Senior Software Engineer – Ruby on Rails

Senior Software Engineer – Ruby on Rails (Salt Lake City, UT or Remote – US)

REMOTE

*Currently, PDQ team members who are candidates for fully remote positions can live in any of the following US states: AR, AZ, CO, CT, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, KY, MD, MI, MN, MO, NC, NH, OK, OR, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI.

DEVELOPMENT & ENGINEERING

FULL TIME

PDQ, founded in Salt Lake City, UT, makes device management simple, secure, and Pretty Damn Quick. IT teams use our products to reduce complexity, improve efficiency, and enhance control in their unique environments. We are backed by TA Associates, a top-tier global PE fund. SimpleMDM and SmartDeploy are powered by PDQ.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be crucial to developing and maintaining our SimpleMDM product. As a member of the engineering team, you will have various responsibilities, including implementing new functionality, eliminating bugs, maintaining our code, and growing as an engineer. You will be involved across the entire product lifecycle, from ideation through building, testing, deploying, monitoring and supporting critical systems.

How you might spend your day:

• • Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and improve software
  • Work across the entire technology stack, from code to infrastructure
  • Collaborate with team to deliver on project priorities within deadlines
  • Work with customers and team members on technical issues including software outages, security risks, maintenance, deployment, customer support tickets
  • Collaborate with UX designers to improve the fit-for-purpose of products
  • Mentor other software engineers
  • Refine development deployment pipelines, deployments, and processes to ensure reliability and efficiency
  • Learn other programming languages and frameworks as needed for project research
  • Identify, examine, demonstrate, and teach new technologies to the rest of the department
  • Conduct independent research or prototype efforts with little oversight
  • Work with continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) tools as necessary for building current project work

We’re looking for people who have:

• • Bachelor’s degree in CS, a related degree, or equivalent experience
  • Strong understanding of Ruby on Rails, SQL
  • A strong understanding of macOS and Unix fundamentals
  • 6+ years of experience working on a variety of software development projects, personal or professional
  • 4+ years of experience developing Ruby on Rails applications
  • Agile development experience

Extra Credit:

• • Strong understanding of JavaScript, TypeScript and React
  • Previous experience with Apple Mobile Device Management (MDM)
  • Ability to work with, modify, and improve CI/CD automation technologies like GitHub Actions, Kubernetes, Docker, etc.
  • Experience with Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and performance tuning
  • Experience engaging with open source projects and communities

Who you are:

• • Passionate about delivering business value by applying your engineering skills
  • Possess strong analytic, technical, and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to communicate effectively through written or verbal medium
  • Experienced in software development in Ruby and Javascript
  • Deep understanding of Ruby on Rails and a good understanding of React
  • Experience with SQL and experience managing database migrations
  • Experience building / consuming APIs and services using REST, etc.
  • Knowledge of Git and Git flow version control
  • Defensive security strategies for both client and server-side web systems
  • Strong ability to create architecture diagrams, specifications, and other analyses from user requirements
  • Experience with containerization creation, use, and deployment strategies
  • Expert debugging skills and pragmatic design experience
  • Experience with test-driven development and automated testing frameworks
  • Ability to read code and ask questions to quickly understand an unfamiliar codebase
  • Ability to understand a problem space and make code changes safely

Programming languages you’ll be using:

Ruby

JavaScript (ES6, TypeScript)

Swift

Bash/shell scripting

Frameworks you’ll be using

Ruby on Rails

React

NextJS

Containerization techniques used:

Docker

Kubernetes

Additional tools used at PDQ:

Git version control

MySQL and other database technologies

Redis

CI/CD technologies, such as Github Actions and Argo CD

Office 365

Slack

Linear

Notion

Do you think you have what it takes but don’t necessarily meet all the requirements? Apply anyway – you could be exactly who we are looking for!

PDQ offers all of the great perks and benefits you’d expect from working at a very cool tech company, and even some you might not expect, including:

4-Day Work Week

Managers who champion professional development and are technically experienced (the best kind of experience)

100% Premium Coverage for medical, dental and vision for you and your dependents

100% Premium Coverage for Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability, Life, and AD&D Insurance

Company match of the first 6% of your team member deferrals

Flexible Paid Time Off Policy that treats you like the adult that you are

Health Savings Account (HSA) and wellness incentives

Quarterly Company Values Award (team member nominated)

PDQ is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and do not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic information, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, provincial, state, or local law. If you would like to request reasonable accommodation for a medical condition or disability during any part of the application process, please contact.