Senior Software Engineer (React Native)

About the role

At PrizePicks, we are changing the game in daily fantasy sports. We are a passionate team of innovators dedicated to creating a best-in-class experience for our members. Our engineering team builds and scales the platform that powers our explosive growth - from our consumer-facing mobile app to the services that handle millions of daily transactions. We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Sweat team and help us continue to build the future of fantasy sports. Job Summary We are seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer with deep expertise in TypeScript and React Native to join our Sweat team. In this role, you will design, build, and own critical features within PrizePicks' React Native mobile application. You will tackle high-scope, complex technical problems, define the technical path from product idea to production, and mentor engineers across your team and the organization. This is a role for someone who thrives on crafting exceptional mobile experiences and wants to have a direct impact on a product used by millions.

Responsibilities

• Design and build mobile features : Architect and implement complex features and interaction flows in our React Native app that are performant, accessible, and deliver exceptional user experiences.
• Own technical delivery : Lead the technical design and implementation of complex features end-to-end - from product requirements through deployment and monitoring.
• Drive app performance : Diagnose and resolve performance bottlenecks, optimize rendering, reduce bundle size, and improve the overall responsiveness of the mobile app.
• Define technical direction : Propose and drive architectural decisions for your team's mobile features, evaluating tradeoffs and communicating recommendations clearly.
• Mentor and elevate : Provide hands-on mentorship to Software Engineers I, II, and III on your team and in the organization through code reviews, pairing, and technical guidance.
• Improve engineering practices : Define, advocate for, and improve best practices around component architecture, testing, accessibility, and mobile deployment for your team.
• Collaborate cross-functionally : Work closely with Product Managers, Designers, QA, and other engineering teams to translate product goals into well-scoped technical solutions.
• Participate in on-call rotation : Share responsibility for production incidents, contributing to root cause analysis and long-term reliability improvements.
• What You Have

Requirements

• 5-8 years of professional software engineering experience, with significant time building production React Native applications
• Proven track record of owning and delivering complex, multi-component mobile features in a team environment
• Experience with the full mobile development lifecycle - from development through app store submission and post-release monitoring
• Experience building mobile applications backed by large-scale, high-throughput distributed systems serving millions of users
• Technical Skills:
• Expert-level TypeScript proficiency - you write clean, type-safe, well-tested production code
• Deep React Native expertise - performance optimization, native module integration, complex animations, and platform-specific considerations
• Strong experience with Expo and its ecosystem
• Proficiency with monorepo tooling (Yarn workspaces or similar)
• Solid understanding of mobile testing strategies - Jest for unit/component testing, experience with Maestro for E2E testing
• Experience with CI/CD for mobile and Expo/EAS workflows - build pipelines, OTA updates, app store deployment
• Understanding of observability in mobile - crash reporting, performance monitoring, analytics integration
• Working Style:
• Autonomous - you can take an ambiguous problem and drive it to a well-defined solution
• Comfortable providing and receiving direct technical feedback
• Strong written communicator, especially important in a fully remote environment
• Able to balance deep technical work with collaborative design and planning
• Foster a strong team environment, we enjoy team happy hours and off-site gatherings to get to know one another
• What Makes You Stand Out
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools for coding, planning, and scoping work
• Experience with agentic coding tools and AI-augmented development workflows
• Prior experience working in a remote engineering organization
• Experience building reactive UIs that handle high-frequency data updates (e.g., Live data, Web sockets and real-t

Benefits

Additional Information

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 550 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?

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