Senior Distributed Systems Engineer - Real-Time Trading

Fanatics; New York (NY); On-site; USD 152,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Fanatics is looking for a Sr Software Engineer in New York to join the Distributed Systems team. You'll design and build scalable distributed systems, ensuring resilience and performance under peak traffic during real-money trading.

This role requires strong experience in modern software engineering with Java or Kotlin and a deep understanding of event-driven architecture and data processing. The salary range is competitive, reflecting your expertise in a high-demand field.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience in distributed systems.
• Expert-level proficiency in Java or Kotlin and Spring Boot.
• Hands-on experience with Kafka.
• Experience with Kubernetes and cloud-native infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and scale distributed systems using Kotlin, Java, and Spring Boot.
• Own development and optimization of high-throughput event pipelines with Kafka.
• Implement resilience patterns across services.
• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers in technical practices.

Skills

Distributed systems

High-concurrency data processing

Java

Kotlin

Spring Boot

Kafka

Kubernetes

AWS

Job description

Fanatics is looking for a Sr Software Engineer in New York to join the Distributed Systems team. You'll design and build scalable distributed systems, ensuring resilience and performance under peak traffic during real-money trading.

This role requires strong experience in modern software engineering with Java or Kotlin and a deep understanding of event-driven architecture and data processing. The salary range is competitive, reflecting your expertise in a high-demand field.