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Staff Backend Engineer – Foundations
Location
New York
Posted
102 days ago
Salary
$180.5K - $237.5K / year
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Staff Backend Engineer – Foundations
Fanatics, Inc.
• Drive the development, testing, documentation, and deployment of high-quality, scalable software into production • Develop a comprehensive understanding of the industry, product, architecture, and roadmap, leveraging this knowledge to shape team strategy and influence the direction of the organization • Lead the end-to-end technical execution of complex features and systems, from ideation and architecture to deployment and refinement • Define and enforce engineering principles, guidelines, and best practices • Partner closely with product, design, and other stakeholders to make high-impact technical decisions that align with both business goals and long-term scalability • Lead incident resolution as part of the on-call rotation, ensuring swift diagnosis and remediation of critical software issues • Demonstrate ability to lead or drive triage of difficult reliability issues and produce clear root-cause analysis. • Partner Cross functionally, and across multiple teams to bring complex features and projects from prototype to production. • Contribute to engineering excellence through documentation, tooling improvements, code reviews, and knowledge sharing. • Steer team planning and design discussions, introducing innovative approaches to solve technical challenges and optimize design patterns • Champion improvements to software quality, testability, operational metrics, and team documentation, setting a higher standard for the organization • Mentor and coach engineers at all levels, fostering a culture of continuous learning and professional growth across the team • Be open to occasional travel to Fanatics offices and other locations for conferences, events, meetings, and team-building activities
Job Requirements
- 7+ 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
- Expertise in messaging technologies such as Kafka, Kinesis, Flink or Amazon SQS, with a solid understanding of event-driven architectures.
- 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.
Benefits
- Remote employees may also be eligible for a home office setup stipend.
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