Full-Time

Senior Back End Engineer

Ruby on Rails

Confirmed live in the last 24 hours

 PrizePicks

PrizePicks

501-1,000 employees

Daily fantasy sports prediction platform

Fintech
Entertainment
Gaming

Senior

No H1B Sponsorship

Remote in USA

Category
Backend Engineering
Software Engineering
Required Skills
Ruby on Rails
Postgres
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
  • 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
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
  • 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

PrizePicks operates a daily fantasy sports platform where users can predict how well their favorite athletes will perform in various sports. Users choose between 2 to 5 players and decide if each will perform above or below a specific benchmark. The accuracy of these predictions determines the potential winnings, with users able to earn up to 10 times their entry fees. The platform is mainly aimed at sports fans in the United States and Canada, although some states have restrictions on participation. PrizePicks makes money through entry fees and offers real-money games, making it a popular option for fans who want to engage more with sports. The company has been recognized with awards like SBC Rising Star and Atlanta Top Workplace.

Company Stage

Seed

Total Funding

$2.2M

Headquarters

Atlanta, Georgia

Founded

2015

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

19%

1 year growth

38%

2 year growth

206%
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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • PrizePicks' new CEO, Mike Ybarra, brings decades of gaming industry experience.
  • The 'Streak' game expands PrizePicks' reach in key markets like New York and Ohio.
  • PrizePicks' influencer marketing campaigns enhance brand visibility and user engagement.

What critics are saying

  • Increased competition from platforms like Underdog Fantasy could erode market share.
  • Legal challenges in states like Florida and Texas may impact operations.
  • Economic downturns could reduce discretionary spending on gaming, affecting revenue.

What makes PrizePicks unique

  • PrizePicks offers the widest sports coverage among DFS operators in North America.
  • The platform focuses on over/under predictions, simplifying the DFS experience for users.
  • PrizePicks has strategic partnerships with major sports teams like the Atlanta Braves.

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