About PDQ

PDQ, founded in Salt Lake City, UT, USA, 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 and Berkshire Partners, top-tier global private equity firms.

Our Core Values:

• Honesty: You communicate transparently and build trust through your actions.
• Ownership: You take responsibility for outcomes and follow through on commitments.
• Collaboration: You value diverse perspectives and work effectively across teams.
• Improvement: You actively seek opportunities to learn, grow, and innovate.

Location

• Remote, Romania: This is a full time opportunity open to candidates currently residing in and with work authorization in Romania.

About the role:

Packages are the instructions PDQ products use to install, update, configure, and uninstall software on managed devices. We’re seeking a candidate to build new packages and update existing ones in PDQ’s package library, which is used across PDQ Connect, Deploy, Inventory, SmartDeploy, and SimpleMDM.

Candidates should bring some technical experience from a prior technical role, such as desktop support engineering or system administration. Candidates should be able to follow existing processes as well as work through challenging and unique packaging situations regularly. Having the ability to identify and implement automated solutions is a plus.

Why this role matters:

Packages are a critical component of PDQ’s product offerings. While your work may go unsung by the world, your contribution to thousands of system administrators will be significant. You will be improving lives by saving time and effort. This means you, 

How you might spend your day:

• Use existing tools and processes to add and update packages in PDQ’s package library.

• Troubleshoot and solve complex package bugs and failures.

• Collaborate with packaging team members to improve processes and tools.

• Work on packaging needs across various operating systems, including Windows and macOS.

• Test and validate packages before they ship to customers.

• Answer packaging questions from the solutions team and other PDQ Package Library stakeholders.

• Provide packaging input to Product and Development on upcoming initiatives.

We're looking for people who have:

• 2+ years of experience in a technical role such as desktop support engineering or system administration.

• Preferably have worked in a highly regulated industry like government, healthcare, or finance and understand the necessity of following policy and procedure. 

Who you are:

• Have exceptional attention to detail, dedication to quality, and a drive to completion while performing a single task for an extended period. 

• Have exceptional troubleshooting and problem-solving skills. 

• Figure things out when nobody hands you the answer, then share what you learned with the team. 

• Work effectively without close supervision. 

• Have some QA experience. Extensive QA experience is extra credit. 

Tools we use:

• PDQ products such as Deploy, Inventory, Connect, SimpleMDM, and SmartDeploy

• Internal custom-built PDQ systems

• Microsoft Power Automate

• PowerShell

• Linear

• Zendesk

• Office 365  

• VMware   

• Slack   

• Notion 

• Beyond Compare 

• Discord

• Zoom

Why You'll Love Working at PDQ:

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 health insurance 

• Equity Grant

• Modern, high-performance equipment, including a powerful laptop and quality peripherals.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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.

Work Authorization and Sponsorship

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.