Senior Back End Engineer (Ruby on Rails)
PrizePicks
Full-time
- North america
- Software development
- Back-end
- ruby on rails
- backend
- senior
Job Description
Overview
Software Engineers at PrizePicks work to develop, maintain and test software within the PrizePicks ecosystem. Software Engineers work closely with Product Managers, Designers and other Software Engineers to solve product challenges and technical challenges to achieve desired business outcomes.
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
Senior Responsibilities
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
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
Qualifications
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
Nice To Haves
Experience with in tech startups
Experience working with a remote team
Passionate about the daily fantasy industry
Any experience in the following technologies:
Kubernetes
Docker
Shell scripting
Linux or similar UNIX type operating systems
Where you’ll live:
This is a remote position so anywhere in the U.S.
Benefits you’ll receive:
In addition to your great compensation package, company subsidized medical/dental/vision coverage plans and matching 401(k), we’ll shower you with perks including:
Break room with ping pong, endless snacks and in-office lunch once a week
Unlimited PTO to encourage a healthy work/life balance (2 week min required!)
Modern work schedule focused on getting the job done, not hours clocked
Workplace flexibility
Company and team outings, we encourage a tight-knit workplace
Generous Maternity AND Paternity leave (16 weeks!)
Annual bonus & stock options
Wellness program
Company equipment provided (Windows & Mac options)
Annual performance reviews with opportunity for growth and career development
#LI-REMOTE
must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.
PrizePicks is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.
Benefits
- 401(k)
- Company retreats
Expected Salary
$100k - $500k