Staff Engineer – Client Services

fanaticsfbg; EE. UU.; A distancia; USD 140.000 - 180.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Fanatics backend engineering team is seeking a staff-level engineer to provide technical leadership for scalable, client-facing services that power a real-time sports wagering app.

You will combine hands-on backend development with architecture, cross-team delivery, and on-call ownership, while mentoring others and elevating engineering practices across the organization. The role emphasizes reliability, security, and observability.

Formación

• Seven or more years designing and building highly scalable backend services.
• Strong Kotlin expertise, or deep Java experience with willingness to move to Kotlin.
• Experience with Spring Boot, coroutines, and dependency injection.
• Ability to explain complex topics to engineering and non‑engineering audiences; agile delivery.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.

Responsabilidades

• Lead design and delivery of significant product features from planning through production.
• Set engineering practices for code quality, system design, testing, reliability, and security.
• Coordinate multi‑team work across engineering, product, and design; communicate plans.
• Define testing approaches and guide observability, resilience, and on‑call readiness.
• Develop, test, deploy software; contribute to on‑call response and incident resolution.
• Mentor engineers and support technical ownership amid changing priorities.

Conocimientos

Kotlin

Java

Spring Boot

Coroutines

Dependency Injection

Agile/Scrum

Communication

Educación

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Herramientas

CI/CD pipelines

Observability tooling

Descripción del empleo

Role overview

Provide technical leadership for client-facing services that support a real-time sports wagering app experience. This staff-level role combines hands‑on backend engineering with architecture, cross‑team delivery, operational ownership, and mentoring, helping teams build reliable features and improve engineering practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and delivery of significant product features from planning through production, aligned with platform direction.
• Set and spread engineering practices for code quality, system design, testing, reliability, and security; conduct detailed design and code reviews.
• Coordinate multi‑team work across engineering, product, and design, and communicate plans and technical decisions in cross‑functional forums.
• Define testing approaches for complex features and guide teams on observability, resilience, and operational readiness.
• Develop, document, test, and deploy production software; contribute to on‑call response and troubleshooting of application issues.
• Mentor engineers, support technical ownership, and help teams navigate changing priorities, delivery issues, and production incidents.

Requirements

• Seven or more years designing and building highly scalable backend services.
• Strong Kotlin expertise, or deep Java experience with a clear willingness to move to Kotlin as the primary language.
• Experience with a modern backend framework such as Spring Boot, plus coroutines and dependency injection.
• Ability to explain complex technical topics to engineering and non‑engineering audiences and work across enterprise teams.
• Familiarity with Agile product delivery and Scrum, and comfort adapting in a fast‑changing environment.
• Bachelor’s degree, professional certification, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Nice to have

Experience with distributed systems, event‑driven architecture, cloud platforms, CI/CD, observability tooling, and functional or actor‑based programming.

Benefits and work setup

The source mentions an on‑call rotation and occasional travel for meetings, conferences, events, or team activities. Compensation and benefits details are not sufficiently specified to summarize.