Jeff Bragdon
Principal DevOps Engineer at PrizePicks
How PrizePicks Boosted IaC with Terrateam
PrizePicks transformed their infrastructure management by enabling developer autonomy and reducing deployment times from weeks to hours.
Faster Changes
Infrastructure changes now take hours instead of weeks
90% time reduction
Team Empowerment
From 2 to 16 engineers confidently managing Terraform
8x more engineers
Rapid Support
Same-day feature delivery and quick issue resolution
<1 hour response time
The Challenge
With only two engineers confident in managing Terraform supporting a team of 200, PrizePicks faced significant bottlenecks in infrastructure changes.
Key Pain Points
- Limited Terraform expertise
- Deployment bottlenecks
- Race conditions in concurrent changes
"Unfortunately that means those two people have to be engaged almost full-time and are constantly troubleshooting Terraform... it really limited the number of deployments you could do in a given time."
Why Terrateam
Terrateam offered the perfect balance of simplicity and control, with GitHub Actions integration and flexible configuration options.
Key Benefits
- GitHub-native workflows
- Simple YAML configuration
- Responsive support team
"Beforehand, it was literally just me… there's a lot of time that I would end up spending just managing team access. Fast forward to the integration with Terrateam… I've been totally removed from that loop."
The Results
PrizePicks achieved a complete transformation in their infrastructure management, with faster deployments and broader team participation.
- Weeks to process changes
- Only 2 Terraform experts
- Rigid, inflexible workflows
- Changes deployed in hours
- 16 confident Terraform users
- Flexible, automated workflows
"They've implemented feature improvements sometimes within a couple of weeks, sometimes in real time. The support has always been there, and any support issues I couldn't figure out were usually answered within less than an hour."
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