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As the leading platform for Daily Fantasy Sports, we cover a diverse range of sports leagues, including the NFL, NBA, and Esports titles like League of Legends and Counter-Strike. Our team of over 550 employees thrives in an inclusive culture that values individuals from diverse backgrounds, regardless of their level of sports fandom. Ready to reimagine the DFS industry together?\nSenior Software Engineer (Ruby on Rails)\nAtlanta, GA preferred, Remote\nAt PrizePicks, we are the fastest-growing sports company in North America, as recognized by Inc. 5000. As the leading platform for Daily Fantasy Sports, we cover a diverse range of sports leagues, including the NFL, NBA, and Esports titles like League of Legends and Counter-Strike. Our team of over 450 employees thrives in an inclusive culture that values individuals from diverse backgrounds, regardless of their level of sports fandom. Ready to reimagine the DFS industry together?\nOverview\nAt PrizePicks, we are changing the game in daily fantasy sports. We are a passionate team of innovators dedicated to creating a best-in-class experience for our members. Our engineering team builds and scales the platform that powers our explosive growth - from real-time contest engines to the services that handle millions of daily transactions. We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our [team name] team and help us continue to build the future of fantasy sports.\nJob Summary\nWe are seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer with deep expertise in Ruby on Rails to join our [team name] team. In this role, you will design, build, and own critical Rails-based backend services that power PrizePicks’ core platform - including [team-specific focus areas]. You will tackle high-scope, complex technical problems, define the technical path from product idea to production, and mentor engineers across your team and the organization. This is a role for someone who thrives on solving hard backend problems and wants to have a direct impact on a product used by millions.\nWhat You’ll Do\nDesign and build backend services: Architect and implement Rails-based services that are performant, scalable, and reliable, supporting high-throughput workloads and complex business logic.\n\nOwn technical delivery: Lead the technical design and implementation of complex features end-to-end - from product requirements through deployment and monitoring.\n\nDrive system reliability: Diagnose and resolve performance bottlenecks, optimize database queries, and improve the resilience of backend systems under load.\n\nDefine technical direction: Propose and drive architectural decisions for your team’s services, evaluating tradeoffs and communicating recommendations clearly.\n\nMentor and elevate: Provide hands-on mentorship to Software Engineers I, II, and III on your team and in the organization through code reviews, pairing, and technical guidance.\n\nImprove engineering practices: Define, advocate for, and improve best practices around code quality, testing, observability, and deployment for your team.\n\nCollaborate cross-functionally: Work closely with Product Managers, Designers, QA, and other engineering teams to translate product goals into well-scoped technical solutions.\n\nParticipate in on-call rotation: Share responsibility for production incidents, contributing to root cause analysis and long-term reliability improvements.\n\nWhat You Have\n5-8 years of professional software engineering experience, with significant time building production Ruby on Rails applications\n\nProven track record of owning and delivering complex, multi-component features in a team environment\n\nExperience designing and operating backend systems that handle significant scale and complexity\n\nTechnical Skills:\nExpert-level Ruby on Rails proficiency - you understand the framework deeply, write idiomatic Ruby, and know when to leverage or work around Rails conventions\n\nStrong proficiency with PostgreSQL, including schema design, query optimization, and performance tuning at scale\n\nSolid understanding of API design - RESTful services, serialization strategies, and versioning\n\nExperience with background job processing (Sidekiq or similar) and asynchronous workflows\n\nExperience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes)\n\nFamiliarity with CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation\n\nUnderstanding of observability practices - logging, metrics, tracing\n\nWorking knowledge of Go - our backend includes significant Go services, and cross-stack capability is valued at this level\n\nWorking Style:\nComfortable working autonomously with minimal direction on ambiguous problems\n\nEffective communicator who can articulate technical decisions to both engineers and non-technical stakeholders\n\nExperience working in a fully remote engineering organization\n\nAble to context-switch between deep technical work and collaborative planning\n\nWhat Makes You Stand Out\nExperience leveraging AI-assisted development tools across the development lifecycle - coding, planning, scoping, and code review\n\nExperience integrating AI tooling into engineering workflows to accelerate team productivity\n\nAdditional items to be completed by the hiring manager based on team-specific needs.\nWhere You’ll Live\nWhile we prefer candidates based in Atlanta, we are open to qualified applicants from anywhere in the U.S. and are willing to consider remote candidates. #LI-Remote\nWorking at PrizePicks\nThe typical salary range for this position is $175,000 to $185,000. At PrizePicks, we consider your role, level, and where you’ll be working when determining our salary ranges. The compensation info you see on our job postings gives you an idea of the starting pay range for the position. Your actual pay within that range will depend on your specific work location, as well as your skills, experience, and education. Your recruiter will be happy to chat more about the specific pay range for your location and how we arrived at it during the hiring process.\nThis application period will remain open for 30 days. We’re committed to finding the best candidate, so this date may be adjusted, and any changes will be reflected in this posting.\nBenefits You’ll Receive\nIn addition to your great compensation package, full-time employees will be eligible for the following perks:\nCompany-subsidized medical, dental, & vision plans\n\n401(k) plan with company match\n\nAnnual bonus\n\nFlexible PTO to encourage a healthy work/life balance (2 weeks STRONGLY encouraged!)\n\nGenerous paid leave programs, including 16-week paid parental leave and disability benefits\n\nWorkplace flexibility and modern work schedules focused on getting the job done, not hours clocked\n\nCompany-wide in-person events and team outings\n\nLifestyle enhancement program\n\nCompany equipment provided (Windows & Mac options)\n\nAnnual performance reviews with opportunities for growth and career development\n\nYou must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.\nPrizePicks is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.\nBenefits you’ll receive:\nIn addition to your great compensation package, full-time employees will be eligible for the following perks:\nCompany-subsidized medical, dental, & vision plans \n\n401(k) plan with company match\n\nAnnual bonus\n\nFlexible PTO to encourage a healthy work/life balance (2 weeks STRONGLY encouraged!)\n\nGenerous paid leave programs, including 16-week paid parental leave and disability benefits\n\nWorkplace flexibility and modern work schedules focused on getting the job done, not hours clocked\n\nCompany-wide in-person events and team outings\n\nLifestyle enhancement program\n\nCompany equipment provided (Windows & Mac options)\n\nAnnual performance reviews with opportunities for growth and career development\n\nYou must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.\n\nPrizePicks is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 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