Software Engineer III (Ruby on Rails)

PrizePicks•Atlanta, GA

3d•$170,000 - $185,000•Remote

About The Position

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 450 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 Senior Software Engineer to join our Social Experience team and help us continue to build the future of fantasy sports. Job Summary We are seeking a Software Engineer III with strong Ruby on Rails expertise to join our Social Experience team. In this role, you will own feature development within Rails-based backend services that power PrizePicks’ core platform — including feeds, and profiles. You will own the delivery of complex work end-to-end, begin guiding junior engineers, and contribute to architectural decisions that shape your team’s systems. This is a role for someone who can break down hard problems, deliver high-quality solutions, and start having influence beyond their own code.

Requirements

3–5 years of professional software engineering experience, with meaningful time building Ruby on Rails applications
History of delivering complex features within a software team to drive business outcomes
Experience breaking down ambiguous requirements into concrete technical plans
Exposure to large-scale, high-throughput distributed systems — you understand the challenges of building software that serves millions of users in real time
Advanced proficiency in Ruby on Rails — you understand the framework deeply and write clean, idiomatic, production-quality code
Strong PostgreSQL skills — schema design, query optimization, migrations, and understanding of performance characteristics at scale
Experience designing and building RESTful APIs within Rails
Solid testing practices — RSpec or Minitest, unit, integration, and end-to-end testing strategies
Familiarity with background job processing (Sidekiq or similar)
Familiarity with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes)
Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows
Autonomous — you can take an ambiguous problem and drive it to a well-defined solution
Comfortable providing and receiving direct technical feedback
Strong written communicator, especially important in a fully remote environment
Able to balance deep technical work with collaborative design and planning

Nice To Haves

Experience using AI-assisted development tools for coding, planning, and scoping work
Experience with agentic coding tools and AI-augmented development workflows
Prior experience working in a remote engineering organization
Experience contributing to social or relationship-driven systems (feeds, follows, reactions, activity streams)
Experience implementing stat-driven profile features (aggregations, counters, derived metrics) in production systems
Working knowledge of graph-shaped data modeling concepts (user relationships, fan-out patterns, denormalization tradeoffs)
Experience supporting experimentation in social surfaces (feature flags, A/B tests, ranking iterations)

Responsibilities

Own feature development: Take ownership of features end-to-end — from technical design through delivery — breaking complex projects into well-scoped, deliverable pieces.
Write high-quality code: Produce Ruby code that is idiomatic, performant, well-tested, and raises the bar for the codebase.
Contribute to architecture: Participate in team-level architectural decisions around data modeling, service boundaries, API design, and background processing patterns.
Improve quality proactively: Identify opportunities to improve code quality, performance, reliability, and developer experience — and act on them.
Guide junior engineers: Provide technical guidance to Software Engineers I and II through thorough code reviews, pairing sessions, and design feedback.
Collaborate cross-functionally: Work with Product, Design, and QA to validate technical decisions and ensure alignment between product goals and implementation.
Participate in on-call rotation: Take increasing ownership of incident response, contributing to root cause analysis and systemic improvements.
Build team knowledge: Document technical decisions, data models, and service patterns to strengthen your team’s shared understanding.

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