Senior Software Engineer (Ruby on Rails)
PrizePicks11 hours ago
Remote, United StatesSenior
Base Salary
$175k - $185k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and build performant, scalable backend services primarily with Ruby on Rails and, where appropriate, Go.
- Evolve Rails systems by extracting well-scoped capabilities and designing clear service boundaries and migration paths.
- Design reliable data flows between backend services and warehouses such as BigQuery and Snowflake.
- Own complex technical initiatives from discovery and design through implementation, rollout, monitoring, and iteration.
- Coordinate technical work across teams, manage dependencies and risks, and influence architectural direction.
- Diagnose performance bottlenecks, optimize database queries, and improve backend resilience under load.
- Mentor engineers through code reviews, pairing, design discussions, and technical guidance.
- Improve code quality, testing, observability, deployment, and operational ownership.
- Participate in on-call rotations, incident response, root-cause analysis, and reliability improvements.
Requirements
- 5–8 years of professional software engineering experience, including significant experience building production Ruby on Rails applications.
- Proven ability to own and deliver complex, multi-component software features in a team environment.
- Experience designing and operating backend systems at significant scale and complexity.
- Experience coordinating technical work across team boundaries and managing dependencies, risks, and changing requirements.
- Expert-level Ruby on Rails proficiency and strong idiomatic Ruby development skills.
- Strong PostgreSQL proficiency, including schema design, query optimization, and performance tuning at scale.
- Understanding of API design, RESTful services, serialization strategies, and versioning.
- Experience with background job processing such as Sidekiq and asynchronous workflows.
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment automation.
- Understanding of observability practices including logging, metrics, and tracing.
- Working knowledge of Go.
- Preferred experience extracting capabilities from monoliths, building social or relationship-driven systems, designing profile aggregations and derived metrics, and scaling graph-shaped data models and fan-out strategies.
- Preferred ability to influence technical direction across teams and experience using AI-assisted development tools in engineering workflows.
Benefits
- Company-subsidized medical, dental, and vision plans.
- 401(k) plan with company match.
- Annual bonus and flexible paid time off.
- Paid leave programs including 16-week paid parental leave and disability benefits.
- Workplace flexibility and modern work schedules.
- Company-wide in-person events and team outings.
- Lifestyle enhancement program.
- Company-provided equipment with Windows and Mac options.
- Annual performance reviews with career development opportunities.
- Atlanta is preferred, but qualified candidates anywhere in the U.S. may be considered, including remote candidates.
- Full-time employees are eligible for the listed benefits.
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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.