Senior Back End Engineer - Ruby on Rails

At 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?

Overview

Software Engineers at PrizePicks work to develop, maintain and test software within the PrizePicks ecosystem. Software Engineers work closely with Product Managers, Designers and other Software Engineers to solve product challenges and technical challenges to achieve desired business outcomes.

Responsibilities

Advocate for improvements to product quality, security, and performance

Collaborate with stakeholders to maintain a high bar for quality

Collaborate with team members to solve technical and product challenges

Develop product features and technical improvements to the PrizePicks ecosystem

Develop unit or end-to-end testing for the PrizePicks ecosystem

Follow best practice guidelines for maintainability and style

Participate in on-call incident rotations

Participate in code reviews

Studies and learns previous software patterns in the PrizePicks ecosystem Senior Responsibilities

Advocate for improvements that have an impact across your team

Collaborate with the team on larger projects

Diagnose and fix performance and optimization problems

Define, advocate and improve best practices for maintainability and style

Define a technical path from product idea to deployment

Provide mentorship to Software Engineers I, II, and III across your team

Ship features and improvements to the PrizePicks ecosystem with little to no guidance from across the team

Solve product challenges and technical problems of high scope and complexity Requirements

A kind and positive mindset

A passion to be better at your craft than the day before

A self-motivated and self-managing attitude

A sense of urgency to solve problems

Ability to clearly and concisely communicate about technical, and/or organizational problems and propose solutions

Ability to concisely communicate with other employees

Ability to thrive in a fully remote organization

Ability to work closely with other parts of the organization that may be outside of the Engineering organization

Ability to document guides for others in the Engineering organization

Comfort working in a fast paced industry where product or technical challenges may appear frequently

Comfort working with technical problems that might not always have an obvious solution

Proficiency in the English language, both written and verbal Qualifications

5 to 8 years of relevant work experience

Expert to mastery experience with:

Ruby on Rails

Postgres

History of owning product challenges and technical challenges in a team to drive a desired business outcome Nice To Haves

Experience with in tech startups

Experience working with a remote team

Passionate about the daily fantasy industry

Any experience in the following technologies:

Kubernetes

Docker

Shell scripting

Linux or similar UNIX type operating systems Where you'll live:

While 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. Working at PrizePicks:

The typical salary range for this position is $165,000 to $180,000. 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.

This 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.

Date Posted: 9/9/2025

Date Reposted: 12/02/25

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Benefits you'll receive:

In addition to your great compensation package, full-time employees will be eligible for the following perks:

Company-subsidized medical, dental, & vision plans

401(k) plan with company match

Annual bonus

Flexible PTO to encourage a healthy work/life balance (2 weeks STRONGLY encouraged!)

Generous paid leave programs, including 16-week paid parental leave and disability benefits

Workplace flexibility and modern work schedules focused on getting the job done, not hours clocked

Company-wide in-person events and team outings

Lifestyle enhancement program

Company equipment provided (Windows & Mac options)

Annual performance reviews with opportunities for growth and career development

You 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.

PrizePicks 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.