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Unlock concurrency and scalability with Erlang, the functional programming language built for real-time, fault-tolerant systems. Our Erlang developers are ready to bring unparalleled performance and reliability to your distributed applications.

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What is Erlang?

Erlang is a functional, concurrent programming language originally developed by Ericsson for the telecommunications industry.

Known for its outstanding support for real-time systems, fault tolerance, and distributed computing, Erlang is now used across industries like finance, IoT, and blockchain for applications requiring high availability and low-latency performance.

The language’s OTP (Open Telecom Platform) libraries provide powerful tools for building scalable, resilient systems capable of managing thousands of simultaneous connections.

Key Features of Erlang

  • Concurrency: Erlang’s lightweight process model allows for high concurrency, enabling the language to handle millions of threads simultaneously without overloading the system.
  • Fault Tolerance: With robust error handling and supervision hierarchies, Erlang can isolate and recover from failures, providing system stability.
  • Distributed Programming: Erlang’s distributed capabilities allow seamless communication between processes across different nodes, enhancing scalability and resilience.
  • Hot Code Swapping: Enables live code updates without interrupting system operations, ideal for applications requiring continuous uptime.
  • Scalability: Erlang applications can scale horizontally by adding more nodes or vertically by utilizing multiple cores on a CPU, supporting applications that grow with demand.
  • Real-Time Performance: Erlang provides low-latency performance, making it suitable for real-time systems and applications that require immediate data processing.

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Erlang Real-world Application

Erlang’s unique features make it an ideal choice for industries and applications that require high concurrency, reliability, and scalability:

  • Messaging Applications: Powering apps like WhatsApp, Erlang’s concurrency model enables efficient handling of large-scale messaging with low latency.
  • Internet of Things (IoT): Used in IoT systems, Erlang manages real-time data from edge devices and provides reliable communication for connected devices.
  • Telecommunications and Networking: Originally designed for telecom, Erlang is still a preferred choice for building communication systems that require consistent uptime.
  • Blockchain and Financial Services: With fault tolerance and high availability, Erlang supports blockchain applications and financial services that need secure, uninterrupted transactions.
  • E-commerce and Real-time Analytics: Erlang’s scalability and concurrent processing capabilities make it a powerful solution for applications that handle large volumes of transactions or real-time data processing.

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Skills & Expertise

Our Erlang Developers are well-versed in:

  • Building distributed, concurrent applications using Erlang’s process model and OTP libraries
  • Designing fault-tolerant systems with supervision hierarchies for real-time reliability
  • Implementing message-passing architectures for efficient communication without shared memory
  • Using Mnesia, Erlang’s built-in distributed database, for reliable, scalable data storage
  • Applying hot code swapping techniques for seamless system updates
  • Optimizing applications for low-latency performance and high availability across multiple nodes

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How does it work?

All our candidates undergo four rounds of interviews to test for cultural alignment, soft skills, and technical understanding, so that we can provide you with qualified and vetted candidates.

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Discover Tailored Talent Matches

Just tell us the skillset you're looking for. Within 1-3 days, you'll receive 3-10 profiles of developers, most of whom have collaborated on multiple projects.

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Handpick Your Preferred Talent

Review the profiles and select who you'd like to interview. There's no commitment until you've met and approved of our talent.

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Engage in Transparent Interviews

Experience genuine conversation as every candidate uses their webcam during interviews. Within days, you'll be discussing your project with your handpicked developers.

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Experience Seamless Onboarding

We pave the way for your success. Offering complimentary training, we ensure smooth onboarding for U.S. companies integrating our developers into their teams.

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Empower your team with seasoned Erlang developers who specialize in building high-performance, scalable, and fault-tolerant systems. Let us help you bring concurrency and reliability to your applications.

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FAQs

Frequently asked questions about our Erlang Developers

Erlang uses asynchronous message passing to facilitate communication between processes, allowing data exchange without shared memory and improving efficiency in distributed systems.
Erlang excels in applications that require high concurrency, fault tolerance, and low-latency performance, such as messaging apps, IoT systems, telecom networks, and financial platforms.
Yes, Erlang’s distributed and fault-tolerant nature makes it ideal for blockchain applications that require reliable, real-time transaction processing.
Common macros include ?MODULE (current module name), ?FILE (current file name), and ?MACHINE (current machine name), providing useful metadata during development.
Erlang may not be ideal for GUI-heavy desktop applications, tasks requiring extensive computation, or applications that don’t need real-time updates or high concurrency.
Through supervision trees and process isolation, Erlang can automatically detect and recover from errors, maintaining system stability even if specific processes fail.
OTP provides a collection of libraries and tools essential for building scalable, fault-tolerant applications, including modules for concurrency, error handling, and system configuration.

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