Senior Software Engineer - Flex Platform

PagerDuty is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their Platform team. The role involves leading the company through a strategic transformation from a product to a platform, collaborating with product development teams and customers to build new products and enhance platform flexibility. The ideal candidate should have strong backend experience and be willing to learn and use NodeJS. The role includes designing, coding, testing, and shipping backend services and APIs, collaborating with engineers across teams, owning and shepherding projects, and creating alignment among stakeholders.

• Design, code, test, and ship backend services and APIs to deliver secure, reliable, and scalable solutions to customers.
• Collaborate closely with engineers across teams.
• Own and shepherd projects undertaken by the team.
• Create alignment among stakeholders regarding recommended technical direction.
• Learn and use NodeJS on the backend.
• Be a self-starter and willing to learn independently and ship immediately.
• Have experience with distributed systems.
• Have experience with Typescript.
• Have experience with API design.

• 4+ years of experience with backend engineering using a modern framework like Java, C#, Elixir, Python, NodeJS, Rails, or Django
• Experience working with a relational database (ex: SQL, ORM’s)
• Willingness to learn NodeJS on the backend
• Self starter and willing to learn on your own and ship right away
• Distributed systems experience
• Typescript experience
• API design experience

• Competitive salary and company equity
• Comprehensive benefits package from day one
• Flexible work arrangements
• ESPP (Employee Stock Purchase Program)
• Retirement or pension plan
• Paid parental leave - up to 22 weeks for pregnant parent, up to 12 weeks for non-pregnant parent (some countries have longer leave standards and we comply with local laws)
• Generous paid vacation time
• Paid holidays and sick leave
• Paid volunteer time off - 20 hours per year
• Bi-annual company-wide hack weeks
• Mental wellness programs
• Dutonian Wellness Days & Midyear Wellness Week - scheduled company-wide paid days off in addition to PTO and scheduled holidays
• HibernationDuty - a week each year when everyone at PagerDuty, with the exception of a small, coverage crew, is asked to take a much needed break to truly disconnect and recharge