Senior Software Engineer (Ruby on Rails)

In order to be considered for this role, after clicking "Apply Now" above and being redirected, you must fully complete the application process on the follow-up screen. At PrizePicks, we are the fastest-growing sports company in North America, as recognized by Inc. Overview At PrizePicks, we are changing the game in daily fantasy sports. requirements Technical Skills: Expert-level Ruby on Rails proficiency — you understand the framework deeply, write idiomatic Ruby, and know when to leverage or work around Rails conventions Strong proficiency with PostgreSQL, including schema design, query optimization, and performance tuning at scale Solid understanding of API design — 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 — logging, metrics, tracing Working knowledge of Go — our backend includes significant Go services, and cross-stack capability is valued at this level Working Style: You turn ambiguous problems into clear plans, make progress visible, and proactively surface decisions, risks, and dependencies You enjoy collaborative problem-solving and are effective at bringing people together, incorporating different perspectives, and building alignment You communicate clearly and consistently, translating technical decisions for engineers, partners, and non-technical stakeholders You balance deep technical execution with planning, mentorship, reviews, and the broader needs of the team You are comfortable operating autonomously in a distributed engineering organization while staying closely connected to teammates and partners What Makes You Stand Out Experience leading the extraction of capabilities from a monolith or evolving systems toward well-defined services Experience building social or relationship-driven systems such as feeds, follows, live chat, reactions, activity streams, or recommendations Experience designing stat-driven profile systems, including aggregations, rollups, and derived metrics at scale Experience building social systems for rapid experimentation through feature flags, ranking experiments, or growth loops Experience designing graph-shaped data models and fan-out strategies at scale Demonstrated ability to influence technical direction across teams and domains while driving shared initiatives to completion Experience leveraging AI-assisted development tools across the development lifecycle — coding, planning, scoping, and code review Experience integrating AI tooling into engineering workflows to accelerate team productivity Where You’ll Live While we prefer candidates based in Atlanta, we are open to qualified applicants from anywhere in the U. S. about the specific pay range for your location and how we arrived at it during the hiring process. 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 You must be authorized to work for any employer in the U. S. 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 You must be authorized to work for any employer in the U. S. 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.