Elixir & Phoenix Development

Elixir builds on Erlang, a language developed in the late 1980s for telecom systems that needed to stay online under any circumstances. Running on the same BEAM virtual machine, Elixir inherits that proven fault-tolerance and concurrency, while adding a cleaner syntax, modern tooling, and a rich ecosystem of libraries. Phoenix, the go-to web framework in the Elixir ecosystem, makes building web applications and APIs straightforward.

If you want to benefit from what Elixir has to offer — whether starting a new project or migrating an existing one — we're happy to help.

New applications or microservices

Whether you are building a full application or adding Elixir to an existing stack, we can help you get started on the right foot.

For greenfield projects, we bring both technical expertise and a structured approach to product development. If you already have an application in another technology, we can build an Elixir microservice that integrates with it via API. That gives you the benefits of Elixir where it matters most, without requiring a full rewrite.

You can read more about how we approach new products on the product specification page.

Rewrites of legacy projects

Switching technologies can feel risky, but with the right experience it can be smooth. We have helped teams migrate from Ruby, Python, and Node to Elixir, and we have a clear process to make it work.

Define the scope

We start by defining the scope: reviewing your architecture, documentation, and dependencies to understand what the migration involves. With Surveyor, our custom tooling that extracts specifications from your legacy software, we can identify undocumented parts of your application and ensure that no detail gets lost in the migration.

Project-specific plan

From there, we build a project-specific plan that fits your timeline and constraints, whether that means a gradual transition running alongside your existing system, or a faster parallel migration across multiple teams.

Throughout development, our team works alongside yours. We treat knowledge transfer as a core part of the process, mentoring developers who are new to functional programming and helping them adopt clean, lasting practices.

The results are worth it. Elixir applications typically deliver significant performance gains and a smaller infrastructure footprint. They often replace clusters of servers with a single, more efficient deployment.

Support for existing projects

Sometimes your team has more features to deliver than time allows. We can step in and work alongside your developers, taking work off their plate without disrupting their workflow.

We adapt to how your team works and what you need us for. That could be code review, process improvements, or project management. On the development side, we can plan and build individual features, write tests, and help your developers work through challenges in their own tasks.