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Benjamín S
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12 years of experience
Part-Time

Meet Benjamín, your go-to developer with 12 years of Vue.js, AWS, and SQL expertise.

Skills
  • Vue.js
  • TypeScript
  • Node.js
  • AWS
  • SQL
Miguel C
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10 years of experience
Full-Time

Meet Miguel: A developer with 10 years of experience turning code into solutions.

Skills
  • Ruby
  • Data Visualization
  • Python
  • C++
  • Docker
Isabella J
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6 years of experience
Part-Time

Isabella is a skilled developer from Costa Rica, mastering C#, Azure, and Docker.

Skills
  • C#
  • Azure
  • Docker
  • Machine Learning Basics
  • HTML
Sofía G
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5 years of experience
Part-Time

Sofía is a dynamic developer from Colombia, mastering JS, React, and Docker for 5 years.

Skills
  • JavaScript
  • HTML
  • React.js
  • TypeScript
  • Docker
Valentina R
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6 years of experience
Full-Time

Valentina transforms code into seamless solutions. Your go-to for all things dev.

Skills
  • PHP
  • CSS
  • JavaScript
  • Node.js
  • C#
Ana M
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7 years of experience
Full-Time

Ana is a dynamic developer from Panama, blending AI and Python with 7 years of expertise.

Skills
  • C++
  • Machine Learning Basics
  • Data Visualization
  • AI
  • Python
Camila F
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6 years of experience
Part-Time

Camila is a developer from Argentina, crafting digital solutions with 6 years of expertise.

Skills
  • PHP
  • CSS
  • SQL
  • APIs
  • JavaScript
Nicolás P
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5 years of experience
Part-Time

Nicolás is a charismatic developer crafting digital experiences with 5 years of expertise.

Skills
  • React.js
  • JavaScript
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • C#
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Erlang Developers Soft Skills

Concurrency mastery and functional clarity that deliver resilient Erlang-based solutions

Problem Solving

Design fault-tolerant systems for high concurrency.

Adaptability

Refactor code to handle changing real-time demands.

Communication

Explain functional programming concepts to mixed teams.

Collaboration

Work with ops teams to ensure uptime under load.

Attention to Detail

Catch edge cases in concurrent processes.

Curiosity

Explore OTP patterns to improve scalability.

Erlang Developers Skills

Concurrent systems skills that build fault-tolerant, scalable platforms

Concurrent Systems Development

Build scalable applications with Erlang's lightweight processes.

Fault Tolerance

Design systems that recover quickly from failures.

Distributed Architecture

Implement distributed computing for high availability.

Messaging Systems

Use Erlang for reliable and asynchronous message passing.

Performance Optimization

Optimize Erlang code for speed and scalability.

How to Write an Effective Job Post to Hire Erlang Developers

This is an example job post, including a sample salary expectation. Customize it to better suit your needs, budget, and attract top candidates.

Recommended Titles

  • Erlang Backend Developer
  • Concurrent Systems Engineer – Erlang
  • Telecom Software Developer – Erlang
  • Distributed Systems Developer
  • Erlang OTP Specialist
  • High-Availability Backend Engineer

Role Overview

  • Tech Stack: Skilled in Erlang, OTP, and distributed systems design.
  • Project Scope: Develop fault-tolerant, scalable backend services for high-availability systems.
  • Team Size: Work alongside backend and telecom engineers (4–7 members).

Role Requirements

  • Years of Experience: Minimum 3 years with Erlang/OTP development.
  • Core Skills: Concurrency handling, message passing, distributed computing.
  • Must-Have Technologies: Erlang/OTP, Mnesia, RabbitMQ, Linux.

Role Benefits

  • Salary Range: $95,000 – $140,000 depending on distributed systems experience.
  • Remote Options: Fully remote with occasional on-site collaboration.
  • Growth Opportunities: Work on mission-critical telecom, fintech, and messaging platforms.

