Senior Distributed Systems Engineer — Real-Time Trading

Fanatics Betting & Gaming; New York (NY); On-site; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Fanatics Betting & Gaming in New York is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join their Distributed Systems team. This role involves designing and scaling systems for real-money trading, requiring expertise in Java, Kotlin, and Spring Boot.

You will work closely with experienced engineers, owning significant technical decisions and contributing to the architecture that supports high-throughput systems for live events.

The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience in distributed systems, can handle high concurrency, and has a strong command of modern API design.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience focusing on distributed systems.
• Expert proficiency in Java or Kotlin and Spring Boot.
• Experience with Kafka and its internal mechanics.

Responsibilities

• Design and scale distributed systems using Kotlin, Java, and Spring Boot.
• Own development of high-throughput event pipelines using Kafka.
• Implement resilience patterns across services for failure handling.

Skills

Distributed systems expertise

High concurrency production

Java

Kotlin

Spring Boot

Kafka

Kubernetes

AWS

Tools

Terraform

Helm

Job description

Fanatics Betting & Gaming in New York is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join their Distributed Systems team. This role involves designing and scaling systems for real-money trading, requiring expertise in Java, Kotlin, and Spring Boot.

You will work closely with experienced engineers, owning significant technical decisions and contributing to the architecture that supports high-throughput systems for live events.

The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience in distributed systems, can handle high concurrency, and has a strong command of modern API design.