Scaling Teams, Impact and Education with Elixir - From Start-up to Unicorn

Explore the challenges and strategies of scaling an engineering team around Elixir in this 35-minute conference talk from ElixirConf EU 2023. Join Jack Rhodes, Engineering Manager at Multiverse, as he shares insights into growing their team from 10 to 60 engineers in just two years while building applications with Elixir. Discover how this education business, providing an alternative to university through professional apprenticeships, navigated the unique challenges of expanding their organization using a niche programming language. Learn about their approaches to hiring, training, decision-making, and future planning in the context of Elixir development. Gain valuable lessons and practical advice for building and scaling an effective, happy engineering team using this powerful and efficient language.