Senior Software Engineer, GO

🕒 September 11

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $175k - $185k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔙 Backend Engineer

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PrizePicks

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201 - 500 employees

🎮 Gaming

⚽ Sports

Gaming • Sports

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📋 Description

• Design and implement performant, scalable, and reliable Go-based microservices for real-time and high-throughput workloads • Lead technical design and end-to-end implementation of complex features from product requirements through deployment and monitoring • Diagnose and resolve performance bottlenecks, optimize database queries, and improve distributed-system resilience under load • Propose and drive architectural decisions, evaluating tradeoffs and communicating recommendations • Mentor Software Engineers I, II, and III through code reviews, pairing, and technical guidance • Define and improve engineering practices around 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 on-call rotation, contribute to root cause analysis, and drive long-term reliability improvements

🎯 Requirements

• 5–8 years of professional software engineering experience, with significant time building production Go services • Proven track record of owning and delivering complex, multi-component features in a team environment • Experience designing and operating distributed systems, microservices, or event-driven architectures • Strong proficiency with PostgreSQL or similar relational databases, including schema design and query optimization • Expert-level Go proficiency; ability to write idiomatic, well-tested, production-quality Go code • Solid understanding of API design (REST, gRPC, or GraphQL) • Experience with Docker and Kubernetes • Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation • Understanding of observability practices including logging, metrics, and tracing • Ability to take ambiguous problems and drive them to well-defined solutions • Comfortable providing and receiving direct technical feedback • Strong written communication, especially in a fully remote environment • Ability to balance deep technical work with collaborative design and planning • Must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S.; employment visa sponsorship is unavailable

🏖️ Benefits

• 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