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Full-Time

Senior Back End Engineer

Ruby on Rails

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 PrizePicks

PrizePicks

201-500 employees

Simplified daily fantasy sports platform

Gaming
Entertainment
Financial Services

Senior

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 provides a user-friendly daily fantasy sports platform, supporting a diverse array of sports from NFL and NBA to esports like League of Legends and Valorant. This company is an ideal workplace for those passionate about leveraging technology to enhance the fantasy sports experience, offering a dynamic environment where innovation in gaming and sports interaction is highly valued. Additionally, working here means being at the forefront of expanding digital entertainment options in the fantasy sports domain, keeping pace with rapidly evolving consumer interests and technological advancements.

Company Stage

Seed

Total Funding

$9.5M

Headquarters

Atlanta, Georgia

Founded

2015

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

10%

1 year growth

30%

2 year growth

196%
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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • PrizePicks' rapid growth and expansion, including a $25 million investment in a new Atlanta headquarters, indicate strong job creation and economic impact.
  • The company's innovative product offerings, like PrizePicks Arena, demonstrate a commitment to enhancing user experience and expanding market reach.
  • High-profile partnerships with sports figures like Justin Gaethje and Sean O'Malley can attract new users and boost brand loyalty.

What critics are saying

  • The highly competitive nature of the daily fantasy sports market requires continuous innovation to maintain a leading position.
  • Expansion into new markets and product offerings may strain resources and operational capacity.

What makes PrizePicks unique

  • PrizePicks is the largest independent skill-based fantasy sports operator in North America, setting it apart from competitors who may not focus solely on skill-based games.
  • Their commitment to responsible gaming, highlighted by their collaboration with Kindbridge Behavioral Health, sets a new industry standard for player and employee support.
  • PrizePicks' strategic partnerships with major sports teams and entertainment venues, such as the Atlanta Braves and State Farm Arena, enhance their brand visibility and community engagement.