Senior Infrastructure Engineer
PrizePicks is seeking an experienced and passionate Senior Infrastructure Engineer to join its dynamic team. In this role, the successful candidate will be a key player in designing, building, and maintaining the scalable, reliable, and secure infrastructure that underpins all of PrizePicks' products and services.
The Senior Infrastructure Engineer will collaborate closely with software development teams to enhance developer experience, automate deployments, and ensure platforms meet the highest standards of performance and availability. This is a high-impact, strategic role for an individual who enjoys solving complex problems at scale and empowering engineering teams to deliver exceptional software.
- Lead the design and architecture of scalable, resilient, and secure cloud-native platforms and infrastructure on cloud platforms like AWS and GCP.
- Develop, manage, and champion the use of IaC tools like Terraform and Crossplane to automate infrastructure provisioning and management.
- Build, maintain, and optimise CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and ArgoCD to automate the build, testing, and deployment of applications.
- Manage and scale containerised environments using technologies like Docker and Kubernetes, including proficiency with Helm and Kustomize.
- Implement and manage robust monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions such as Prometheus, Grafana, and Datadog to ensure system health.
- Identify problems, develop and implement solutions, and drive innovation to improve infrastructure performance, stability, and efficiency.
- Participate in an on-call rotation to provide support for production infrastructure and respond to incidents.
- Work closely with development teams to provide self-service tools and platforms, troubleshoot complex issues, and act as a subject matter expert.
- Implement and enforce security best practices, conduct security assessments, and ensure compliance with industry standards.
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement.
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience (required)
- 4+ years of experience in a Platform Engineer, DevOps, or SRE role, with a proven track record of working on large-scale, distributed systems (required)
- Deep technical experience with a major cloud provider such as AWS or GCP (required)
- Extensive hands-on experience with IaC tools like Ansible, Terraform and/or Crossplane (required)
- Strong proficiency with containerisation using Docker and container orchestration with Kubernetes (required)
- Solid understanding of CI/CD principles and experience with automation tools like GitHub Actions and ArgoCD (required)
- Proficiency in one or more programming/scripting languages such as Python, Go, or Bash (required)
- Strong knowledge of Linux/Unix administration and networking fundamentals including TCP/IP, DNS, and HTTP (required)
- Experience with observability tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or Datadog (required)
- Excellent problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills (required)
- Solid understanding of networking principles such as VPCs, load balancing, and firewalls in a cloud environment (nice-to-have)
- Hands-on experience with ArgoWorkflows and ArgoCD (nice-to-have)
- Experience building and managing internal developer platforms (nice-to-have)
- Familiarity with service mesh technologies such as Istio or Linkerd (nice-to-have)
- Knowledge of database management for SQL and NoSQL (nice-to-have)
- Relevant certifications such as AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, Certified Kubernetes Administrator, or Google Cloud Professional DevOps Engineer (nice-to-have)
- Company-subsidised medical, dental, and 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 programmes, 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
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.