Senior Software Engineer - Backend/Kotlin (REMOTE)

Fanatics Inc.; New York (NY); Remote; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Fanatics Inc. is seeking a Backend Engineer for Fanatics Core in New York, NY. You will design, develop, test, and maintain highly scalable backend systems powering our digital sports platform and Fanatics App.

You will mentor teammates, participate in code reviews, and collaborate with product teams to shape architecture and features. Strong experience in Kotlin/Java, Spring, observability, and Agile delivery is required, with travel as needed.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience building highly scalable, performant backend distributed systems.
• Demonstrated ability to drive best practices in backend development and mentor others.
• Knowledge of observability practices including logging, monitoring, and tracing.
• Expertise in Agile software delivery with cross-functional collaboration in large environments.
• Excellent communication skills for diverse audiences.
• Team-first mentality and willingness to do what it takes.
• Thrives in a high-growth environment with changing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Develop, test, document, and deploy high quality software into production
• Build features and tools that you and your team use
• Participate in the on-call rotation to troubleshoot issues
• Escalate when roadblocks occur
• Participate in code reviews to maintain quality
• Contribute to planning and design discussions
• Impact software quality and customer experience of features
• Improve testability and operational excellence metrics
• Help define engineering principles and best practices
• Develop understanding of industry, product, roadmap
• Collaborate with product and stakeholders on tech decisions
• Help onboard and mentor junior engineers and interns
• Stay current on latest technologies and trends
• Be open to occasional travel to Fanatics offices for events

Skills

Backend development

Spring with Kotlin/Java

Observability

Agile delivery

Communication

Mentoring

Travel readiness

Kafka

Amazon SQS

Kubernetes

Terraform

Helm

Tools

Kafka

Amazon SQS

Kubernetes

Terraform

Helm

Job description

New York, NY, United States

About Us

Fanatics is building a leading global digital sports platform. We ignite the passions of global sports fans and maximize the presence and reach for our hundreds of sports partners globally by offering products and services across Fanatics Commerce, Fanatics Collectibles, and Fanatics Betting & Gaming, allowing sports fans to Buy, Collect, and Bet. Through the Fanatics platform, sports fans can buy licensed fan gear, jerseys, lifestyle and streetwear products, headwear, and hardgoods; collect physical and digital trading cards, sports memorabilia, and other digital assets; and bet as the company builds its Sportsbook and iGaming platform. Fanatics has an established database of over 100 million global sports fans; a global partner network with approximately 900 sports properties, including major national and international professional sports leagues, players associations, teams, colleges, college conferences and retail partners, 2,500 athletes and celebrities, and 200 exclusive athletes; and over 2,000 retail locations, including its Lids retail stores. Our more than 22,000 employees are committed to relentlessly enhancing the fan experience and delighting sports fans globally.

Overview

As a Backend Engineer at Fanatics Core, you'll design, develop, test, and maintain scalable, high-quality systems to deliver exceptional customer experiences. We own the Fanatics App, the brand-forward application of Fanatics that encompasses elements of all of our different brands and businesses.

We own the Fanatics App, the mobile app at Fanatics that encompasses elements from all of our different brands and businesses. The Fanatics App brings together Free to Play games, live events, ecommerce, and new product experiences to deliver a best-in-class Sports platform. Fundamentally, we are one team in everything we do, from the user experience to coding and architecture. We aim to deliver on our Customer Promise by delighting our millions of monthly active users.

Responsibilities

• Develop, test, document, and deploy high quality software into production
• Build features and tools that you and your team use
• Participate in the on-call rotation when needed to troubleshoot software issues
• Escalate when tasks or projects hit roadblocks
• Participate in code reviews to maintain code quality and share knowledge
• Contribute to team planning and design discussions, building more expertise around design approaches
• Impact software quality and customer experience of product features
• Improve testability, operational excellence metrics, and team documentation
• Help your team define and adhere to the principles, guidelines, and best practices of our engineering strategy
• Develop a fundamental understanding of our industry, product, feature set and roadmap
• Work closely with our product team and other internal stakeholders to make technology decisions that grow and improve our products
• Help to onboard and mentor junior engineers and interns
• Remain current on the latest technologies and trends in software development
• Must be open to occasional travel to Fanatics offices and other locations for conferences, events, meetings, and team-building activities

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience building highly scalable, performant and evolvable backend distributed systems; proficiency in Spring with Kotlin and/or Java is a plus.
• Demonstrated ability to drive best practices in backend development and mentor others in effective coding and architectural strategies, such as clean code, hexagonal/layered architectures, domain driven design and other design and architectural patterns
• Knowledge of observability practices, including logging, monitoring, and tracing in distributed systems.
• Expertise in Agile software delivery, with a track record of modeling and driving process improvements across teams, and ability to collaborate cross-functionally across diverse teams within large enterprise environments, driving alignment and shared success.
• Excellent communication skills, capable of conveying complex technical concepts clearly and effectively to diverse audiences, including engineers, executives, and non-technical stakeholders
• Team-first mentality, with a willingness to do what it takes to get the job done and a desire to strive for better
• Thrives in a high-growth environment where priorities evolve regularly and decisions are made quickly

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong Experience in the sports industry, gaming and content delivery
• Highly effective with Kotlin, Java and/or Go
• Expertise in messaging technologies such as Kafka or Amazon SQS, with a solid understanding of event-driven architectures
• Comfortable working with Cloud Native and Infrastructure as Code, like Kubernetes, Helm and Terraform
• Ability to work in diverse codebases, both legacy and greenfield, in different languages and environments

Ranges will change based on country and state of residence, which are reflected in Geographical Zones defined by Fanatics Betting and Gaming. The range incorporates all of our Geographical Compensation Zones and is subject to change as the Zone associated with the actual offer is confirmed. In addition to the base and bonus, full-time employment, and more. For information about our benefits, please visit https://benefitsatfanatics.com/