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SeniorBackEndEngineer(RubyonRails&GO)
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“Senior Back End Engineer (Ruby on Rails & GO) at PrizePicks. Skills: Ruby on Rails, Go, Microservices, Distributed systems. Build backend services. Own backend services”
Industry & Context.
Root cause analysis; Troubleshooting
On-call rotation
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
5–8 years professional software engineering experience, Meaningful production time in Ruby on Rails, Meaningful production time in Go, Own and deliver complex features, Experience with monolith-to-microservices migrations, Experience designing distributed systems, Experience designing event-driven architectures
Nice to Have
Experience with event-driven architectures using Pulsar, Experience with event-driven architectures using Kafka, Experience with NATS request/reply patterns, Experience with NATS JetStream patterns, Familiarity with internal tooling platforms, Experience in high-traffic, real-time systems, Experience in the daily fantasy sports industry, Experience in the sports betting industry, Experience leveraging AI-assisted development tools, Experience integrating AI tooling into workflows
What You'll Do.
Build backend services
Design backend services
Support migration to microservices
Decompose Rails monolith
Build internal tooling APIs
Maintain internal tooling APIs
Lead feature implementation
Diagnose performance bottlenecks
Resolve performance bottlenecks
Optimize database queries
Improve system resilience
Propose architectural decisions
Drive architectural decisions
Evaluate architectural tradeoffs
Communicate recommendations
Mentor Software Engineers
Provide technical guidance
Improve code quality practices
Improve testing practices
Improve observability practices
Improve deployment practices
Collaborate with Product Managers
Collaborate with engineering teams
Translate operational goals
Participate in on-call rotation
Share responsibility for incidents
Contribute to root cause analysis
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-functional teams; Engineering teams; Product Managers; QA teams
Communication Scope
Articulate technical decisions
Process & Methodology
Agile, Scrum
Full Job Description
At PrizePicks, we are the fastest-growing sports company in North America, as recognized by Inc. 5000. As the leading platform for Daily Fantasy Sports, we cover a diverse range of sports leagues, including the NFL, NBA, and Esports titles like League of Legends and Counter-Strike. Our team of over 550 employees thrives in an inclusive culture that values individuals from diverse backgrounds, regardless of their level of sports fandom. Ready to reimagine the DFS industry together? Overview At PrizePicks, we are changing the game in daily fantasy sports. We are a passionate team of innovators dedicated to creating a best-in-class experience for our members. Our engineering team builds and scales the platform that powers our explosive growth from real-time contest engines to the services that handle millions of daily transactions. We are looking for a talented and driven Senior Software Engineer to join our Back Office team and help us build the internal platform that powers every operation at PrizePicks. Job Summary We are seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer fluent in both Ruby on Rails and Go to join our Back Office team. Back Office is the internal operational platform used by Game Ops, Trading, Member Operations, and Risk teams to configure projections, trade lines, manage members, review risk, and monitor live scoring — all of which directly shapes what millions of members see in the app. In this role, you will design and build backend services that span our Rails monolith and our growing ecosystem of Rails and Go microservices. You will work across existing as well as new services being carved out as we migrate toward a microservices architecture. You will tackle high-scope, complex technical problems, own features end-to-end, and mentor engineers on your team. This is a role for someone who is equally comfortable extending a mature Rails codebase and greenfielding a new Go service, and who is energized by the challenge of a platform in active, delib
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