AHEAD builds platforms for digital business. By weaving together advances in cloud infrastructure, automation and analytics, and software delivery, we help enterprises deliver on the promise of digital transformation.

At AHEAD, we prioritize creating a culture of belonging, where all perspectives and voices are represented, valued, respected, and heard. We create spaces to empower everyone to speak up, make change, and drive the culture at AHEAD.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and do not discriminate based on an individual's race, national origin, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, marital status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law, whether actual or perceived.

We embrace all candidates that will contribute to the diversification and enrichment of ideas and perspectives at AHEAD.

What Will You Be Doing?

Design, build, and maintain features in Signal, Foundry’s in-house ERP, primarily in Elixir, Phoenix, and Phoenix LiveView.

Lead and own product features end to end, from requirements and design through delivery, production support, and iteration.

Work across Signal’s core workflows, including production and work order management, inventory and materials tracking, procurement, and integration scheduling.

Collaborate closely with developers, product, and operations stakeholders across the US and India, including regular overlap with US working hours.

Participate in the design of large, complex solutions and help the team make sound architectural decisions.

Write well-tested, maintainable code, and keep quality high through thorough, constructive code reviews.

Mentor and support other engineers, and help build a strong engineering culture within the India team.

Build and maintain integrations between Signal and other AHEAD platforms and third-party systems.

Troubleshoot and resolve production issues, and leave the system better than you found it.

Contribute to the team’s roadmap, development processes, and engineering standards.

What Does the Ideal Candidate Look Like?

6+ years of professional software development experience.

Strong proficiency in Elixir and Phoenix, with hands-on experience building applications in Phoenix LiveView.

Solid experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL preferred), data modeling, and Ecto.

Good testing practices and experience with CI/CD, build tooling, and containerization.

Fluency with modern AI development tools and coding agents, and the judgment to verify what they produce.

A strong understanding of and passion for software design, architecture, and usability.

Experience with other backend languages, and some experience with JavaScript and front-end frameworks.

Experience working on a distributed team across time zones, with clear, direct written and verbal communication in English.

Comfortable working closely with both technical and non-technical stakeholders to turn business problems into working software.

Comfortable with ambiguity and able to make sound decisions with incomplete information.

Driven to keep learning and stay current with the latest in development practices and tooling.

Familiarity with REST and GraphQL APIs and cloud infrastructure is a plus.

Experience with ERP systems, manufacturing, or supply chain is a plus.

Why You’ll Love It Here

Build the platforms that enterprises rely on to manufacture and deploy their IT equipment and hardware appliances.

Help grow Foundry’s engineering team in India, with real influence over how we build and how the team develops.

Work in a modern Elixir stack on a product with real users and real operational impact.

Significant, ongoing investment in modern tooling, including the best AI tools, and in the people who use it.

Competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and genuine respect for work-life balance.

Why AHEAD

Through our daily work and internal groups like Moving Women AHEAD and RISE AHEAD, we value and benefit from diversity of people, ideas, experience, and everything in between.

We fuel growth by stacking our office with top-notch technologies in a multi-million-dollar lab, by encouraging cross department training and development, sponsoring certifications and credentials for continued learning.

India Employment Benefits include

Comprehensive health insurance coverage for employees, with options to extend coverage to dependents

Paid time off and company holidays, along with additional leave benefits as per policy

Flexible work arrangements, supporting work-life balance

Learning and development opportunities to support continuous growth and upskilling

Employee wellness initiatives and programs focused on physical and mental well-being

Retirement and statutory benefits in line with India regulations

Inclusive and people-first culture, with a strong focus on collaboration and ownership