Staff Software Engineer – Promotions Platform

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom, +1 more country.

📋 Description

• Design, develop, test, and maintain software solutions that enable customer engagement with Fanatics Betting & Gaming promotional systems.

• Contribute to backend functionalities that allow customers to earn rewards usable across the Fanatics ecosystem.

• Lead teams in the development, testing, documentation, and deployment of high-quality, scalable, and extensible production software.

• Clarify specifications and assist with coding and story estimations.

• Participate in the on-call rotation and troubleshoot software-related issues.

• Recognize when to troubleshoot or escalate blocked tasks and projects.

• Mitigate immediate risks while identifying and resolving root causes.

• Eliminate bottlenecks and make decisions regarding short-term versus long-term technical and design trade-offs.

• Contribute to team planning and design discussions, promote best practices, and enhance delivery speed.

• Lead code reviews, offering constructive feedback and guidance.

• Simplify code and address architectural deficiencies within the team.

• Influence software architecture, dependencies, performance, and business value.

• Enhance testability, operational excellence metrics, and team documentation.

• Advise technology leaders, product teams, and internal stakeholders on technical decisions.

• Mentor and coach engineers to reduce future onboarding challenges.

• Influence adherence to engineering strategy principles, guidelines, and best practices.

• Develop an understanding of the industry, products, features, and roadmap.

• Stay updated on software development technologies and trends.

• Occasionally travel to Fanatics Betting & Gaming offices and other locations for conferences, events, meetings, and team-building activities.

⛳️ Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in building highly scalable and fault-tolerant systems.

• Possesses a wide-ranging understanding of design approaches.

• Capable of triaging and debugging system-wide production issues.

• Proven experience in mentoring other engineers.

• Able to convey complex technical subjects to engineers, technical leaders, marketing and operations teams, and non-technical stakeholders.

• Familiarity with Agile software product delivery and SCRUM methodology.

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving capabilities.

• Agile mindset, with the ability to embrace new initiatives in a fast-paced environment.

• Ability to thrive in an entrepreneurial, hyper-growth setting where priorities shift frequently and decisions are made swiftly.

• Team-first mentality with a commitment to getting the job done.

• Able to work cross-functionally within an enterprise environment.

• Preferred: experience in a start-up environment.

• Preferred: 1+ years of experience leading a development team.

• Preferred: experience with Java/Spring Boot.

• Preferred: experience with React.

• Preferred: experience with Apache Kafka.

• Preferred: experience with AWS.

• Preferred: experience with PostgreSQL.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive base salary and bonus.

• Full-time employment.

• In-person interview and onboarding components may vary based on role and location.

• Launching into Better: LIVE multi-day cultural immersion in New York City for full-time, non-seasonal hires.

• Travel and participation requirements confirmed based on role and location.