Fanatics · 1 hour ago
Software Engineer II - Backend
United States
Full-time
Remote
Entry Level
$119K/yr - $156K/yr
1+ years expFanatics is building a leading global digital sports platform. As a Backend Engineer, you'll design, develop, test, and maintain scalable systems to enhance customer experiences and contribute to the Fanatics App, which integrates various sports-related features and services.
eSportsManufacturingRetailSporting GoodsSports
Responsibilities
Develop, test, document, and deploy high quality software into production
Build features and tools that you and your team use
Participate in the on-call rotation when needed to troubleshoot software issues
Escalate when tasks or projects hit roadblocks
Participate in code reviews to maintain code quality and share knowledge
Contribute to team planning and design discussions, building more expertise around design approaches
Impact software quality and customer experience of product features
Improve testability, operational excellence metrics, and team documentation
Help your team define and adhere to the principles, guidelines, and best practices of our engineering strategy
Develop a fundamental understanding of our industry, product, feature set and roadmap
Work closely with our product team and other internal stakeholders to make technology decisions that grow and improve our products
Help to onboard and mentor junior engineers and interns
Remain current on the latest technologies and trends in software development
Must be open to occasional travel to Fanatics offices and other locations for conferences, events, meetings, and team-building activities
Qualification
Required
1+ years of experience building backend features as part of a scrum team; proficiency in Spring with Kotlin and/or Java is a plus
Knowledge of observability practices, including logging, monitoring, and tracing in distributed systems
Experience in Agile software delivery, estimating story points, committing to work and collaborating among your team
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
Preferred
Strong Experience in the sports industry, gaming and content delivery
Highly effective with Kotlin, Java and/or Go
Expertise in messaging technologies such as Kafka or Amazon SQS, with a solid understanding of event-driven architectures
Comfortable working with Cloud Native and Infrastructure as Code, like Kubernetes, Helm and Terraform
Ability to work in diverse codebases, both legacy and greenfield, in different languages and environments
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
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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
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