Senior Software Engineer – Backend, Kotlin

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in New York.

📋 Description

• Design, develop, test, document, and deploy high-quality, scalable systems.

• Create features and tools utilized by the engineering team.

• Engage in on-call rotation and resolve software issues.

• Escalate tasks or projects facing obstacles.

• Take part in code reviews and share knowledge.

• Contribute to team planning and design discussions.

• Enhance software quality, customer experience, testability, operational excellence metrics, and team documentation.

• Assist in defining and adhering to engineering principles, guidelines, and best practices.

• Cultivate an understanding of the sports betting, ecommerce, collectibles, and platform products and roadmap.

• Collaborate with product teams and internal stakeholders on technology decisions.

• Onboard and mentor junior engineers and interns.

• Stay updated with software development technologies and trends.

• Participate in occasional travel to Fanatics offices and other locations for conferences, events, meetings, and team-building activities.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 5 years of experience in building highly scalable, performance-oriented, and adaptable backend distributed systems.

• Proficiency in Spring with Kotlin and/or Java is advantageous.

• Proven ability to advocate for best practices in backend development and mentor others in effective coding and architectural approaches, including clean code, hexagonal/layered architectures, domain-driven design, and additional design and architectural patterns.

• Familiarity with observability practices, encompassing logging, monitoring, and tracing in distributed systems.

• Expertise in Agile software delivery, with a successful history of modeling and implementing process improvements across teams.

• Capability to collaborate cross-functionally within diverse teams in large enterprise environments, fostering alignment and shared success.

• Exceptional communication skills, able to articulate complex technical concepts clearly and effectively to varied audiences.

• Team-oriented mindset, with a commitment to achieving results and a drive for continuous improvement.

• Flourishes in a high-growth setting where priorities shift frequently and decisions are made swiftly.

• Preferred: substantial experience in the sports industry, gaming, and content delivery.

• Preferred: highly skilled in Kotlin, Java, and/or Go.

• Preferred: proficiency in messaging technologies such as Kafka or Amazon SQS, with a robust understanding of event-driven architectures.

• Preferred: comfortable working with Cloud Native and Infrastructure as Code tools like Kubernetes, Helm, and Terraform.

• Preferred: ability to navigate diverse codebases, both legacy and greenfield, across various languages and environments.

🏝️ Benefits

• Base salary and performance bonus.

• Comprehensive full-time employment benefits; details available at https://benefitsatfanatics.com/.

• Flexible remote work arrangement.

• Occasional travel to Fanatics offices and other locations for conferences, events, meetings, and team-building activities.