Senior Software Engineer (GO)
PrizePicks5 hours ago
Remote, United StatesSenior / Staff+
Base Salary
$175k - $185k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and build performant, scalable Go-based backend microservices for real-time and high-throughput workloads.
- Own complex technical features end to end from product requirements through deployment and monitoring.
- Diagnose performance bottlenecks, optimize database queries, and improve distributed-system resilience.
- Define architectural direction and communicate technical tradeoffs for team services.
- Mentor Software Engineers I, II, and III through code reviews, pairing, and technical guidance.
- Improve practices for code quality, testing, observability, and deployment.
- Collaborate with Product Managers, Designers, QA, and engineering teams to translate product goals into technical solutions.
- Participate in the production on-call rotation, incident response, root-cause analysis, and reliability improvements.
Requirements
- 5–8 years of professional software engineering experience, including significant production Go development.
- Experience owning and delivering complex, multi-component software features in a team environment.
- Experience designing and operating distributed systems, microservices, or event-driven architectures.
- Strong proficiency with PostgreSQL or comparable relational databases, including schema design and query optimization.
- Expert-level Go proficiency and ability to write idiomatic, well-tested, production-quality code.
- Understanding of REST, gRPC, or GraphQL API design.
- Experience with Docker containerization and Kubernetes orchestration.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and observability practices including logging, metrics, and tracing.
- Working knowledge of Ruby on Rails is preferred.
- Experience with Kafka, RabbitMQ, or similar event-driven technologies is preferred.
- Familiarity with Terraform, Kubernetes operators, and ArgoCD is preferred.
- Experience with high-traffic real-time systems, contributions to the Go open-source ecosystem, or daily fantasy sports and sports betting experience is preferred.
- Experience using AI-assisted development tools and integrating AI tooling into engineering workflows is preferred.
Benefits
- Fully remote work is available for qualified candidates anywhere in the U.S., with Atlanta preferred.
- Company-subsidized medical, dental, and vision plans.
- 401(k) plan with company match.
- Annual bonus.
- Flexible PTO, with two weeks strongly encouraged.
- Paid leave programs including 16-week paid parental leave and disability benefits.
- Workplace flexibility and modern work schedules.
- Company-wide in-person events, team outings, and team happy hours.
- Lifestyle enhancement program.
- Company-provided equipment with Windows and Mac options.
- Annual performance reviews and career-development opportunities.
- The application period is planned to remain open for 30 days, with possible extensions.
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About PrizePicks
PrizePicks builds a skill-based daily fantasy sports platform where fans make player projections across major leagues and esports in real time. The privately held company, founded in 2015 and headquartered in Atlanta, monetizes through entry fees and payouts on its mobile and web apps. It serves users across North America and is available on iOS, Android, and the web.