Senior Software Engineer - Backend/Kotlin (REMOTE)

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Senior Software Engineer - Backend/Kotlin (REMOTE)
New York, NY, United States
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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 brand-forward application of Fanatics that encompasses elements of 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 new Sports platform. Fundamentally, we are one team in everything we do from the user experience to coding and architecture. In order to deliver on our Customer Promise, we use best in class technologies; thus allowing platforms to be as up to date as possible so that we can rapidly deliver and innovate in this exciting new market.
Every time a fan places a bet, earns a reward, or checks out on Fanatics — Fanatics Core made that possible. We build the shared foundations — identity, payments, loyalty, wallet, data, and platform — that power sports betting, ecommerce, collectibles, and beyond. We supercharge the business by providing products and capabilities so that teams can focus on what matters most: building delightful experiences for the fans.
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
If you possess some of these qualifications but not all of them, we still encourage you to apply!
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/
Salary Range
$121,000 - $200,000 USD
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