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Staff Backend Engineer – Foundations

Location

New York

Posted

161 days ago

Salary

$180.5K - $237.5K / year

Seniority

Lead

Job Description

Staff Backend Engineer – Foundations

Fanatics

• 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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