Senior Backend Engineer – Scalable Operations & Trust Tech

Fanatics; Ciudad de México; On-site; MXN 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Fanatics Collectibles is expanding its Mexico City hub to design and deliver scalable backend platforms that support Customer Experience, Trust & Safety, Fraud Prevention, and Financial Operations across Fanatics’ global platforms. The team will enable millions of users and transactions with reliable, observable services and resilient architectures.

As a Senior Software Engineer you will lead architecture decisions, own critical components, mentor engineers through code reviews, and work with

Qualifications

• 6+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong experience designing scalable distributed systems and backend platforms.
• Expertise in Python, Java, Kotlin, or Go.
• Strong experience with AWS cloud-native architectures and services.
• Experience with event-driven systems and service integrations.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of scalable operational platforms and backend services.
• Architect systems supporting customer operations, fraud detection workflows, dispute management, payment operations, and trust tooling.
• Drive technical initiatives that improve automation, operational efficiency, reliability, and scalability.
• Collaborate with Product, Data, CX Operations, Compliance, and Finance stakeholders to define technical solutions.
• Improve system observability, resiliency, monitoring, and operational readiness.
• Lead technical investigations, root-cause analysis, and incident response efforts.
• Mentor engineers through code reviews, design reviews, and technical coaching.
• Drive engineering standards, development processes, and technical best practices.

Skills

Distributed systems

Backend design

Python/Java/Kotlin/Go

AWS

Event-driven

Stakeholder comms

Job description

Fanatics Collectibles is expanding its Mexico City hub to design and deliver scalable backend platforms that support Customer Experience, Trust & Safety, Fraud Prevention, and Financial Operations across Fanatics’ global platforms. The team will enable millions of users and transactions with reliable, observable services and resilient architectures.

As a Senior Software Engineer you will lead architecture decisions, own critical components, mentor engineers through code reviews, and work with