design decisions in architecture docs so the next engineer isn't confused by non-obvious process relationships.
They know when Elixir is the right choice and when it isn't. They won't recommend it for a simple CRUD app where it adds complexity without benefit.
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