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?
Job Overview:
As the Senior Manager of Reliability Engineering, you will assume a pivotal role in shaping and implementing our reliability strategy, overseeing the performance, stability, and resilience of our critical infrastructure. You will provide leadership and mentorship to a talented team of Database Reliability Engineers (DBREs) and Site Reliability Engineers (SREs), fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
What you’ll do:
- Lead Reliability Strategy: Develop and execute a comprehensive reliability strategy that aligns with our business objectives and ensures the high availability, performance, and scalability of our systems and applications.
- Team Leadership: Provide inspirational leadership and guidance to a team of DBREs and SREs, fostering their professional growth and development.
- Monitoring and Observability: Implement comprehensive monitoring and observability solutions to gain real-time insights into system health and performance.
- Incident Response: Oversee the incident response process, ensuring swift resolution of incidents, review and documentation of causes and contributing factors, and implementation of measures to prevent recurrence.
- Performance Optimization: Drive initiatives to optimize system performance, identify and resolve bottlenecks, and proactively address potential issues.
- Capacity Planning: Conduct capacity planning and forecasting to ensure adequate resources are available to meet current and future demands.
- Automation and Tooling: Champion the adoption of automation and tooling to enhance efficiency, reduce toil, and improve operational effectiveness.
- Collaboration: Foster strong partnerships with cross-functional teams, including development, operations, and security, to ensure alignment and collaboration on reliability initiatives.
- Continuous Improvement: Cultivate a culture of continuous improvement, encouraging experimentation, learning, and the adoption of best practices.
What you have:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field or equivalent experience.
- 8+ years of experience in a reliability engineering or related role, with at least 3 years in a leadership capacity.
- Deep understanding of reliability principles, methodologies, and best practices.
- Hands-on experience with database technologies (e.g., SQL, NoSQL) and cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure).
- Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash) and automation tools (e.g., Ansible, Terraform).
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, and leadership abilities.
- Passion for technology and a commitment to excellence.
Where you’ll live:
- Anywhere in the U.S., this is a remote position with occasional travel to our HQ in Atlanta, GA
Working at PrizePicks:
This application period will remain open for 30 days. We’re committed to finding the best candidate, so this date may be adjusted, and any changes will be reflected in this posting.
Join Our Team:
If you're a highly motivated and results-oriented reliability engineering leader with a passion for building and scaling high-performance systems, we encourage you to apply! Join PrizePicks and become part of a dynamic and innovative team that's revolutionizing the sports entertainment industry.
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
- Stock options and bi-annual bonus
- Uncapped PTO to encourage a healthy work/life balance (2-week MINIMUM required!)
- 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
In addition to your great compensation package, full-time employees will be eligible for the following perks:
- 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
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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