Software Engineer III (Ruby on Rails)

Role Description

We are seeking a Software Engineer III with strong Ruby on Rails expertise to join our Marketing Technology (MarTech) team. In this role, you will own feature development within Rails-based backend services that power PrizePicks' member engagement, lifecycle marketing, and marketing enablement infrastructure.

• Take ownership of features end-to-end - from technical design through delivery.
• Produce Ruby code that is idiomatic, performant, well-tested, and raises the bar for the codebase.
• Participate in team-level architectural decisions around data modeling, CDP event schemas, service boundaries, API design, and background processing patterns.
• Design and own integrations with our Customer Data Platform (CDP) and marketing automation tools like Braze.
• Identify opportunities to improve data reliability, pipeline performance, and developer experience.
• Provide technical guidance to Software Engineers I and II through thorough code reviews, pairing sessions, and design feedback.
• Work closely with Marketing, Data, and Product teams to translate campaign and personalization requirements into reliable technical implementations.
• Take increasing ownership of incident response, contributing to root cause analysis and systemic improvements.
• Document technical decisions, data models, and integration patterns to strengthen your team's shared understanding.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of professional software engineering experience, with meaningful time building Ruby on Rails applications.
• Hands-on experience working with a Customer Data Platform (Rudderstack, Segment, mParticle, or similar).
• Experience integrating with marketing automation platforms such as Braze, Iterable, or Klaviyo.
• 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.

Requirements

• Advanced proficiency in Ruby on Rails.
• Strong PostgreSQL skills.
• Experience designing and building RESTful APIs within Rails.
• Solid data engineering fundamentals.
• Solid testing practices — RSpec or Minitest.
• Familiarity with background job processing (Sidekiq or similar).
• Familiarity with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes).
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows.

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.