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Original Job Post

Fanatics · 1 week ago

Principal Engineer

United States

Full-time

Remote

Director

10+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Manage and implement technical roadmaps for a portfolio of storage-focused enablement technologies, including databases, caches, and messaging buses within a distributed cloud environment.

Work on observability systems that enable holistic system monitoring and drive down incident response and resolution times.

Create tooling that empowers developers to focus on value-added activities and product differentiation.

Solicit and incorporate internal user feedback to ensure productivity tooling meets the needs of our developers.

Evangelize internal products and tooling to drive adoption within the organization.

Be part of an incident management team that ensures the high availability of the Fanatics Betting and Gaming platform.

Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders, inside and outside of Engineering, and collaborate with leaders to gather and present testing metrics and activities.

Provide leadership and technical expertise within the engineering team. Be a mentor and role model for Engineering.

Help development teams adhere to the principles, guidelines, and best practices of the engineering strategy.

Gather and present testing metrics and activities to key stakeholders.

Remain current on technology and trends in engineering.

Must be open to occasional travel to events and Bet Fanatics offices for various offsite and team meetings.

Qualification

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Distributed systems designLarge-scale data processingDocumentation-first engineeringPartnering with engineering teamsTool implementationQuality balancingRoot cause analysisInfrastructure As CodeObservability toolingChaos testingIncident management3rd-party systems integrationJava proficiencyGolang proficiencyPython proficiencyCommunicationProblem-solvingInfluencingFlexibilityInitiativeOutcome-orientedCloud-Native EnvironmentSoftware Compliance WorkflowsDistributed OrganizationsGlobal Experience

Required

10+ years of industry experience designing, building, and supporting distributed systems and large-scale data processing systems in production with a proven track record of reliability.

5+ years of experience developing applications in a distributed systems environment (back end preferred).

Excellent communication, including influencing and problem-resolution skills.

Demonstrated affinity for documentation-first engineering practices.

Demonstrated ability to partner closely with engineering teams and implement appropriate tools and practices that balance quality with productivity.

Positive and flexible attitude to work in a fast-paced environment and a willingness to embrace new initiatives.

High personal initiative. A desire to seek out problems, learn quickly, and apply solutions proactively and fearlessly.

Highly outcome-oriented and data-driven.

In-depth root cause analysis of low-level incidents spanning multiple connected systems.

Demonstrated proficiency in Infrastructure As Code systems (Terraform, CloudFormation)

Experience with observability tooling, chaos testing, and incident management.

Ability to integrate 3rd-party systems into a cohesive development platform.

Proficiency with Java, Golang, or Python required. Python is strongly preferred.

Preferred

Experience in a cloud-native environment is preferred

Experience with software compliance workflows is a bonus.

Global experience with distributed organizations preferred.

Company

Fanatics

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Fanatics is a sports merchandise retailer that manufactures fan gear and jerseys across retail channels. It is a sub-organization of Kynetic.

Founded in 2002

Jacksonville, Florida, USA

10,001+ employees

http://www.fanaticsinc.com

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