Engineering Manager

🔥 13 hours ago

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $200k - $215k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

👮‍♀️ Software Engineering Manager

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PrizePicks

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201 - 500 employees

🎮 Gaming

⚽ Sports

Gaming • Sports

PrizePicks is an innovative platform that offers a dynamic and interactive way to engage in daily fantasy sports and esports. Users can make predictions on player performances across various sports, including NFL, NBA, MLB, CFB, and more, with the opportunity to win up to 1000x their entry fee. PrizePicks operates legally in 43 U. S. states, Washington D. C. , and Canada, providing a wide range of betting options, including Pick 'Em and Pick 'Em Arena, where users compete against each other for cash rewards. The company emphasizes user engagement with features such as recurring promos and the Streak game, which is free to play and allows participants to earn by building daily win streaks. PrizePicks ensures secure transactions and fast payouts, enhancing user experience and satisfaction in the sphere of real money sports betting.

📋 Description

• Architect and implement performant, scalable, and reliable backend systems, primarily in Rails and Go • Identify and extract well-scoped capabilities from existing Rails systems, designing clear interfaces and incremental migration paths • Design reliable data flows between backend services and BigQuery and Snowflake warehouses • Lead complex initiatives from discovery and technical design through implementation, rollout, monitoring, and iteration • Break work into executable pieces, clarify sequencing and ownership, and keep risks and dependencies visible • Partner with Product, Design, QA, Data, Platform, and engineers across domains to coordinate dependencies and resolve ambiguity • Diagnose and resolve performance bottlenecks, optimize database queries, and improve backend resilience • Propose and drive architectural decisions for team services • Mentor engineers through code reviews, pairing, design discussions, and technical guidance • Improve code quality, testing, observability, deployment, and operational ownership • Participate in the on-call rotation, root cause analysis, and long-term reliability improvements

🎯 Requirements

• 5–8 years of professional software engineering experience, with significant time building production Ruby on Rails applications • Proven track record of owning and delivering complex, multi-component features in a team environment • Experience designing and operating backend systems that handle significant scale and complexity • Experience coordinating technical work across team boundaries and proactively managing dependencies, risks, and changing requirements • Expert-level Ruby on Rails proficiency • Strong proficiency with PostgreSQL, including schema design, query optimization, and performance tuning at scale • Solid understanding of API design, including RESTful services, serialization strategies, and versioning • Experience with background job processing (Sidekiq or similar) 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 • Must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S.; PrizePicks is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa

🏖️ 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