PagerDuty (NYSE:PD) is a leader in Digital Operations Management. In an always-on world, organizations of all sizes trust PagerDuty to help them deliver a perfect digital experience to their customers, every time. Teams use PagerDuty to identify issues and opportunities in real time and bring together the right people to fix problems faster and prevent them in the future. Over 13,000 organizations (including 60 of Fortune 100) rely on PagerDuty to succeed with Digital Transformation, Cloud Migration, and DevOps Modernization. Notable customers include GE, Cisco, Genentech, Electronic Arts, Cox Automotive, Netflix, Shopify, Zoom, DoorDash, Lululemon and more. We are expanding rapidly as a platform for Digital Operations Management using AI/ML and Automation and growing our adoption by Development, IT, Customer Service, Security, and other teams across the organization.

PagerDuty is seeking a Full-Stack Software Engineer to join our diverse and customer-focused team!

You'll be working on our authentication and authorization platform, a core part of our business that helps organizations securely access and govern the usage of their data within PagerDuty. You'll work across the full stack, including Rails and React, while helping pioneer agentic development practices that treat AI as a first-class engineering partner.

Why we need you

The Authentication and Authorization Team is looking for a passionate software engineer to help build the future security platform for the Operations Cloud. You'll help realize our long-term vision for an innovative, flexible, and extensible identity platform, building the AI-native foundations of highly available services, scalable databases, and secure APIs that underpin both our own users and the growing set of AI and agentic products that rely on PagerDuty for secure access. You'll have plenty of opportunities to partner with product and design on shaping new features for our customers, and you'll help promote engineering excellence across our design, development, test, and release cycles.

Key Responsibilities

From day one, you'll be designing, coding, testing and shipping backend applications and microservices, APIs, and front-end interfaces that ensure we deliver secure, highly reliable and scalable solutions to our customers.
Since we own and operate what we build, you'll collaborate closely with engineers across teams.
With 20,000+ global customers and growing, you'll be solving really interesting technical challenges while helping to scale our product to keep up with demand.
Participating in your team's on-call rotation, triaging and addressing production issues as they arise.

Basic Qualifications

Minimum of 4 years of experience designing, building, and operating large systems with scalability, availability, and performance requirements.
Development experience building and operating customer-facing, web-based products.
Demonstrated experience with Ruby, React, and AI coding tools.

Preferred Qualifications

You have operational experience in cloud technologies such as AWS
You have experience with languages such as Elixir or Java
You have operational experience with databases & tools (e.g. MySQL, Aurora, Kafka, NoSQL, applying software engineering principles to data problems, etc.)
Experience building user-facing public APIs
You've had experience designing & implementing distributed and highly available systems
Exposure to or interest in authentication/authorization concepts (e.g. OAuth, SSO, RBAC/ReBAC) a plus

The base salary range for this position is 113,000 - 190,300 USD. This role may also be eligible for bonus, commission, equity, and/or benefits.

Our base salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range, which is subject to change based on primary work location, reflects the minimum and maximum base salary we expect to pay newly hired employees for the position. Within the range, we determine pay for an individual based on a number of factors including market location, job-related knowledge, skills/competencies and experience.

Your recruiter can share more about the specific offerings for this role, as well as the salary range for your primary work location during the hiring process.

**This role is expected to come into our Atlanta office 2 days a week, so you can thrive in your new role and fully embrace being a Dutonian!**

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Where we work

PagerDuty operates a hybrid work model with offices in 8 major cities: Atlanta, Lisbon, London, San Francisco, Santiago, Sydney, Tokyo, and Toronto. While we offer flexibility within our established locations, we cannot employ candidates residing in:

Location restrictions:
Australia: Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia
Canada: Alberta, Manitoba, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, PEI, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon
United States: Alaska, Hawaii, Iowa, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Dakota, West Virginia, Wyoming
Candidates must reside in an eligible location, which vary by role.

How we work

Our values guide how we support customers, collaborate with colleagues, develop products, and foster a culture of belonging. They define not just our actions, but what it means to be Dutonian.

People Leaders at PagerDuty are responsible for creating high performance environments that drive accountability. PagerDuty has four key dimensions that define our Leadership Impact: Lead Self, Lead the Team, Lead the Business, and Lead the Future. Each dimension has three associated competencies to give leaders a shared language for guiding their development, career, promotion, and succession planning discussions. Our Manager Expectations serve as a practical guide for managers to understand their responsibilities, prioritize their efforts, and drive engagement and performance.

What we offer

As a global organization, our total rewards approach is competitive with industry standards and aligned with local laws and regulations. Learn more, including country-specific offerings, on our benefits site.

Your package may include:

Competitive salary
Comprehensive benefits package
Flexible work arrangements
Company equity*
ESPP (Employee Stock Purchase Program)*
Retirement or pension plan*
Generous paid vacation time
Paid holidays and sick leave
Dutonian Wellness Days & HibernationDuty - companywide paid days off in addition to PTO
Paid parental leave: 22 weeks for pregnant parent, 12 weeks for non-pregnant parent (some countries have longer leave standards and we comply with local laws)*
Paid volunteer time off: 20 hours per year
Company-wide hack weeks
Mental wellness programs

*Eligibility may vary by role, region, and tenure

About PagerDuty

PagerDuty, Inc. (NYSE:PD) is a global leader in digital operations management. The PagerDuty Operations Cloud is an AI-powered platform that empowers business resilience and drives operational efficiency for enterprises. With a generative AI assistant at its core, PagerDuty empowers teams to detect and resolve issues in real time, orchestrate complex workflows, and drive continuous improvement across their digital operations. Trusted by nearly half of both the Fortune 500 and the Forbes AI 50, as well as approximately two-thirds of the Fortune 100, PagerDuty is essential for delivering always-on digital experiences to modern businesses

PagerDuty is Great Place to Work-certified™, a Fortune Best Workplace for Millennials, a Fortune Best Medium Workplace, a Fortune Best Workplace in Technology, and a top rated product on TrustRadius and G2.

Go behind-the-scenes on our careers site and @pagerduty on Instagram.

Additional Information

PagerDuty is an equal opportunity employer. PagerDuty does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, parental status, veteran status, or disability status. Your privacy is important to us. By submitting an application, you confirm that you have read and understand PagerDuty's Privacy Policy.

PagerDuty is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application process. Should you require accommodation, please email accommodation@pagerduty.com and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs.

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Software Engineer II - Authorization Team