Staff Backend Engineer: Scalable Systems & Tech Leadership

Fanatics Collectibles; Ciudad de México; On-site; MXN 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Fanatics Collectibles in Mexico City is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead the design and delivery of scalable backend systems. You will collaborate with CX, Payments, and Ops teams to build robust services and data pipelines across global platforms.

You will mentor engineers, shape architectural direction, and drive incident-free deployments using CI/CD, Kubernetes, and cloud-native tooling.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field is required.
• 8+ years building backend services in high-traffic, distributed environments.
• Deep knowledge of at least one major backend language (e.g., Java, Go, Python, Node.js).
• Solid understanding of microservices, REST/GraphQL, queues (Kafka/RabbitMQ), and relational/NoSQL DBs.
• Experience with AWS/GCP and containerization/orchestration.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and delivery of scalable backend systems across platforms.
• Partner with frontend and DevOps to expose APIs and data contracts.
• Design and implement microservices, event-driven workflows, and data pipelines.
• Ensure high availability, security, and performance of core systems.
• Mentor engineers, review designs, and drive best practices.

Skills

Distributed systems

REST/GraphQL

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS/GCP

Kafka/RabbitMQ

Java/Go/Python/Node.js

Monitoring (Prometheus/Grafana/ELK)

Team leadership

Education

Master’s degree in CS/Engineering or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform/CloudFormation

Jenkins/GitHub Actions/CircleCI

Prometheus/Grafana/ELK

Job description

Fanatics Collectibles in Mexico City is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead the design and delivery of scalable backend systems. You will collaborate with CX, Payments, and Ops teams to build robust services and data pipelines across global platforms.

You will mentor engineers, shape architectural direction, and drive incident-free deployments using CI/CD, Kubernetes, and cloud-native tooling.