Staff Backend Engineer - Scalable Systems Leader

Fanatics Betting & Gaming; Ciudad de México; On-site; MXN 900,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Fanatics Collectibles in Mexico City is hiring a Staff Software Engineer to lead the design and delivery of scalable backend systems that power customer experience, trust & safety, fraud prevention, and financial operations across global platforms.

You will partner with frontend teams, design robust CI/CD pipelines, and drive architectural decisions for microservices and data pipelines in a high-traffic environment.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years building backend services in high-traffic, distributed environments.
• Experience with Java, Go, Python, or Node.js and ecosystem.
• Deep knowledge of microservices, REST/GraphQL, messaging (Kafka/RabbitMQ), and databases.
• Experience with AWS/GCP.
• Hands-on with Docker, Kubernetes, and IaC (Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions) and monitoring stacks (Prometheus, Grafana).
• Proven ability to collaborate with frontend, design, QA, and DevOps teams.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver scalable backend systems for Fanatics Collectibles' platforms.
• Define and expose clean, performant APIs and data contracts.
• Design robust CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code.
• Lead microservices architecture, event-driven workflows, and data pipelines.

Skills

Java

Go

Python

Node.js

Education

Master's degree in CS

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

CloudFormation

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Job description

Fanatics Collectibles in Mexico City is hiring a Staff Software Engineer to lead the design and delivery of scalable backend systems that power customer experience, trust & safety, fraud prevention, and financial operations across global platforms.

You will partner with frontend teams, design robust CI/CD pipelines, and drive architectural decisions for microservices and data pipelines in a high-traffic environment.