Fanatics · 2 days ago
Staff Backend Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$172K/yr - $258K/yr
5+ years expFanatics is on a mission to build the ultimate digital collectibles platform for sports and entertainment fans worldwide. They are seeking a seasoned Staff Backend Engineer to join their cross-functional team to design, develop, and deploy scalable services that power new marketplace features and data-driven insights.
eSportsManufacturingRetailSporting GoodsSports
Responsibilities
Collaborate Closely
Partner with frontend engineers to define and expose clean, performant APIs and data contracts
Work with DevOps/SRE to design robust CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, monitoring, and alerting
Architect & Build
Lead the design and implementation of microservices, event-driven workflows, and data pipelines
Ensure high availability, scalability, and security for core backend systems
Drive Technical Excellence
Establish best practices for code quality, testing, performance tuning, and documentation
Conduct architecture reviews, mentor peers, and promote continuous improvement
Own Key Projects
Spearhead major initiatives—from feature conception through production rollout—across payments, inventory, search, and real-time notification services
Identify technical risks, propose solutions, and coordinate cross-team deliveries
Foster Learning & Innovation
Stay current on emerging backend technologies, cloud services, and industry trends
Lead brown-bag sessions, hackathons, or tech talks to share knowledge across teams
Qualification
Required
5+ years building backend services in high-traffic, distributed environments
Deep knowledge of at least one major backend language (e.g., Java, Go, Python, Node.js) and its ecosystem
Solid understanding of microservices, REST/GraphQL, message queues (Kafka/RabbitMQ), and relational/NoSQL databases
Experience in AWS/GCP
Hands-on with containerization (Docker), orchestration (Kubernetes), and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation)
Familiarity with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, CircleCI) and monitoring/logging stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK)
Proven ability to work seamlessly with frontend, design, QA, and DevOps teams
Strong verbal and written communication; experience running design discussions and writing technical specs
Track record of guiding and growing other engineers—pair programming, code reviews, career coaching
Ability to influence technical direction and drive consensus in a fast-paced environment
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
Recent News
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