Software Engineer II

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πŸ“Remote - United States

Summary

Join PrizePicks, the fastest-growing sports company in North America, and help us develop and improve our Daily Fantasy Sports platform. As a key member of our team, you will contribute to the development of new product features, implement unit and end-to-end testing, and collaborate with stakeholders to maintain high-quality standards. You will participate in code reviews, on-call rotations, and advocate for improvements in product quality, security, and performance. You will also be expected to share your knowledge, seek insights from teammates, and balance your growth with time and scope constraints. PrizePicks offers a fully remote work option and a comprehensive benefits package.

Requirements

  • Ambition to learn and use multiple technologies to build new features, fix defects, and address technical debt
  • Ability to identify patterns and techniques related to tasks that are familiar and finish most tasks autonomously
  • Ability to use problem-solving skills to address more complex issues autonomously while proactively seeking innovative solutions within your scope of work
  • Ability to deliver solid and dependable work, ensuring that contributions uphold and advance the team's objectives and initial efforts towards understanding the wider organizational goals
  • Desire to take ownership of maintaining your skills to ensure org awareness of personal capabilities for opportunity matching
  • Strong Proficiency in the following technologies: JavaScript
  • TypeScript
  • React/JSX
  • React Native
  • Ruby on Rails
  • HTML
  • CSS

Responsibilities

  • 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
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to maintain a high bar for quality
  • Collaborate with team members to solve technical and product challenges
  • Participate in code reviews
  • Participate in on-call incident rotations
  • Advocate for improvements to product quality, security, and performance
  • Studies and learns previous software patterns in the PrizePicks ecosystem
  • Regularly contribute innovative ideas and participates in their initial implementation
  • Think beyond your assigned tasks, considering how your output integrates with other parts of the project
  • Adeptly present your work to stakeholders, demonstrating how it effectively meets PrizePicks' goals
  • Balance your desire to grow with time and scope constraints as demonstrated by meeting commitments within the time you planned
  • Actively share knowledge and seek insights from your teammates to ensure collective decision-making and priority alignment

Preferred Qualifications

  • 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

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
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