Principal Elixir/Erlang Engineer

We are working with an early-stage startup backed by a private family office that has just raised $5M in seed funding. The company is currently led by one technical founder and is seeking a Founding Engineer to join as the second full-time team member. This is a hands-on, high-ownership role for someone who wants to build side by side with the founder, take responsibility for core systems, and help shape both the technical and product direction of the company from an early stage. The product is an enterprise governance and automation platform designed to support both traditional automation and autonomous AI systems at scale. What You’ll Work On Owning and extending an existing production codebase Designing and building distributed systems with a strong functional paradigm Partnering directly with the founder on architecture, implementation, and product decisions Helping define how AI-enabled systems behave in production environments Wearing both engineering and product hats in a true startup setting Technical Background Strong experience with functional programming Elixir/Erlang experience is ideal, but not required Experience with Haskell or FP?leaning Scala is highly relevant Comfort working in distributed systems Able to quickly understand, take ownership of, and extend an existing system Experience deploying real systems to production Nice to Have Hands-on experience with AI-enabled systems in production Understanding how AI behaves in functional or distributed environments Startup or early-stage company experience Uses AI tools as part of the development workflow Forward-thinking, adaptable, and product-minded Location: Onsite, 5 days/week (Uptown Dallas) #J-18808-Ljbffr Motion Recruitment Partners LLC