# Software Engineer III

**Company:** [PrizePicks](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/prizepicks)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** $145k – $165k/yr
**Experience:** 3+ years
**Skills:** Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Postgres, REST APIs, Rspec, Minitest, Sidekiq, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Distributed Systems, Event-Driven Architecture, Ai-Assisted Development
**Posted:** 2026-09-09

> Build and scale Ruby on Rails backend services for rewards, incentives, and loyalty features in a high-throughput platform. The role owns complex feature delivery, contributes to architecture, mentors junior engineers, and requires 3+ years of professional software engineering experience.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Own feature development end-to-end, from technical design through delivery.
- Break complex projects into well-scoped, deliverable pieces.
- Write idiomatic, performant, well-tested Ruby code.
- Contribute to architectural decisions involving data modeling, service boundaries, API design, and background processing.
- Improve code quality, performance, reliability, and developer experience.
- Guide junior engineers through code reviews, pairing, and design feedback.
- Collaborate with Product, Design, and QA.
- Participate in on-call rotation, incident response, root-cause analysis, and systemic improvements.
- Document technical decisions, data models, and service patterns.

## Requirements
- 3–5 years of professional software engineering experience, including meaningful Ruby on Rails development.
- Experience delivering complex features and translating ambiguous requirements into technical plans.
- Exposure to large-scale, high-throughput distributed systems.
- Advanced Ruby on Rails proficiency.
- Strong PostgreSQL skills, including schema design, query optimization, migrations, and performance analysis.
- Experience designing and building RESTful APIs in Rails.
- Solid testing practices with RSpec or Minitest, including unit, integration, and end-to-end testing.
- Familiarity with background job processing such as Sidekiq.
- Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes.
- Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows.
- Ability to work autonomously and communicate effectively in a remote environment.

## Nice-to-haves
- Experience using AI-assisted development and agentic coding tools.
- Experience working in a remote engineering organization.
- Experience with event-driven architecture.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Typical salary range: $145,000–$165,000.
- Company-subsidized medical, dental, and vision plans.
- 401(k) plan with company match.
- Annual bonus.
- Flexible paid time off.
- Paid parental leave and disability benefits.
- Company equipment provided.
- Annual performance reviews and career development opportunities.

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