Fanatics · 2 months ago
Senior Principal Engineer (Kotlin, Java, Kafka), Fanatics Markets
95 Morton St, New York, NY, 10014, US
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$201K/yr - $331K/yr
15+ years expFanatics Markets is the real-money prediction and trading app where you can invest in moments you care about. As a Senior Principal Engineer, you will design, develop, implement, test, and maintain scalable systems to enhance user experience, while leading projects and mentoring teams.
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Responsibilities
Work with complete ambiguity to identify overarching business problems and technology strategy across all domains and organization
You may lead strategically important projects involving multiple teams to deliver solutions that are exemplary in terms of robustness, stability, scalability, cost effectiveness
Influence extends across the entire organization and collaborates across domains to drive key technology decisions through a cohesive strategy
Quickly identify when to troubleshoot to find a path forward in difficult situations
Be an exemplary technology leader for the organization as a whole and mentors across domains
Remove bottlenecks and makes technical and design approach trade-off decisions: opportunity vs. architectural
Lead design decisions around systems architecture and/or product solutions, driving best practices and improving the speed of delivery
Make technology decision that drives core business value through excellence in the platform
May lead code reviews to provide constructive direction
Proactively simplifies code and resolves team architecture deficiencies
Define and implement best practices in operational excellence and mitigation strategy organizationally
Advise technology leaders, our product team, and other internal stakeholders to make technology decisions that grow and improve our products
Is an exemplary technology leader for the organization as a whole and mentors across domains
May engage externally to represent the company through tech talks, white papers, or community projects
Through discovery, externally seeks out and engages key technology opportunities with commercial partners and the wider technology community
Develop expert level understanding of our industry, product, feature set and roadmap
Remain current on the latest technologies and trends in software development
Must be open to occasional travel to Fanatics Betting & Gaming offices and other locations for conferences, events, meetings, and team-building activities
Qualification
Required
15 plus years of experience building highly scalable and fault tolerant systems (Some of our tech stack: Kotlin, Java, Kafka, AWS, Kubernetes, Redis, Postgres)
You have mastery of a broad range of design approaches and can deconstruct an architecture to be developed by different teams
You are able to triage and debug system-wide production issues
Demonstrated experience mentoring other engineers
Able to effectively communicate complex technical subjects to a variety of audiences (engineers, technical leaders, marketing and operations teams, non-technical functional leaders)
Familiar with Agile software product delivery and SCRUM methodology
Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
You have an agile mindset; able to embrace new initiatives in a fast-paced environment
Thrives in an entrepreneurial, hyper-growth environment where priorities evolve regularly and decisions are made quickly
Team-first mentality, with a willingness to do what it takes to get the job done and a desire to strive for better
Able to effectively work cross-functionally within an enterprise environment
Preferred
Experience working in a start-up environment
7 plus years of experience designing robust, stable, scalable, cost effective platforms
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
401K
Paid time off
GymPass
Pet Insurance
Family Care Benefits
Home office setup stipend
Company
Fanatics
Fanatics is a sports merchandise retailer that manufactures fan gear and jerseys across retail channels. It is a sub-organization of Kynetic.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
Fanatics has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2021 (2)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$4.9BKey Investors
Clearlake Capital GroupNational Football LeagueAlameda Research
2022-12-06Private Equity· $700M
2022-03-02Private Equity· $1.5B
2022-01-01Series Unknown· $10M
Leadership Team
J
Joseph Bozich
Advisor to Chief Executive Officer
Michael Mahan
CEO
Recent News
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