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
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:
- JavaScript
- TypeScript
- React/JSX
- HTML
- CSS
- 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 a remote position, anywhere in the US is fine
Benefits you’ll receive:
In addition to your great compensation package, we’ll shower you with perks including:
- Company-subsidized medical, dental, & vision plans
- 401(k) plan with company match
- Long-term incentives and bi-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
#LI-REMOTE
You 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.
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What the Team is Saying
What We Do
PrizePicks is the fastest-growing sports company in North America according to the 2022 Inc. 5000 rankings and the largest independent skill-based fantasy sports operator in North America. The company was recognized as the Fantasy Sports Business of the Year Award by the Fantasy Sports & Gaming Association and as the Fantasy/DFS Operator of the Year by EGR North America. PrizePicks is the most fun, fast and simple version of daily fantasy sports, covering a wide variety of sports leagues from the NFL and NBA to esports titles League of Legends & Counter-Strike. Founded and headquartered in Atlanta, GA, the PrizePicks workforce has grown to over 200 in the past year, with the company recently being recognized as a Top Workplace by the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
Why Work With Us
A great place to work has a team-first mindset that fosters trust, open communication, and a willingness to adapt. It moves quickly with purpose, operates at peak performance, and encourages creativity. Employees feel valued, supported, and motivated to succeed in a positive and inclusive work environment.
We believe in people here at PrizePicks.
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