Staff Engineer - Backend/Kotlin (REMOTE)

fanaticsfbg; USA; Remote; USD 144.000 - 235.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Remote role with occasional travel

Zusammenfassung

Fanatics FBG in the United States is seeking a Staff-level backend engineer to shape technical direction for a global sports platform spanning ecommerce, collectibles, and betting products. You will stay hands-on while leading ambitious projects, partnering with product and design to ship features end-to-end.

The role emphasizes architecture, mentoring, incident response, and reliable production systems. You will drive best practices, observability, and cross-functional collaboration in a large

Qualifikationen

• 7+ years building scalable backend distributed systems.
• Proficiency with Spring plus Kotlin and/or Java.
• Drive backend best practices and mentoring others in clean code and architectural patterns.
• Knowledge of observability practices including logging, monitoring, and tracing in distributed systems.
• Agile delivery experience in large enterprise environments.
• Strong communication with engineers, executives, and non-technical audiences.

Aufgaben

• Lead end-to-end technical execution from architecture to deployment.
• Define and enforce engineering principles, guidelines, and best practices across the team.
• Drive development, testing, documentation, and deployment of scalable production software.
• Partner with product, design, and stakeholders on high-impact technical decisions.
• Lead incident response as part of the on-call rotation.
• Mentor engineers at all levels and conduct code reviews to raise quality.

Kenntnisse

Spring

Kotlin

Java

Distributed systems

Observability

Agile delivery

Mentoring engineers

Code reviews

Communication

Tools

Kafka

Amazon SQS

Kubernetes

Terraform

Jobbeschreibung

Role overview

Help build the shared backend foundations that power a global sports platform spanning ecommerce, collectibles, and betting products. As a Staff-level engineer, you will set technical direction, lead ambitious projects, and remain hands-on, partnering with product and design to ship features end-to-end.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end technical execution of complex features, from architecture through deployment and refinement
• Define and enforce engineering principles, guidelines, and best practices across the team
• Drive development, testing, documentation, and deployment of scalable production software
• Partner with product, design, and stakeholders on high-impact technical decisions aligned with long-term scalability
• Lead incident response as part of the on-call rotation, ensuring rapid diagnosis and remediation
• Mentor engineers at all levels and conduct code reviews that raise the quality bar

Requirements

• 7+ years building highly scalable, performant, evolvable backend distributed systems
• Proficiency with Spring plus Kotlin and/or Java
• Track record of driving backend best practices and mentoring others in clean code, hexagonal/layered architectures, domain-driven design, and similar patterns
• Knowledge of observability practices including logging, monitoring, and tracing in distributed systems
• Expertise in Agile delivery with cross-functional collaboration in large enterprise environments
• Strong communication skills with engineers, executives, and non-technical audiences

Nice to have

• Background in sports, gaming, or content delivery
• Go experience alongside Kotlin or Java
• Familiarity with messaging technologies such as Kafka or Amazon SQS and event-driven architectures
• Comfort with cloud-native tooling and infrastructure-as-code such as Kubernetes, Helm, and Terraform
• Experience working across both legacy and greenfield codebases

Benefits and work setup

• Remote role with occasional travel to offices and events for conferences, meetings, and team-building
• Base salary range of $144,000-$235,000 USD, plus bonus, with full-time benefits
• Open to candidates who meet some but not all qualifications