Fanatics · 15 hours ago
Staff Data Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff
$180K/yr - $238K/yr
8+ years expFanatics is building a leading global digital sports platform. As a Staff Data Platform Engineer, you will design, build, and own core systems within the streaming data platform while partnering with product and engineering teams to translate their needs into platform capabilities.
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Responsibilities
Design, build, and operate core platform systems, including schema management, streaming frameworks, and event mesh systems
Define technical standards and patterns for the Streaming Data Platform team
Lead cross-team design reviews for systems that interact with or depend on the streaming platform
Drive platform reliability, performance, and cost strategy across streaming services
Design and implement shared libraries, frameworks, and tooling for stream consumers
Partner with product and engineering teams to translate requirements into platform capabilities
Produce technical proposals and documentation that communicate design, trade-offs, and long-term implications
Serve as an escalation point for complex streaming issues and high-impact incidents
Sponsor and grow senior engineers through technical mentorship and challenging assignments
Qualification
Required
8+ years of experience in backend engineering, data engineering, or platform engineering
Deep expertise with Kafka, including internals, operational tuning, and ecosystem tooling
Track record designing and operating multi-service distributed systems
Experience setting technical direction for a team or domain
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with experience presenting complex technical topics to diverse audiences
Experience with schema evolution, data contracts, or data governance patterns
Preferred
Experience building self-service platforms or developer-facing tooling is a plus
Experience with infrastructure as code tools; Terraform experience is a plus
Experience developing in Go is a strong plus
Benefits
Home office setup stipend
Company
Fanatics
Fanatics is a global sports platform reimagining the fan experience across gear, trading cards, sports betting, content, events, and more. 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
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Joseph Bozich
Advisor to Chief Executive Officer
Michael Mahan
CEO
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