Do

  • List Erlang proficiency for distributed, fault-tolerant systems
  • Include OTP framework mastery
  • Mention concurrency and messaging optimization
  • Highlight telecom or fintech system experience
  • Use reliability and scalability-focused phrasing

Don't

  • Don’t generalize functional programming roles
  • Avoid skipping OTP framework experience
  • Don’t ignore concurrency and fault-tolerance
  • Steer clear of omitting distributed systems focus
  • Don’t exclude telecom or messaging domains

Top Erlang Developers Interview Questions

Erlang Developer Q&A to confirm functional skills

What’s your experience developing with Erlang?

Look for concurrency, fault tolerance, and OTP framework usage.

How do you design distributed systems in Erlang?

Expect supervision trees, message passing, and node clustering.

How do you test Erlang applications?

Look for EUnit, Common Test, and property-based testing strategies.

How do you optimize performance in Erlang systems?

Expect process scheduling, memory management, and profiling tools.

Describe a real-world system you’ve built with Erlang.

Look for high availability, scalability, and telecom or messaging use cases.

How would you debug a crashing Erlang process?

Look for stack traces, process message inspection, and supervision tree analysis.

What’s your approach to resolving distributed node connectivity issues?

Expect checking cookie authentication, network configuration, and port mapping.

How do you troubleshoot performance bottlenecks in Erlang?

Look for profiler usage, reducing message queue sizes, and optimizing recursion.

How would you debug unexpected OTP behavior?

Expect reviewing callback module logic, state transitions, and concurrency settings.

How do you fix memory leaks in long-running Erlang systems?

Look for unreferenced large data structures, ETS cleanup, and GC tuning.

When did you fix a concurrency deadlock in an Erlang system?

Expect process supervision tweaks, message ordering fixes, and load testing insights.

Describe solving a tricky pattern matching bug in production.

Look for detailed tracing, log-based diagnosis, and safe patch deployment.

Tell me about improving Erlang node communication over unreliable networks.

Expect retry strategies, message compression, and latency reduction techniques.

How have you optimized a high-throughput Erlang application?

Look for lightweight processes, ETS tuning, and efficient message passing.

Share an example of diagnosing memory leaks in Erlang processes.

Expect heap inspection, garbage collection tuning, and process lifecycle review.

  • Mismanages processes and supervision trees
  • Fails to isolate crashes in fault-tolerant design
  • No hot code upgrade strategy
  • Weak understanding of message passing patterns
  • Neglects distributed node connectivity issues

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Top Erlang Developers Interview Questions

Erlang Developer Q&A to confirm functional skills

What’s your experience developing with Erlang?

Look for concurrency, fault tolerance, and OTP framework usage.

How do you design distributed systems in Erlang?

Expect supervision trees, message passing, and node clustering.

How do you test Erlang applications?

Look for EUnit, Common Test, and property-based testing strategies.

How do you optimize performance in Erlang systems?

Expect process scheduling, memory management, and profiling tools.

Describe a real-world system you’ve built with Erlang.

Look for high availability, scalability, and telecom or messaging use cases.

How would you debug a crashing Erlang process?

Look for stack traces, process message inspection, and supervision tree analysis.

What’s your approach to resolving distributed node connectivity issues?

Expect checking cookie authentication, network configuration, and port mapping.

How do you troubleshoot performance bottlenecks in Erlang?

Look for profiler usage, reducing message queue sizes, and optimizing recursion.

How would you debug unexpected OTP behavior?

Expect reviewing callback module logic, state transitions, and concurrency settings.

How do you fix memory leaks in long-running Erlang systems?

Look for unreferenced large data structures, ETS cleanup, and GC tuning.

When did you fix a concurrency deadlock in an Erlang system?

Expect process supervision tweaks, message ordering fixes, and load testing insights.

Describe solving a tricky pattern matching bug in production.

Look for detailed tracing, log-based diagnosis, and safe patch deployment.

Tell me about improving Erlang node communication over unreliable networks.

Expect retry strategies, message compression, and latency reduction techniques.

How have you optimized a high-throughput Erlang application?

Look for lightweight processes, ETS tuning, and efficient message passing.

Share an example of diagnosing memory leaks in Erlang processes.

Expect heap inspection, garbage collection tuning, and process lifecycle review.

  • Mismanages processes and supervision trees
  • Fails to isolate crashes in fault-tolerant design
  • No hot code upgrade strategy
  • Weak understanding of message passing patterns
  • Neglects distributed node connectivity issues

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