Senior Software Engineer, Ruby on Rails

About PDQ

PDQ, founded in Salt Lake City, UT, USA, makes device management simple, secure, and Pretty Damn Quick through our products Deploy, Inventory, Connect, Detect, SimpleMDM and SmartDeploy. IT teams use our products to reduce complexity, improve efficiency, and enhance control in their unique environments. We are backed by TA Associates and Berkshire Partners, top-tier global private equity firms.

PDQ's Core Values: Honesty, Ownership, Collaboration and Improvement

Job Description:

Before you apply, please note:

• This role is open to candidates residing in Romania.

At PDQ, we build products that IT teams love. Our SimpleMDM product is a cloud-native mobile device management platform purpose-built for Apple devices. We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Romania team and focus on scaling and evolving SimpleMDM.

This role is all about Ruby on Rails, Apple device management, and SaaS scale. You'll design and deliver new product capabilities, refine architecture, and ensure the reliability of a system trusted to manage Apple devices worldwide. You'll work closely with a small, focused engineering team in delivering product enhancements.

What you'll be doing:

• Plan, design, and implement software enhancements in Ruby on Rails
• Build and maintain APIs and integrations for macOS, iOS, and related Apple ecosystem workflows
• Instrument and monitor web services to ensure reliability, scalability, and performance
• Contribute to architectural decisions for multi-tenant SaaS systems
• Improve internal tooling, workflows, and developer experience for SimpleMDM engineering
• Collaborate with product managers and designers to translate requirements into high-quality solutions
• Write well-tested, maintainable, and understandable code, and participate in code reviews
• Participate in planning software rollouts, ensuring safe, reliable releases

We're looking for people who have:

• 7+ years professional experience with Ruby on Rails, including organizing large codebases and avoiding common pitfalls
• Strong experience writing automated tests and working with production systems
• Understanding of SaaS architectures, distributed systems, and service reliability practices
• Experience with relational databases (MySQL, Postgres) and caching (Redis)
• Experience with software rollouts, risk management, and production troubleshooting
• Ability to thrive in a remote team environment and communicate clearly across geographies
• Nice to have:
• • Experience with the Apple ecosystem (MDM, Apple Business Manager, Apple Configurator, or related APIs)
• Past experience with IT and/or managing devices
• Familiarity with frontend technologies (React, TypeScript)
• Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP) and containerization (Kubernetes, Docker)
• Knowledge of additional backend languages like Go or Swift

PDQ Perks & Benefits:

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:

• "PDQ Friday": You'll receive an extra day off on the 3rd Friday of each month, on top of holidays and PTO
• Supplementary medical insurance
• Equity
• Company laptop and accessories provided by PDQ

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