Staff Engineer – Backend, Kotlin

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

📋 Description

• Oversee the development, testing, documentation, and deployment of high-quality, scalable software into production.

• Cultivate a thorough understanding of the industry, product, and roadmap to influence team strategy and organizational direction.

• Direct the comprehensive technical execution of intricate features and systems from concept and architecture to deployment and enhancement.

• Establish and uphold engineering principles, guidelines, and best practices.

• Collaborate with product, design, and other stakeholders on significant technical decisions that align with business objectives and scalability.

• Lead incident resolution as part of the on-call rotation.

• Recognize and eliminate obstacles while working across teams on complex projects.

• Conduct and enhance code reviews.

• Guide team planning and design discussions, optimizing design patterns.

• Advocate for enhancements in software quality, testability, operational metrics, and documentation.

• Mentor and coach engineers at all levels.

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

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 7 years of experience in building highly scalable, performant, and adaptable backend distributed systems.

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

• Proven ability to promote best practices in backend development and mentor others in effective coding and architectural strategies.

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

• Expertise in Agile software delivery methodologies.

• A history of modeling and driving process enhancements across teams.

• Capability to collaborate cross-functionally across diverse teams within large enterprise settings.

• Exceptional communication skills for articulating complex technical concepts to engineers, executives, and non-technical stakeholders.

• A team-first attitude and readiness to do what is necessary to accomplish tasks.

• Ability to excel in a high-growth environment where priorities shift frequently and decisions are made swiftly.

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

• Preferred: strong proficiency in Kotlin, Java, and/or Go.

• Preferred: expertise in Kafka or Amazon SQS and event-driven architectures.

• Preferred: familiarity with Kubernetes, Helm, and Terraform.

• Preferred: capability to work in both legacy and greenfield codebases, languages, and environments.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive base and bonus compensation.

• Full-time employment opportunity.

• Access to benefits information at https://benefitsatfanatics.com/.

• Flexible remote work arrangement.

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