Manager of Database Reliability Engineering
PrizePicks is seeking a Manager of Database Reliability Engineering to lead a newly focused discipline as the organisation scales to support high-traffic, live events. This role involves owning database infrastructure, data lifecycle management, and operational readiness for peak-traffic periods.
The successful candidate will partner with the Infrastructure Manager to align shared systems and will be responsible for developing the next generation of technical leaders within the database team. The focus is on building a robust, scalable environment while fostering a culture of mentorship and team growth.
- Own cloud database infrastructure including AlloyDB, Redis, and Kafka, alongside capacity planning and vendor management.
- Support identity and access modernisation, including migration to a modern identity platform and implementation of emergency access mechanisms.
- Develop data services to manage data aging, archiving, and retention over a multi-year cycle.
- Contribute to a database observability framework that provides actionable signals for logging, metrics, and alerting.
- Lead high-availability operations for live events, including on-call design, war-room readiness, and staffing plans.
- Manage the data side of business continuity and disaster recovery planning.
- Partner with the Infrastructure team on shared surfaces, caching, and messaging queues.
- Maintain database security and compliance, including vulnerability remediation and access controls.
- Manage vendor relationships, contracts, and budget ownership.
- Build and grow the team by identifying technical leads and delegating ownership.
- Represent the Database Reliability Engineering function in cross-functional planning and roadmap prioritisation.
- 5+ years managing database, DevOps, or SRE teams, ideally for consumer products with high-concurrency or seasonal traffic (required)
- Deep hands-on background in cloud infrastructure, specifically GCP (required)
- Experience with relational and non-relational databases such as AlloyDB, PostgreSQL, Redis, and MongoDB (required)
- Proficiency in infrastructure-as-code tools like Crossplane, Cuelang, Terraform, or Ansible (required)
- Experience running identity and access management programmes and modern observability stacks (required)
- Track record of managing cloud costs, vendor relationships, and budget ownership (required)
- Solid grounding in security best practices and compliance requirements (required)
- Demonstrated ability to mentor technical leads and delegate effectively (required)
- Excellent communication skills and the judgment to flag risks early (required)
- Experience in a technology startup environment (nice-to-have)
- Relevant DevOps, Cloud, or SRE certifications (nice-to-have)
- Company-subsidized medical, dental, and vision plans
- 401(k) plan with company match
- Annual bonus
- Flexible PTO
- 16-week paid parental leave and disability benefits
- Workplace flexibility and modern work schedules
- Company-wide in-person events and team outings
- Lifestyle enhancement programme
- Company equipment provided
PrizePicks is a daily fantasy sports operator headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Its app lets players predict whether athletes will beat or fall short of projected statistics, and it has added prediction-market contracts regulated by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission. In January 2026 the lottery and gaming group Allwyn completed the purchase of a 62.3% majority stake, with PrizePicks continuing as a standalone brand.