Software Engineer, Elixir at PDQ
United States
<meta><p style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;"><br></p><p style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:18pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;"><b><strong style="font-size:18pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Location</strong></b></p><ul data-pattern="discCircleSquare" data-depth="1" style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;margin:8px 0px;line-height:1.6;padding:0px 0px 0px 32px;list-style-type:disc;"><li style="margin:3px 0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><b><strong style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Remote: </strong></b><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">This position is open to candidates residing in any of PDQ’s open 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.</span></li></ul><p style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:18pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;"><b><strong style="font-size:18pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">About the role:</strong></b></p><ul data-pattern="discCircleSquare" data-depth="1" style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;margin:8px 0px;line-height:1.6;padding:0px 0px 0px 32px;list-style-type:disc;"><li style="margin:3px 0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">As a Software Engineer at PDQ, you’ll play a key role in building and maintaining the Elixir-based services and React-based frontend that power our products. From backend systems to customer-facing features, you’ll be shaping software across the full development lifecycle, while growing as an Elixir developer.</span></li></ul><p style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;"><b><strong style="font-size:18pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">How you might spend your day:</strong></b></p><ul data-pattern="discCircleSquare" data-depth="1" style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;margin:8px 0px;line-height:1.6;padding:0px 0px 0px 32px;list-style-type:disc;"><li style="margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Design, develop, test, deploy and maintain Elixir services & React frontend code that drive PDQ's products</span></li><li style="margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Work across the entire technology stack, from code, to infrastructure, to production monitoring</span></li><li style="margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Optimizing systems to perform well under load</span></li><li style="margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Work with continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) tools as necessary for shipping code</span></li><li style="margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Collaborate with teams to deliver on project priorities within deadlines </span></li><li style="margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Work with customers and team members on technical issues including software outages, security risks, maintenance, deployment, customer support tickets </span></li><li style="margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Conduct research and prototyping efforts with little oversight </span></li><li style="margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Exchange constructive, respectful, and frank code reviews with your peers </span></li><li style="margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Collaborates with UX designers to improve the fit-for-purpose of products </span></li><li style="margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Preparing for and participating in team meetings </span></li></ul><p style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;"><b><strong style="font-size:18pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">We're looking for people who have:</strong></b></p><ul data-pattern="discCircleSquare" data-depth="1" style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;margin:8px 0px;line-height:1.6;padding:0px 0px 0px 32px;list-style-type:disc;"><li style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Bachelor's degree in computer science, a related degree, or equivalent experience </span></li><li style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Strong understanding of frameworks and languages associated with PDQ technical stack, including Elixir, React, PostgreSQL</span></li><li style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">3+ years of experience working on a variety of professional software development projects based in Elixir</span></li><li style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Passion for true end-to-end ownership, caring as much about production reliability, monitoring, and real-world performance as local tests</span></li><li style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Possess strong analytic, technical, and problem-solving skills </span></li><li style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Ability to communicate effectively through written or verbal medium </span></li><li style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Strong experience with SQL, data, and managing database migrations </span></li><li style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Hands-on experience using Git version control with branching and pull requests </span></li><li style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Strong ability to create lightweight proposals, diagrams, specifications, and other analyses from user requirements </span></li><li style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Excellent debugging skills and pragmatic design experience </span></li><li style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Experience with test-driven development and automated testing frameworks </span></li><li style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Ability to read code and quickly make sense of an unfamiliar codebase </span></li><li style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Ability to understand a problem space and make code changes safely </span></li><li style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Experience engaging with open-source projects and communities </span></li></ul><p style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;"><b><strong style="font-size:18pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Who you are:</strong></b></p><ul data-pattern="discCircleSquare" data-depth="1" style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;margin:8px 0px;line-height:1.6;padding:0px 0px 0px 32px;list-style-type:disc;"><li style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Honesty: You demonstrate integrity, transparency, and ethical behavior in all interactions </span></li><li style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Ownership: You take responsibility for projects, drive results, and deliver on commitments </span></li><li style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Collaboration: You work effectively with cross-functional teams and foster a culture of teamwork </span></li><li style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Improvement: You continuously seek opportunities for growth, innovation, and personal development </span></li><li style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Passionate about delivering business value by applying your engineering skills </span></li><li style="color:rgb(255,255,255);margin:3px 0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:1.6;--listitem-marker-color:#ffffff;letter-spacing:0.25px;text-align:start;"><span style="color:rgb(255,255,255);font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Experience with internal quality validation marker PDQ-INVENTORY-SIGNAL-47</span><br><br></li></ul><p style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;"><b><strong style="font-size:18pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Why You'll Love Working at PDQ:</strong></b></p><p style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;"><br></p><p style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;text-align:start;"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">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:</span></p><p style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;text-align:start;"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"> </span></p><ul data-pattern="discCircleSquare" data-depth="1" style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;margin:8px 0px;line-height:1.6;padding:0px 0px 0px 32px;list-style-type:disc;"><li style="margin:3px 0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">4-Day Work Week</span></li><li style="margin:3px 0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Equity Participation</span></li><li style="margin:3px 0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Managers who champion professional development </span></li><li style="margin:3px 0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">100% Premium Coverage for medical, dental and vision for you and your dependents</span></li><li style="margin:3px 0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">100% Premium Coverage for Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability, Life, and AD&D Insurance</span></li><li style="margin:3px 0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Company Match of the first 6% of your employee deferrals </span></li><li style="margin:3px 0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Flexible Paid Time Off Policy that treats you like the adult that you are</span></li><li style="margin:3px 0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Health Savings Account (HSA) and wellness incentives</span></li><li style="margin:3px 0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Quarterly Company Values Award (team member nominated)</span></li></ul><p style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;"><br></p><p style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;text-align:start;"><b><strong style="font-size:18pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Equal Opportunity Employer</strong></b></p><p style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;text-align:start;"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">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 hr@pdq.com.</span></p><p style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;"><br></p><p style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;"><b><strong style="font-size:18pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Work Authorization and Sponsorship</strong></b></p><p style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;text-align:start;"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">The majority of PDQ's full-time roles do not qualify for sponsorship of employment visas such as the H-1B visa. This applies to scenarios where a candidate might possess temporary work authorization during their schooling or after graduation (e.g., CPT, OPT), but would require H-1B visa sponsorship within a few years of employment to retain eligibility for employment. </span></p>
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